Photos: Dov Ber Hechtman
On Sunday evening, a distinguished and inspiring gathering was held marking the completion of the Mishneh Torah of the Rambam, in accordance with the holy enactment of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, at the Torat Emet Chabad Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
The impressive Siyum took place with great splendor and dignity around festively set tables in the main hall of the yeshiva, under the leadership of the Rosh Yeshiva shlit”a, together with the yeshiva’s rabbanim and mashpi’im.
Dozens of Rebbes and leading rabbinic figures participated, arriving to strengthen and encourage the students who faithfully studied the Rambam daily until its completion.
The event was graced by the presence of rebbes, rabonim, and Roshei Yeshivos, who came to express their warm brachos for the thousands of Lomdei HaRambam across the globe, including:
The Lelov Yerushalayim Rebbe Shlit”a, The Shidlovtzer Rebbe Shlit”a, The Strikover Rebbe Shlit”a, the Skulener Rebbe shlit”a, The Stropkover Rebbe Shlit”a, Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlit”a – the “Rishon LeZion”, and Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim, Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Yehuda Eliezrov Shlit”a – Among the preeminent Dayanim in Yerushalayim, HaRav HaTzaddik HaMashpia Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Erlanger Shlit”a, Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer Shlit”a – Ga’avad Heichel Hora’ah, Hagaon HaRav Yehuda Rabinowitz Shlit”a – Among the preeminent Dayanim in Yerushalayim, HaGaon HaMekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Batzri shlit”a, HaGaon Hachasid Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Goldman Shlit”a – Ga’avad Zvhil, HaGaon Rabbi Avraham Yoel Lapidot Shlit”a – Rosh HaYeshiva HaGaon Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Mendelson Shlit”a – Ga’avad Komemiyut Yerushalayim, HaGaon Rabbi Naftali Nussbaum Shlit”a – Dayan and Rosh Yeshivas Chayim Moshe, Harav Chaim Shalom Deutsch, Rosh Kollel Tzemach Tzedek and member of the yeshiva’s rabbinic staff; Harav Yosef Yitzchak Offen, general mashpia of the yeshiva; Harav Naftali HaKohen Roth, Rav of the Chabad community in Matersdorf, Jerusalem; Harav Yaakov Eliezerov, senior Chabad Rav in Jerusalem and Av Beit Din of the city;
Harav Yehuda Rabinowitz, Av Beit Din of Jerusalem; and Harav Tuvia Zilberstrom, mara d’atra of Kiryat Chabad in Jerusalem.
Among the speakers were:
Harav Yitzchak Moshe Erlinger, mashpia at Yeshivat Meor Einayim–Rachmastrivka;
Hagaon Harav Moshe Brandsdorfer, Gaavad of Heichal Hora’ah;
Hagaon Harav Shmuel Dovid Goldman, Gaavad of Zvhill.
Hagaon Harav Yisrael Yitzchak Mendelson, Gaavad of Komemiyut Jerusalem and Chairman of Keren Hashvi’it;
Hagaon Harav Naftali Nussbaum, Rosh Yeshiva of Chayei Moshe and Av Beit Din of Ahavat Shalom;
Hagaon Harav Shlomo Moshe Amar, Rishon LeTzion and Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem;
and Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Batzri, along with additional Rebbes and rabbanim.
Throughout the event, the rabbanim engaged in in-depth discussion of the Rambam’s teachings, emphasizing the immense importance and special merit of studying the Rambam according to the Rebbe’s enactment. They blessed the students of the yeshiva and all participants for their dedication and effort in learning the Rambam, described by the Rambam himself as a work that is “a comprehensive compendium of the entire Oral Torah.”
The event was graciously moderated by Harav Shabtai Weintraub.
During the Siyum, a special commemorative booklet was distributed, featuring teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—the initiator of the Rambam study cycle—as well as words from leading Torah authorities, highlighting the greatness and significance of daily Rambam study.
Special appreciation is extended to the devoted temimim of Yeshivat Torat Emet for organizing this distinguished event.
