Rabbi Meir Ellituv concluded his inspiring global yeshiva tour on the eve of Gimmel Tammuz, having visited nineteen institutions across the United States and Canada.
The tour centered on a singularly profound teaching of the Rebbe—his explanation of the Tanna R’ Meir’s unified approach across the many Talmudic passages where his view appears anonymously as “Acherim Omrim—Others say.” This followed a similar tour Rabbi Elituv conducted during the winter, when he visited six yeshivot in the Holy Land. In total, he has now spoken at twenty-five Chabad yeshivos around the globe.
The New Book: Acherim Omrim
Rabbi Elituv’s newly released book, Acherim Omrim, presents this far-reaching insight in depth. Step by step, it carefully examines each Talmudic passage that cites the view of Acherim, demonstrating how R’ Meir’s unique and consistent approach drives every one of them. The book is based on the Rebbe’s extraordinary interpretation: that these anonymous teachings are not scattered or contradictory. Rather, they are unified threads in a sweeping halachic system.
In the days leading up to Gimmel Tammuz, Rabbi Elituv set out to bring this teaching to the temimim. At every stop along his journey, he urged the students to deepen their bond with the Rebbe’s Torah and to understand the greatness of the treasure they’ve inherited. Again and again, he emphasized his firm conviction: that no Rosh Yeshiva in the history of Talmudic commentary has ever presented an explanation as far-reaching and brilliant as this one—an insight that ties together dozens of sugyos into one coherent approach. In fact, he noted, there is hardly a tractate in all of Shas in which the phrase “Acherim Omrim” does not appear at least once.
He spoke with passion and urgency, urging the bochurim to recognize the unparalleled Torah legacy entrusted to them by the Rebbe. And with that legacy comes a sacred charge: the responsibility of the temimim, the Chayalei Beis Dovid, to “bring the Rebbe into the world” by learning his Torah, living it, and spreading it to Jews everywhere.
As Rabbi Elituv recalled: “When I first encountered this sicha, nearly fourteen years ago, I thought to myself: there mustn’t be a single bochur in the world who doesn’t know this wondrous biur. Nothing like it has ever been heard in the world of yeshivos. I consider it a great merit to have brought this book to print—and an even greater merit to have shared it with over 3,000 temimim in Israel and around the world.”
A Tour Across Continents
This most recent leg of the journey began on Isru Chag Shavuot, at the Kinus Torah in 770, where hundreds of temimim had gathered. From there, Rabbi Elituv visited the following yeshivos:
• Yeshiva Ketana Chovevei Torah (Rabbi Shneur Minsky)
• Yeshiva Gedolah (Rabbi Sternberg)
• Yeshiva Ketana, Connecticut (Rabbi Bistritzky)
• Yeshiva Gedolah of New Haven (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kalmanson)
• Yeshiva Ketana of New Haven (Rabbi Yosef Lustig)
• Yeshiva Ketana of Westchester (Rabbi Zalman Heller)
• Yeshiva Gedolah of Nyack (Rabbi Meir Heller)
• Yeshiva Ketana, Monsey (Rabbi Sender Lustig)
• Yeshiva Ketana, Pomona (Rabbi Nachum Lefkowitz)
• Yeshiva Gedolah, Baltimore – founded by Rabbi Levi Najjar, led by Rabbi Salavitczky
• Yeshiva Ketana, Baltimore (Rabbi Kaminker)
• Yeshiva Gedolah, Morristown (Rabbi Chaim Shapiro)
• Yeshiva Gedolah, Montreal (Rabbi Kaplan)
• Yeshiva Ketana, Montreal (Rabbi Levi Karp)
• Yeshiva Ketana, Toronto (Rabbi Elizer Posner)
• Yeshivat Tomchei Temimim, Toronto (Rabbi Zeitlin)
• Yeshivat Tomchei Temimim, Detroit (Rabbi Levi Kaplan)
• Yeshiva Gedolah, Miami (Rabbi Yehuda Leib Shapiro)
At each stop, Rabbi Ellituv delivered a full-length, richly layered shiur—often lasting over ninety minutes—unfolding the Rebbe’s approach with clarity, depth, and passion. These weren’t merely lectures, but immersive learning experiences that brought the sugyos to life, drawing the bochurim into the depths of the Rebbe’s Torah.
Rabbi Ellituv acknowledged that the trip demanded an intense pace—covering over 3,000 miles in less than two weeks. Yet, he said, it was an unbounded joy: to meet with the temimim, to witness their sharp minds and open hearts, and to be moved by their love for the Rebbe’s Torah—their eagerness, their sincerity, the fire with which they learn. “From now on,” he said, “every time they encounter the words “Acherim Omrim” in the Gemara, they’ll recall the Rebbe’s astonishing insight and study those sugyos with new eyes: through a lens that unites, clarifies, and elevates.”
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