Gedolei Yisroel Visit Brazil for Keren Olam HaTorah | מסע גדולי ישראל ב'ברזיל עבור קרן עולם התורה

A delegation of gedolei Yisroel descended on São Paulo Monday for a single, intensive day of chizuk and fundraising on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah, the coalition supporting the yeshivos of Eretz Yisroel through the financial crisis precipitated by the Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling against government funding for bnei yeshiva. The mission — anchored by Rav Yaakov Hillel, Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rav Avraham Salim, Rav Shimon Galay, Rav Chaim Peretz Berman, and Rav Yosef Chevroni — moved through batei medrash, kollelim, chadarim, and private homes from morning until late into the night. The day opened at the home of Mr. Jack Stern, where Rav Hillel told the crowd that Hashem will surely save Klal Yisroel, but the chiyuv of hishtadlus rests on us. A visibly emotional Rav Galay said forces in Eretz Yisroel are attempting to be oker the Torah. “It’s not me speaking. It’s Hashem asking.” Mr. Ezra Erani then recounted how Keren Olam HaTorah came to be. When the Supreme Court moved against the yeshivos, he called Jimmy Khezrie, and together they reached out to Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsh, eventually bringing him and Rav Dov Landau to America. Mr. Reuven Wolf emerged as the lay leader. The histo