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םייח תרות תבישי
YESHIVA TORAS CHAIM Inaugural Tribute Dinner
The Legacy Lives On

HAGAON RAV CHAIM

KREISWIRTH k"eumz
AN INTERGENERATIONAL BRIDGE

Every day in vrag vbuna we pray that Hashem extend His mercy ohshxjv kgu ohehsmv kg
ovhrpux ,hc ,yhkp kgu ktrah ,hc lng ,hrta hbez kgu. While we know who the first three groups
are, the identity of the last one (ovhrpux ,hc ,yhkp – the remnant of the scholars) is a
bit enigmatic. Who are these remnants on whose behalf we implore Hashem?
The key to our survival as a Torah Nation is the unbroken chain of vruxn from hbhx.
While every generation has its saints and scholars they alone do not guarantee
true Jewish continuity. We must have people who serve as bridge figures linking
us with our glorious past. In every generation ktrah kkf had great men who lived
in an earlier time and served as the remnant of scholars helping us imbibe the
glorious spiritual heritage with its authentic Jewish esthetic and values, into our
bones.
For our generation Rav Kreiswirth k"eumz was ovhrpux ,hc ,yhkp – the remnant of
the scholars. He lived for ktrah kkf and served as a bridge for young and old alike
linking them to the spiritual wealth and existential Toras Chaim of his youth and
milieu. With his encyclopedic knowledge of Torah and his sense of responsibility
for ktrah kkf he was a larger than life model of how one could view life and live life
through the prism of Torah, developing pristine princely ,ushn and true ktrah ,cvt
and ohna ,trh. He lit up the world with his ohhj ,ru, and his sxj ,cvt and by his very
essence called on us to pursue ever-expanding horizons of Torahdik growth and
greatness.

It is this legacy that we celebrate tonight with a heartfelt vkhp, that we at Toras
Chaim loyally convey his vision to each and every one of our beloved ohshnk,.