R’ Glatstein Divrei Hesped: The Legacy of Rav Gershon Edelstein on Shalom Bayis & Chinuch Habanim

this Tower class is brought to you by torahanytime.com today on your Sivan we lost cloudy so I lost the door of garcinero Stein versus Yeshiva who has over 100 years old and after Abrahim kaneevsky passed away last year he was a de facto leader of Claudius Royal and it almost seems like with the passing of Gershon it's like the end of an era it's our last connection to the godola Israel of yesteryear the godlam of the previous era and RAV Gershon gave Claud Israel a certain tranquility and peace of mind because we were confident in his pragmatic thoughtful quiet steady leadership and now yes I want to share on this occasion some of the Gershon Edelstein specifically in the area of Shalom bias which he was renowned for we've got schneiders once asked for advice in Shalom bias and he says Shalom bias there's a very simple two-word formula list be silent and show respect that's all there is that's the whole thing be silent you don't always have to answer you don't always have to say something you don't always you don't always have to respond you don't always have to comment this two-word formula says is the key to Shalom bias and this is something that we could say this is not only something that he would say but this is something that he would constantly say because this is how he lived list Nado Stein once spoke at nasifa for um teachers and moras regarding proper and you could just get a sense for the cupboards and the humility of RAV Gershon in the way he introduced his speech he said if I'm going to speak about that implicitly means that there's something lacking in the way is being administered because if there wasn't what to correct then there's nothing for me to speak about so for me to give the impression in front of Robin or Morris that there's what to be misakane that's like a pagia and the kavoid of the how do we have a right to publicly get up and speak about what needs the area of improvement and that's a public affront him but says with Gershon the seabor of they're asking me they want to hear so this is not criticism no this is like what says this is one of the kinyani so you see the covered and the anniversary he's hesitant to speak about what needs correction I mean it doesn't seem to be rocket science that of course this is something that always needs to be elevated but nevertheless you're so sensitive perhaps the rabbian would feel a pagia kosher when they're covered and with Goshen established that the responsibility of Arabi is not just to teach Torah but that the tamidam should enjoy and get satisfaction out of their learning he writes if the student doesn't enjoy their learning it is either impossible or very difficult for them to continue alone without enjoyment of learning without an interest in the learning will not do the job it's too hard to continue to sit and be diligent if there's no enjoyment and masikos from the Torah and regression said that the truth is intrinsically if done right of course a student will have enjoyment when they learn we see from little children that if they have the proper rebbe they can learn simple things and they'll enjoy reviewing again and again and again and again the problem though is as a child gets older there are competing things in this world that Vie for his enjoyment there are other things that start giving enjoyment and therefore the only itsa is to heighten and to give Tommy them the tools to be able to enjoy the learning to be able to compete with the other things in this world that also give the students enjoyment [Applause] would say that the proper method of a rebbe giving a Shear because every Shear has three types of students it has mitsuyanim it has average students and it has a below average students and he said a phenomenal principle and I don't think this is observed and certainly perhaps many are not aware of this and that is the level of a Shear should be as follows it should be appropriate for the highest level in the sense that the smartest students should be able to get the sheer very easily with minimal effort contrary perhaps the proper popular opinion that you need to make the the stronger students work hard no says Robert Garcia the stronger students it should be extremely easy for them that they should be able to finish what the revi is started off and he seems to say the logic of that is because they're used to things coming easy for them it's going to be too hard for them if they're pushed too much the average student has to be able to understand the shear if not at this year but they have to be able to get it at least in the review of the Sheikh has and the weaker students must feel that they get at least something from this year so they have what to be happy about and at least they could be something and of course the rebbe has to encourage the student the weakest students so that they they don't give up hope however if this year is on too high of a level it's not good for anyone the mitsuyan if they're gonna have to work it's against their nature to have to work like that the banani it's going to be too painful they're not going to understand and the khalash they won't get anything out of it regression would say over a story about an eighth grader and who had didn't understand anything from the share but the review was a Pikachu so the rabbi said look I'm going to give you a special test the regular test this kid could not answer any other questions the Revy gave a special test with one question that he knew the students would be able to answer and sir and sure enough the student got the right answer soon got 100 on his test he felt good about it he continued in this year the the rebbe slowly cultivated the student the next test he answered two questions next test three questions the next test four questions until finally this the students were streamlined but Garrison would talk about Arabian sixth grade who taught and he told over to the students the Parish of the bhartanura and they were all being very successful they all enjoyed their learning they were all being mats and came in to give a fahr to the class and he started to ask a question from the Tyson and nobody knew the answer the revident teacher said don't feel bad why do you need to teach the toy system are you being matsuiak with the students are the students enjoying their learning so then your music is if you didn't learn the mishnah with the toy system but the rabbi said the other rebe of the other classes teaching Natasha siente says of Gershon who says he should be teaching the Thai don't measure what you should do based on what other people are doing recognize that if you're a being with this method then you should continue this method sometimes regression would say rabayam are afraid to say that they're they made a mistake because they don't want the students to know they don't know something or maybe the student knows more than them Gershon says adaraba it will only Elevate the esteem of the rebbe in the eyes of the student if the student sees the rebbe he has humility and the rebbe is able to say I don't know no one ever lost out by saying I don't know nobody ever lost out by giving a transparent straightforward answer I don't know and then we have gershner stand would say that learning too many mafarsham takes away from one's ability to enjoy the simple straightforward chocolate of the gemara he would talk about a man he knew who learned who learned in village and when he became older he was able to sit and learn just Gamora with Rashi says Gershon the sheer clolly in the Yeshiva is it's for Bali kishwan it's just for ballet kishron but it's not the icker learning thicker learning is regular Simple Learning al-hadaf and that is what the rabam should give over to the Tami the importance of the straightforward clear learning al-hada and with Gershon would say that even though in the MS a person is measured based on their but a person's is not measured just by their level of learning would quote the well-known would quarrel amongst each other and you're arguing with me and learning how to pass how could you argue with me Rabbi hanina said if the Torah would be forgotten I would restore the Torah with my pilpa I'm sharper than you I'm smarter than you how could you argue with me in halacha foreign with me I would ensure the toe would never be forgotten meaning even though Raphael was not as sharp as Rebel khanina he would have this that he would make sure the toe would never be forgotten as the gemara goes on to relate he would take five students and teach them and then the students would teach each other what they learned student a who learned boracious would teach the other for boracious student B who learned smites would teach the other shmite students see who learned vayicro would teach the others vayikra and so on and so forth he would take another six children and teach them all mishnayas and then they would teach each other the Seder that they learned said you're arguing with me I would ensure the Torah never be forgotten Ino was sharper than he was on a higher level of learning so the question is who in fact is on a higher level you have to look to the end of the gemara says last night I saw abuse I said to him where are you in Canada he said and who is sitting by rabiani and who is rabiani learning from and who's learning by he was learning by rabriya says of gershine was on a lower level thanina would be able to restore the Torah bipolai and the gemara says not any other category not any other criteria so then why was a higher level saysra of Gershon because on a higher level of him in homish and mishnah Mame he was on a higher level than was sharper because Amita will be more determined more than by once purple and will be more determined by mizak as harabim and the progression would say well who could be greater what is greater than Arabian Yeshiva whose mazak has so it is said in the name of Jonas and ibishes that when it said they can pass away his madrigoys are now Hefner and those who apply themselves and those who assert themselves could be kind of the madragos of this Sadiq and this to learn from the great legacy of gushan Edelstein yage for all of Claudius foreign you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com