Journey to Belarus: The Historic Meeting & Difference of Opinion of the Chofetz Chaim & the Malbim

Okay friends, we just had the of a lifetime to be at the kev of raenu. You saw mayor in the bay. What a wondous opportunity. What a zus that we had to be in this very special place. I want to tell you about a historic meeting that took place in 1874 between the and one of the all-time great theim revered lib he admired his amazing intellect his godless would say who could Never imagine a head like the malam. The mishabura quotes the of the malam very regularly. The malam wrote and the quotes. He was especially fond of the malam's commentary to fact the writes that we are not on the level to understand. You know sometimes the will say this what do you mean aliy why shouldn't you read it that way the malbum was said only a god of like the malbum could understand how kazal made so now in 1874 the zar made a law that obligated any man from 21 years old to be conscripted in the army for 6 years from age 21 to age 27. The problem was that most Jews got married at either 18 years old or maybe as latest up to 20 years old. And now would it make sense for a young boy to get married at 18 or 20 when they're going to be taken away to the army for 6 years? So they changed the policy. They delayed getting married. Most young men now got married at 27 when their conscription was finished and the felt this was not a great idea. In fact, in Poland, you see the reason why they delayed getting married is first of all, who could have a head for marriage when they know they were going to be away from home for six years? The father of the girls didn't want to give their daughters away in marriage because they're leaving their daughters like living amus for 6 years and who knows when the guy comes back who knows if they'll still be religious. However, the in Poland continued to marry off their sons at 18 years old 20 years old because of the following philosophy. The masle of two is better than the masle of one. Masa deod. So they figured the masle of two sets of parents would help bail out this boy from any dangers in the army and plus if he was married he was so to speak tied down to a wife and that would keep him loyal to Tyro Mitzv. So in Poland they continued to get married at age 18 or 20. Theim held that even though boys were being drafted they need to continue to get married at 18 and 20 years old. And this way they'll be able to preserve their tahara and they'll be these young men will be tied down to a family to a woman and that will keep them on the straight and narrow. And the wrote a k that from now on Jews have to go back to the traditional age of marriage 2018 irrespective of being drafted in the army. The problem was that because of censorship the zar did not allow this kura to be published because for him he felt the Russian army was better off drafting single men rather than married men. So the could not publish it in Raden. So he went to Prussia to a city called Kunan and he published it there. While there he had a historic meeting with the Malam and he asked the Malbum to sign on his ko that boys should get married at younger at 20 to 21. What's this crisis? What are they saying now? They want the boys to get married after 12th grade. Younger younger. So the said the boys have to revert back to getting married younger. The Malim did not give a to the Malbum disagreed with the However the had a historic meeting with the Malbim and the Malbum as reported by Rabman poured out his heart to the of all the troubles he was having. They were royim. The Malbam was chased out of many different cities by the uh reform. The Mabam had a very tragic life. The malam says in his life it was fulfilled and commiserated with the malam empathized with the malam was the in the end the malam became very ill in Kiev and came to visit him and the bought from the malam the malra the five volume commentary of the malra that was very dear to the for his whole life would boast this set of malam I bought from the himself mayor leish this is the historic meeting between the and the