Nearly eighty students of Yeshiva Ketana ‘Tomchei Temimim’ in the Istra neighborhood of Moscow participated in a special campaign to study by heart the entire 25th volume of Likutei Sichos.

Since the beginning of the year, the students have been studying the entire volume from cover to cover during their spare time. During the campaign, periodic tests were held on the talks, and at the end of studying the complete sefer, a general test was held that included dozens of questions on the entire volume. The twenty young men who received the highest scores qualified for the final stage and entered the public stage of the ‘Grand Chidon’. 

The Chidon was held in the yeshiva hall with the participation of the guest of honor from Eretz Yisroel, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Chitrik, chairman of the Kolel Chabad in Tzfas and Director of the Beis Chana Seminary, who tested the students back and forth and stood in awe of their knowledge. He then delivered a key message to all the students and the educational staff about their obligation to invest in studying without interruption and without distraction. He shared with the audience his memories as a student in the yeshiva adjacent to the Rebbe’s holy room in 770 and the constant demand to diligently and punctually observe the yeshiva’s rules.

In his speech, the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Lerman, expressed his gratitude to the founder of the yeshiva, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, who provided great support and encouragement throughout the entire period of the campaign, and who constantly cares for the success of the yeshiva, along with the other yeshivahs in the capital city of Moscow.

The educational staff, who are witnesses to the students’ great efforts, expressed their gratitude to Rabbi Yehuda Davidov, who sponsored the campaign, and to the community director, Rabbi Mordechai Weisberg, who stands by the yeshiva with all his heart and soul.