Maran, the Chazon Ish – Part IV

Rabbenu Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz zy”a, was the leader sent from On High to the Jewish people during one of its most terrible periods, and was the angel who established, built, and raised it up, and merited tremendous siyata d”Shmaya to build an entire world of Torah, yirah, and avodas Hashem.

The Maran, the Chazon Ish series is an attempt to see, from a distance of thousands of light years, the incredible, lofty, and concealed figure, of the leader of the generations, father of the Torah world, who built from top to bottom the world of Torah and chinuch, and illuminated the Torah of the entire Land of Israel and of the entire world, with the pure light of Torah.

In Maran, the Chazon Ish – Part IV, we continue following the Chazon Ish, seeing how he continued building the Torah world in Eretz Hakodesh after the terrible churban in Europe, how he worked to establish more and more yeshivos, and in essence, reestablished the entire world of Torah.

The Chazon Ish is the person who imbued the Jewish nation with the fiery aspiration of cleaving to Torah and having mesirus nefesh to remain in G-d’s house forever – “that I will sit in the House of Hashem all the days of my life.” He established the world of the kollelim, and empowered tens of thousands of men toiling in Torah throughout Eretz Yisrael and the world, all cleaving to and studying Torah all their lives.

The Chazon Ish toiled to establish an entire world of taharah throughout the Land of Israel. With unbelievable toil and mesirus nefesh, he succeeded in illuminating the light of taharah (purity) throughout the country, in a manner which no one else had ever done. With mesirus nefesh he merited great siyata d’Shmaya, when the world of taharah was established as directed by the Chazon Ish.

Aside from his being the builder, leader, and establisher of the world of Torah and chinuch, and alongside his fight to safeguard the walls of Torah and Judaism, the Chazon Ish was a loving, concerned father to every individual. Every person – a ben Torah or a baalabos, felt that he cared for him like an only son. He was the heart of the Jewish people, and with his concern for every individual – he felt their pain, their troubles, and worked tirelessly to extract them from their difficulties until they were on the right road.

The Chazon Ish, the leader the likes of which had not existed for generations, was the protective wall of the Jewish nation with him guarding the remnant of the nation from plots to uproot the Torah, and change the face of the Jewish people. He was the great general who called out “Whoever is with G-d, come to me” and gathered the few souls who remained, and succeeded in breathing the breath of life into the smoking remnants, and set up tens of thousands in legions walking in the way of the Torah and tradition, in quantity and quality which had not existed for generations.

In Maran, the Chazon Ish – Part IV, we are exposed to the lofty lights of his halachic rulings, the ways in which he behaved towards the public and individuals, the light of the Chazon Ish, his guidance and advice which emanated from the sublime holy palace in which he lived. These lights will illuminate, for the coming generations too, the clear, pure, and untainted light of the Torah in its purity – the Torah’s light as it was handed down from Sinai.

The Chazon Ish illuminated the light of pure emunah to the public and the individual. A long and important chapter in this book focuses on his clear philosophy regarding emunah and bitachon. The light of the Chazon Ish’s emunah which possesses the power to illuminate the way for the Jewish nation.

The Chazon Ish, alongside his concern for the community, made sure to establish more and more Jewish homes, Torah homes which would continue the heritage of the previous generations. A special chapter in our book is dedicated to his ways, guidance, and advice regarding shidduchim and marriage.

The series Maran, the Chazon Ish, is an attempt to bring some of the light of the great light – the Chazon Ish – to our generation, a light which will light up the way to the Jewish nation for matters regarding both individuals and the wider community. A light which will continue to light up the path to the Torah world which follows him in Eretz Yisrael and the entire world.