PHOTOS: The World’s Elder Rosh Yeshiva Arrives in Eretz Yisrael for a Chasunah – The Yeshiva World

PHOTOS: The World’s Elder Rosh Yeshiva Arrives in Eretz Yisrael for a Chasunah

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[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Rabbi Kopelman Shlita, viewed as the elder statesman of roshei yeshiva around the world, 104, arrived in Eretz Yisrael on Sunday to take part in the chasunah of a talmid.

Rabbi Kopelman, who is rosh yeshiva in Lucerne, Switzerland, attended the chasnah in the Nof Illit Hall. The rosh yeshiva gave a dvar torah during the simcha – while hundreds of Yeshiva Bochrim & Roshei Yeshiva packed the room.

Click on the following link to see photos taken by Kikar.net: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/photos.php?albumid=5430693817334602769

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)

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4 Responses

  1. Mrs. Doubtfire says: January 25, 2010 10:31 am 10:31 am at 10:31 am

    Boruch Hashem for simchas! Bli ayin hora. May Hashem bentch him and grant him many more years of health and strength.

  2. theprof1 says: January 25, 2010 12:10 pm 12:10 pm at 12:10 pm

    Hashem has given the world a precious gift. Halevai that He allows us the use of this gift for many more years. Rav Kopelman is a mechanech and talmid chochom par excellence.

  3. outoftowner says: January 25, 2010 4:57 pm 4:57 pm at 4:57 pm

    Bli Ayin Hara- He should be gezunt ad meah v’esrim shanah, and he should be zoche to greet moshiach bimheira byameinu!

  4. briskdude says: January 25, 2010 5:13 pm 5:13 pm at 5:13 pm

    Any one know his schedule and if he will be giving any shiurim or making any appearances during his stay in eretz yisroel?

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