Amid a severe financial crisis facing the Shuvu kiruv organization, Slabodka rosh yeshiva Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch is set to depart for the United States on a special fundraising mission aimed at sustaining the struggling mosad.

The trip, which will span several days, will include a series of special dinners with leading supporters of Olam HaTorah, as efforts intensify to rescue the organization from its current financial distress.

Joining Rav Hirsch on the journey will be Rav Shimon Galai and Rav Yitzchok Silman, the nasi of Shuvu. The delegation is scheduled to remain in New York for a brief but focused stay.

Although the trip had been arranged several months ago, it was recently thrown into doubt due to the war. Now, with the situation having stabilized and air travel reopening, Rav Hirsch instructed that the mission proceed as planned, stressing the urgency of supporting an organization established by gedolei Torah that is mekarev Yiddishe kinder to their Father in Heaven. This decision comes despite the heavy burden already resting on his shoulders.

In this context, Rav Hirsch has on multiple occasions referenced the extraordinary mesirus nefesh of his rebbi, Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l, who traveled tirelessly for years on behalf of kiruv efforts such as Chinuch Atzmai and similar mosdos.