Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman, Rosh Yeshivas Rashbi, delivered a sharp and forceful response to recent Supreme Court proceedings, declaring that the Torah world will not be intimidated following inflammatory remarks made during hearings on the issue of drafting yeshiva bochurim.

The comments were made when a group of bnei yeshiva visited his home, during which the rosh yeshiva spoke strongly about the troubling statements that surfaced in court discussions in recent days.

The controversy erupted after, during one of the Supreme Court hearings, an attorney representing the petitioners was inadvertently heard on an open microphone saying: “We will dismantle the Torah world.”

On Thursday afternoon, while delivering divrei chizuk to the visiting bochurim, Rav Bergman directly addressed those remarks.

“There is a group sitting in Yerushalayim in the court, where they are saying that they will destroy the Torah world — that is their exact language. They should know, and everyone should know, that nothing will help them. ‘No weapon formed against you shall succeed.’ The Torah world will continue on and on, and nothing they do will help them.”

“We will stand strong and not be afraid of them. And you should strengthen yourselves in Torah and in yiras Shamayim, and Hakadosh Boruch Hu will save us from them and from anyone who seeks to destroy the Torah world.”