Once Rav Elyashiv gave his psak, Rav Uri accepted it wholeheartedly

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hen Uri Zohar ztz"l, star of the Israeli entertainment world, disappeared from stage and screen in the mid 1970s and embraced Yiddishkeit, he caused quite the sensation. But he then fell off the public’s radar, as he spent 15 years secluded in the beis medrash.

When Lev L’Achim was formed in the early 1990s, Rav Shach decided that Rav Uri was ready to be the Torah world’s ambassador to the public. But Rav Uri, immersed in learning, wasn’t eager to take on this new role.

Rav Uri went to Rav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv to make his case. He told the gadol hador about his concerns that his ruchniyus would be compromised, and presented a note from his wife protesting the idea that her husband return to public life. But Rav Elyashiv paskened that he was obligated to accept this new task.