The inquiry was about Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchok, which more than 40 years earlier had been located in the Kovno suburb of Slabodka
Though he was attracted by the New World offer, old age and other factors prevented the Malbim from taking the position
Answering the call was a young, ambitious scion of the Alter of Slabodka named Eliyahu Meir Finkel
Rav Shlomo Hoffman spent the better part of a century uncovering the layers of the neshamah and left his tools as a gift to the world
What about shidduchim? The yeshivah has hundreds of bochurim of marriageable age, and under the guidelines, they aren’t allowed to go out to restaurants or hotel lobbies
“Whenever you experience any sort of salvation, however small it might seem, write it down in your book of thanks”
