It was, in a sense, both the culmination and beginning of a movement

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here was a world before Adirei HaTorah, and a world after Adirei HaTorah”. That was the sentiment one attendee shared with me after the ma’amad of Kiddush hashem held in Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia in which over 25,000 participants packed the arena to pay tribute to those who dedicate their lives to Torah, and to recognize that Torah learning is holding up our world.