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For Your InspirationThe Chofetz Chaim, zt"l
The Chofetz Chaim describes the outreach effort as a milchemes mitzvah and obligates every "baal Torah" to join the fight.
Adar, 5686 (February,1926)
"In truth, when one ponders and understands the status of Torah in recent years, and how it has fallen so much in today's world, then the obligation on every baal Torah who has learned...is that much greater to fight the battles of Torah...
"The war being fought against G-d and His Torah is a continuous threat, worsening daily. Therefore it is incumbent upon every person who knows even a little Torah to do all that he can. If he just knows Chumash, he must put together a learning group and teach them Chumash. If he knows Mishnah, he should teach Mishnah...
"One who has learned a few years in yeshiva, and has thus acquired much Torah knowledge, must never say he is exempt. Rather, he is obligated to go out to the battlefield and lead as many Torah learning groups as he can. Not only that, but he is more obligated than anyone else. It is up to him to urge, awaken and assemble the congregation and show them 'the right way'...and through this the honor of Hashem will multiply throughout the world. A war like this one is not a milchemes reshus, an optional war; rather, it is a milchemes mitzvah, a positive commandment in which everyone is obligated to shoulder a portion..."
(Translated from Michtavei Chafetz Chaim, Ma'amar 33, Eis La'asos La'shem)
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