In a deeply troubling incident, seforim authored by Hagaon Rav Avrohom Gurwicz, rosh yeshiva of Gateshead Yeshiva and one of the senior gedolim of our generation, were seemingly removed under suspicious circumstances from multiple batei medrash in the Lakewood, NJ region, Matzav.com learned exclusively this past week.
The disappearance of the ענפי ארז and וענפי ארזי אל volumes comes just months after Rav Gurwicz publicly endorsed participation in the WZO elections on behalf of the Eretz HaKodesh party. Subsequently, an American rosh yeshiva sharply critiqued Rav Gurwicz’s position at a public gathering, a move that apparently led to some doing the unthinkable.
Rav Gurwicz is recognized as one of the foremost Torah leaders of our time, revered by the greatest gedolim and talmidei chachamim across the globe. His seforim are staples in yeshivos and batei medrash around the world, treated with utmost reverence by the world’s greatest talmidei chachomim.
Thankfully, in at least one beis medrash where the seforim had vanished, they were quietly restored to the shelves, a step toward repairing the bizayon haTorah.

{Matzav.com}