Today is the last day of shiva for Maran HaGaon Rav Gershon Edelstein, zecher tzaddik v’kadosh l’veracha . The entire Klal Yisrael is mourning the loss of this Torah giant, who was regarded as the Gadol Hador . He passed away during parashat Naso . In Israel, it was read a few days before his passing and outside of Israel it was read a few days after. The name of the Rabbi, Gershon, is not such a common name. The parasha began with the words נשא את ראש בני גרשון – which literally means, Lift up the heads of the children of Gershon. We all benefited from the Torah of Rav Gershon, who protected the entire generation with his learning. And thus, we are all his students. And students are considered like children. We all need to lift ourselves up and add a little more Torah to our lives so we can collectively fill in the great void that was left. The pasuk says in parashat Naso , if a nazir accidentally became tameh from a corpse, he has to bring a korban to get kapara for his averah . Rav Shmuel Birnbaum asked, why should a nazir need any kapara if he became tameh from something that was completely beyond his control, as Rashi explains, the tumah described in the pasuk came about b’ones . The Rabbi answered, the rule is if a person is careful in any area of Torah and mitzvot to do his utmost to keep that particular halacha, and he places boundaries and fences to protect himself from violating it, then Hashem will give him extra Heavenly help for the times that are beyond his control. And He will ensure that the person never violates the law even inadvertently. And therefore, if this nazir was able to become tameh inadvertently, it means he didn’t do his utmost to protect himself for the instances that were in his control, or else he would have been protected. And that requires kapara . We see from here if someone is steadfast in his commitment to any mitzvah, Hashem will give him siyata d’Shamaya to help him always be able to perform that mitzvah. Rav Gershon Edelstein was committed to giving his daily shiur to the students in the Ponevezh Yeshiva. He gave shiur for a staggering seventy years. His commitment to that shiur was beyond belief. He gave the shiur every single day, even during Ben Hazmanim , the months of Nisan and Av, when all of the yeshivot are off. He gave the shiur even on Erev Pesach . When his brother passed away, on the day the shiva ended, the Rabbi gave shiur in the yeshiva. Even when he was in the hospital, he gave the shiur from his bed. He was so committed. And thus, Hashem gave him siyata d’Shamaya for 70 years to give that shiur . He passed away with all of his faculties intact. He even gave the shiur the day before he passed away. He was 100 years old giving a high-level shiur to top bachurim in a top yeshiva, one day before he left the world. Even on the day that he passed away he was planning on giving the shiur , he had already begun writing the notes for the shiur and during that preparation, Hashem took his neshama . He left the world doing the mitzvah that he was so committed to performing and it will escort him to the highest places in Gan Eden . It is incumbent upon all of us, the בני גרשון, to lift ourselves us and accept some of the responsibility of the Rabbi’s great commitment to learning Torah. יהי זכרו ברוך .