Sermons for Shofar Blowing, Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Shalom Yossef Eliashiv - 1946

Handwritten leaf, two sermons for Shofar blowing, handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Yossef Shalom Eliashiv. [Jerusalem, Elul, 1946].
The sermons were delivered prior to Shofar blowing on Rosh Hashanah 1947, in the first years of his service as Rabbi of "Hevrat Tife'eret Bachurim". Mussar reproof and awakening for repentance with reference to actual events, in a poetic and clear language. He speaks about "the Shofar as a herald calling to arrange our lives, from the start of the year until its ending, according to the Torah" and to observe the Torah devotedly.
He criticizes the disrespect regarding observing the Torah commandments widely spread among young people, and blames the parents who do not insist on biblical education, until they "see their sons go astray and do not protest". Interesting in particular is his reference to those who do not observe the Torah: "we have a Torah…with 613 commandments, and when we look at youngsters, our future generation, there is not much left of the Torah – no holidays, not observing the Shabbat, no Torah or Tefillin, no Tevilah or Tahara, only one thing is left: when there is trouble they also suffer since they are Jews…one converts and everybody knows that he is like a gentile, and if one does not observe the Shabbat in public he is considered a convert…"
Leaf, ca. 21 cm, 2 densely written pages, 90 lines, handwritten. Good condition.