Listen to Every Advisor, Act on Your Own Understanding

When Rav Yechezkel visited Rav Yitzchok Yeruchom Diskin, the son of the Maharil Diskin, the Rav of Brisk, in Yerushalayim, while searching for a building for the yeshiva after the massacre forced it to leave Chevron, Rav Diskin said with warmth, “Surely you are swamped with eitzas. But let me give you an eitza too. It is worthwhile to listen to every advisor and to every eitza. But when it comes to taking action, proceed according to your own understanding.” Rav Yechezkel followed this advice, which fit his own way of working over every idea in his own mind.