Touching Story

There is a story told of Rav Shlomo Zalman Aeurbach, that appears in
the frontispiece of Rav Rimon's הלכה ממקורה: צבא. Once a student from
Yeshivat Kol Torah approached Rav Shlomo Zalman Aeurbach zt"l and
asked him, 'may I interrupt my studies (of Torah) to travel to prayer
at the graves of the righteous/tzadikim?' Rav Shlomo Zalman answered
him, 'it is preferable to remain in the yeshiva and learn (Torah).'
The student asked, 'is there no place for going at times to the graves
of the righteous to pray? Does the rav not go at times to pray at the
graves of the tzadikim?' Rav Shlomo Zalman answered him, 'in order to
pray at the graves of tzadikim there is no need to travel to the
Gallilee. When I feel a need to pray at the graves of the righteous,
I go to Mount Herzl(Israel's national military cemetery in Jerusalem),
to the graves of the soldiers who died for the sake of God.'