and we feel we're on th elevel to speculate about rav elyashiv? or about anyone for that matter?
The OP was about a magid shiur in the MIR, not some "meshugena lamdan" on ddf, nothing personal. The gedolim have spoken about this. I just saw a sign today quoting Rav Chaim Kanievsky and iirc Rav AYL Shteinman Shlita, both expressing such sentiments, that because of people's aveirus, lo yireh becha ervas davar, there are tragedies happening in the recent past.
My friend was by Rav Avigdor Miller ZT"L when the Gadol Hador was niftar. They asked Rav Miller why it happened. He said "what do you think, he should live forever? He lived to a ripe old age." Afterwards he explained that lemaisa the reason was because we did not value and appreciate the Gadol enough. He used to give a shiur in his home and very few people would
bother to go. That is why he was taken from us. If we don't appreciate the gedolim, Hashem takes them away.
It is clear that even when a Gadol is nifter at an old age, we still should learn from it.
Chaikel, if you have a point about kosher phones, how is that relevant here?