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“Rabbi,” the man responded, “if a rabbi asks, first you give. Questions can be asked later”

There was nothing that could have truly prepared anyone for what was to come

Why were they able to reach these plateaus of true inner happiness and purpose, and I can’t?

I felt an overwhelming pity for him — a Jew so lost without Torah

 “I had never heard the kol Torah before, and I didn’t really understand what it was. But I knew that it filled me up”

I didn’t need to worry about what she would say or do, because she wasn’t here to say or do it