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I thought I knew what her fervent tefillos were for

It was then that I got a call asking if I‘d take on the job of writing a biography on Rav Nota Greenblatt

Their eyes met. In a single glance, his companion saw it all: the pain, the memories, the longing, the approaching end

Family First asked me to hang out in a flower shop and ask customers why they were buying their bouquets

On the Zoom screen, I could see my mother start to cry. “You were being destroyed, Gershon,” she said softly. “I had to get you out of the situation. I know it hurt you, and I’m sorry.”

Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen scoured the Far East for spirituality — and found it close to home