When he felt there was a need for something, he didn’t just talk about it or complain, he did something about it. From All Sides [With Perfect Faith / Issue 910] As a native of Montreal, I want to tell you that the article about the Ani Maamin campaign spearheaded by Reb Shloimi Steinmetz brought
“Riding to the rescue of someone who doesn’t bother to do anything to rescue himself, we’re teaching our children every wrong lesson”
“That bond to a rav, a kehillah, a second home — it’s something worth sacrificing for”
“There are three sources responsible for creating a child — I wonder if Hashem is ever consulted when divorced parents make unilateral decisions for their children”
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky: “To stick to one’s principles is indeed praiseworthy. But to know when to break them is gadlus!”
“Let’s be big people and not forget to put Hashem into our decision-making. Be as machmir as you want, but from a place of purity and kirvas Hashem, not from escape and fear”
