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“When you were here, I would write to you at the beginning of a zeman to wish you well, and I’m continuing to that now as well”

The family wondered if Rabbi Elefant would visit this talmid, but AllDaf director Rabbi Moshe Schwed did even better

“Make sure the weaker talmid has chavrusas, someone to help him in learning, someone to encourage him…. That’s your job”

Following the death of his son, Lazarus Joseph initiated the first regular minyan in the State Capitol building in Albany to recite Kaddish

The outbreak of World War I on August 1 stymied his plans, stranding him in Europe for the better part of a year

“I really wanted to capture the Rosh Yeshivah in his kittel and post-Yom Kippur radiance”