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The petirah of Springfield Rosh Yeshivah Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin hit talmidim and admirers particularly hard

“The glass between us isn’t enough to dull the shine of the ahavas Torah I see in your eyes”

“…then all the fundraising and toil was worth it”

Rav Aharon felt that hakaras hatov for Eisenhower’s lifesaving act warranted a Mi Shebeirach

“To learn the peirush of the Alshich Hakadosh is a joy”

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks had a bewildering array of titles, but his greatest title of all was Rabbi — because more than anything, he shared the Divine light of Torah with the world