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IllumniNations — Emor 5782

Выпуск: IllumniNations — Emor 5782. Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. vah.” We spent hours discussing this and discuss- Together with the family, we arranged for the ing the long chain of tradition from which she I wrote an email to a few of the balebatim who man’s body to be brought to New York, where comes, all in a gentle and respectful manner. Each week, I ful, I brought the Torah which she loved so much, serve G-d,” she told me, “but if you end up with would take one or two of my kids along with me, to her room and then sang and even danced with it, I’ll be happy.” and we would talk and spend time together. I wrote that even though it didn’t only reason she was able to internalize every- of such a great tzaddik, could have been buried seem that way, I knew that what happened at thing we had spoken about was because I was alone in Massachusetts. It will just be you and me at the fu- Hashem was good to her and she was eventual- least ten other experienced buyers and devel- neral.” ly chosen to work in a factory, thereby surviving opers, and I knew that we didn’t stand a chance. That night, I got an email from a woman who attended my shiurim: “Rabbi, I just want to let On that cold winter night in 2006, we pulled up in front of you know that because of your classes, my hus- our new home. To my shock, she said, “I’d like to buy you one.” I started learning with some of them, and I invit- With that warm welcome, I knew it was going to ed them to our grand first event: a Purim party! There were piles of boxes everywhere, we didn’t People were polite enough not to hang up on There was one woman, a Holocaust survivor, know a soul in town, and… hey, what was that? cousins from Brooklyn had heard of his death She was very torn, caught between her desire to When I got back home, I was greeted by my wife and were trying to contact me. I wish that in today’s modern world, we would all appreciate our fam- There’s another Holocaust survivor in our com- ilies like you do.” munity who I call every week. She asked if I owned alized that Hashem was sending us a message: cold calls and managed to form some good rela- a Torah for my shul, and I told her that I did not.

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IllumniNations

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12 мая 2022 г.

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Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary