Along the road called life, HaKadosh Baruch Hu places people in our paths who will forever change the journey we take and the destiny we create for ourselves. Two such people are Rabbi Dovid and Mrs. Ettie Rosenbaum. Giants not just of Torah and spirituality, but also of integrity and character. Though they tower a […]
Category: Visits and Travels
During my formidable years in the icy tundra of Baltimore, no one did more for me and my Sephardic education than Rabbi Yehezkel Ezra and his wife, Rabbanit Rebecca Ezra. From welcoming me to their home almost every single Friday night for five years, to sharing with me what a house full of love, joy(, […]
It was an absolute honor and pleasure for Rabbanit Devorah Halevy and I to spend time in the hills of Jerusalem at the home of our dear friends, Professor Zvi Zohar and his wife Avigayil. We sat in their beautiful garden, eating fruits that the Zohar’s grow on the Land, and discussing issues sorrounding the […]
The first of many visits – today with Mori HaRav Rabbi Yaakov Peretz shlit”a. It was so emotional for all of us to come visit our Rabbi after 2.5 years of not being able to see each other in person! This was the longest time I have ever spent apart from Mori HaRav, and the […]
We were returning from the Kotel on a crowded bus, when we noticed an elderly lady get on the bus with her cart. As is expected on Israeli buses, she approached a row of chairs in which three young girls (aged 5-6) were seated with their father. The lady proceeded to ask one of the […]