Libi BaMizrach

I wrote this a few hours after I heard of R' Nosson Zvi's passing . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone sent me these pictures today , a truly sad day as a very special man passed from our midst.   The pictures capture his life and its greatness, from student council President at Ida Crown in Chicago to the Rosh Yeshiva of the world's largest Yeshiva.   Different pictures but the same person; with growing aspirations who never stopped trying to accomplish as much as he possibly could with his limited time here. There is much that was written, and more that will be written, about him.  One nice write-up is saw is here  , which captures much of his uniqueness, (although there are a few small factual errors.) I would just like to add my small words of eulogy, of the Rebbi I knew thirty years ago, when he was much younger and less famous, (though even then he was not in the best of hea...

So, here goes, my official blog.    I am not quite sure why I am doing this, other than to give myself a publisher who will publish my material no matter what.   (Trying to get published is no fun).  So for the world to see, I can add my thoughts from time to time. Will anyone ever read this?  Who knows.   I guess time will tell.  But it is a first step, anyway.