“If the Kichels are eating Melaveh Malkah, so can all of us!”
Thank you, Yonoson Rosenblum and Mishpacha, for the piece on Oliver Ferber. It was one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever read.
Oliver’s comment, “I have some steel in me,” reminded me of the story of Rav Shmuel Aharon Yudelevitch, brother-in-law of Rav Elyashiv, who as a young orphan chose to remain on his own in Yerushalayim — rather than accompany his mother to northern Israel when she remarried — because he knew that only in the rarified atmosphere of the Holy City could he realize his potential in Torah. (See the book In Every Generation written by his grandson.) He, too, “had some steel in him.” With that resolve, he was able to overcome any obstacle in his path to greatness.
With the kind of resolve that Oliver has shown, there is no doubt that, b’ezras Hashem, his future is a bright one.
Thank you, Oliver, for inspiring us.
Rabbi Shimon Finkelman
Thank you for your inspiring article “Running Against the Grain” by the iconic Yonoson Rosenblum.
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