We’re not merely focused on this generation— we’re focused on all future generations as well
“Pharaoh… said to them, ‘…Who and who are going?’ Moshe said, ‘With our youth and with our elders we will go, with our sons and with our daughters” (Shemos 10:8-9).
Finally one bochur expressed his surprise.
“Rebbi, there are only four of us here.”
Reb Shlomo replied, “Do you think I’m speaking to you? I’m speaking to you and to your students and to your students’ students.” (Rav Yosef Chesny, Tiferes Yosef)
Long Friday nights have me sitting on the couch, a pile of seforim next to me as I peruse various maamarim to find ideas for my next column. The name Reb Shlomo Heiman caught my eye. I’d heard the anecdote before, but the maamar’s continuation perfectly paralleled my personal connection to Rav Shlomo Heiman ztz”l.
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