"We are mechanech ourselves to jump into action, which is wonderful, but we need to also work on being mechanech ourselves to just feel"
I am old enough to have seen unfamiliar singers charged with “opening acts” for famous performers — the dubious shteller of singing to near-empty halls as people found parking and located their seats and got comfortable — rise to become the featured singers themselves. I’m experienced enough to have seen sly changes in biographies over the years, in one case a “rabbi’s assistant” becoming an assistant rabbi.
It takes time, but there’s a process.
Six years ago, I was asked to moderate a panel of talmidei chachamim at the Agudah Convention. The panel would showcase those who teach Torah and guide talmidim discussing and deliberating over real-time questions in front of a live audience.
The years have passed and I still haven’t gotten past moderator, so it’s time to embrace the role, I guess, and accept my place.
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