Rav Dovid Feinsteinwas a nation’s address for clarity, courage, and compassion
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Really, he’s the one who told us how to write this article.
Years ago, in conversation with this magazine, Rav Dovid Feinstein reflected on his father’s legacy.
“The world,” he remarked, “will gain nothing by knowing how many times my father finished Shas, or that he was fluent in all of Torah shebe’al peh, like Rabi Akiva Eiger or the Chasam Sofer. When people speak of my father, they speak of his compassion, how he had time for children, for brokenhearted individuals. The bigger a person is, the more chesed he must do, and that’s how we know who the true talmidei chachamim are.”
And then he allowed himself a brief moment of personal rumination.
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