Grunny Zlotnick, coeditor of the newly released Brick by Brick: Building an Ahavas Yisrael Mindset One Story at a Time
Over time, through life’s encounters, and with my parents’ thoughtful guidance, I learned to value different approaches to Yiddishkeit. These days, my siblings and I span the spectrum from chassidish to litvish to Modern Orthodox, and our wider family is even more diverse.
I feel so blessed to have a warm, loving connection with them, and they all shape my worldview.
The book was inspired by a Tishah B’Av shiur on the Kinnos I listened to a few years ago by Rabbi J.J. Schacter. Rabbi Schacter explained why the fast of Asarah B’Teves is never nidcheh. He said the Avudraham, Ohr HaChaim, and the Chasam Sofer hold that Asarah B’Teves is the judgment day of the Geulah. It’s the day Hashem decides whether or not that year we will be redeemed.
I’d never heard that before, and it just blew my mind. Then I thought, have I done anything to bring the Geulah closer? What abilities do I have that I can use to achieve this?
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