Mile High Torah

I boarded the plane for Denver to be a scholar in residence at Merkaz Torah V’Chesed.

Rabbi Chaim Sher, the head of the organization, is doing an amazing job of instilling Torah in all types of Jews. Rabbi Avraham (Aver) Jacobs, the rav of Kehilas Bais Yisroel (where most Merkaz Torah activities take place) is their official rabbinical director.

This dynamic duo is changing the face of the East Side of Denver with shiurim, chavrusas, and a packed beis medrash. During my stay, I met many wonderful Jews who are striving and yearning to learn and grow.

I spoke ten times over Shabbos, and I felt good at being able to transmit Torah to the wonderful people of Denver. Aside from the teaching and shiurim, the questions and personal interactions, there was one special experience the average observer would never have noticed. Those present never could have imagined that this experience was perhaps my greatest joy of the entire Shabbos. But it was the conversation with a 15-year-old yeshivah bochur that deeply touched my soul.