Sacred Stamp

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There are those who use the eloquence of words to reach others, each phrase and expression hitting with the force of a hammer’s blow.

Others use silence, a quiet, burning intensity creating its own sort of impact.

And there is a third sort, the rare individual who uses both — not silent, but also not a speaker. Words are chosen carefully, taken seriously — tools, perhaps, but not the goal. It’s not the oratory or rhetoric that inspires the listener, but the person himself.

That’s how Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock, who passed away last week at age 95, reached generations of students — stamping them with the unique imprint of a Long Beach talmid.