The death of the righteous is likened to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash
There is mourning for what was, and that is profound.
And there is mourning for what might have been, the potential and hope that has been lost, and that is so much stronger.
No one can gauge, no one can know, and no one can quantify what might have been, if only…
That kind of loss is true churban.
Earlier this year, Rav Shmuel Yehuda Levin was a keynote speaker at the Agudah convention. There was an air of excitement as he ascended the podium, because he carried with him a little cloud of hope.
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