What My Teacher Taught Me   

You Can Do It

Rabbi Yaakov Wehl was the “frum” rebbi from Boro Park in a day school in Long Island, New York. He tried to open the eyes of the teens in his care to a greater vista of what Torah learning and Torah observance could be.

Every Purim, he and his rebbetzin hosted dozens of Long Island high school boys in their Boro Park home, where he made a real impression of how a Purim seudah could be a place for growth. Each year, he led us in singing a song he wrote:

“I want to be a ben Torah. I want to be a ben Toraaaaaah. Anyone who wants to be can be a ben Torah.”

That’s it. Those were all the words.