https://anash.org/fifty-years-later-we-still-carry-that-gaze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fifty-years-later-we-still-carry-that-gaze News, Views, Inspiration Sun, 25 May 2025 07:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://anash.org/fifty-years-later-we-still-carry-that-gaze/#comment-64741 Sun, 25 May 2025 07:08:16 +0000 https://anash.org/?p=917827#comment-64741 Those of my age of my class will remember Avrohom Feigelshtock well. What an incredible influence he had on all of us the frum the not so frum and those who had little connection with practical Yiddishkeit.
Nearly 50 years later he came to Australia for a visit and invited those boys in our class out to dinner. (He paid) What stood out were the number of boys who have today little connection with Yiddishkeit. Some of them with very busy schedules cancelled what they had on to attend that dinner or meet Avrohom again. He didn’t ask for money he just wanted to see us again. That dinner had a profound effect on me for so many reasons. The top two are he remembered us and wanted to see us with no ulterior motive. That so many of the now unaffiliated to practical Yiddishkeit attended.
Thank you Avrohom for those memories past and present that have contributed to who we all are today.
A footnote: I know of one of those who attended that dinner started putting on Teffilin regularly because he was so taken by that night of Avrohom’s sincerity and warmth.

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