1. Our sisters are bff's from high school 2. He was the assistant rabbi in my shul prior to BKNW 3. His mom designed my parent's home 4. He introduced me to the study of Jewish history 5. He gave me a 68 in Navi his first year teaching 😢
There's a real lesson from #4.
On thursday nights we had mishmar. School ended later. RAL was a young teacher--first year on the job. He was taking over mishmar. Not a teacher's dream. But he gave it 100%. He retold Dr. Shnayer Leiman on the Emden Eibeschitz controversy.