A Bar of Chocolate: Volume 6, Issue 33, Devarim
- Jul 17
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July 18, 2026; 4 Av, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
I (Rabbi Fischel Schachter) once went to be Menachem Avel (comfort a mourner) at the home of a truly remarkable family, a family whose very walls seemed to breathe Chesed (kindness). Their mother had just passed away, leaving behind a legacy of quiet greatness: a life lived with simplicity, honesty, and dignity, even though she had been blessed with considerable means.
The mother was not merely generous; she was Ehrlich (genuinely sincere). She learned Yiddish so she could understand the Meshulachim (charity collectors) who knocked at her door—not only their words, but their pain. Together, she and her husband built a home rooted in Torah, choosing simplicity when comfort was easily within reach. Shabbos after Shabbos, they prepared and packed food for orphans with their own hands. Wealth never softened their sense of responsibility, nor did it diminish their humility...