Next week, G-d willing, I will be celebrating a significant milestone in my life - achieving the half-century mark. As I fully intend to live to be 100, that's halfway through my life's journey. Hillel says, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who … Continue reading If not now, when?
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A Fallen Tower of Strength
Tomorrow I am going to a funeral. It is not unexpected - the older gentleman in question had been in palliative care for some time. When last I saw him, he was very frail, his bones weakened by multiple myeloma. A particularly cruel diagnosis for a man whom I have always thought of as a … Continue reading A Fallen Tower of Strength