A friend whose wife is in the ICU for cancer treatment. A divorced friend who just got engaged this week. A friend who made a fortune and then lost it. A friend who I haven’t spoken to in over two decades. A friend who just built a $20 million Chabad center. A friend who I still speak to every week.
These were the people I spent last Shabbos with. It was a special reunion of friends from my yeshiva days.
It was a soul experience. We shared hardships and suffering. We enjoyed each other’s successes and simchas.
But, most of all we connected because we put aside our exterior shells, and focused inward. No one was host, no one was guest. No one was teacher, no one was student. We were all just friends – there for each othe… Read More »