It was late at night. I was walking home from one engagement or another, weighed down by the war, the losses abounding around us, the daily grind. I was reading the news on the phone as I walked, but something made me look up, and there was Rabbi Avi — my neighbor and one of the pillars of my community, a man who led us in prayer, learning, music, and volunteer work countless times.
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His smile conveyed his confidence in what was right and such love of the Jewish people and humanity that a brief encounter inevitably set my mind at ease