Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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The Importance of Education Shevat 22, 5771 · January 27, 2011 Of diamonds and students As told by Bobby Vogel Print this Page During what was to be my last audience with the Rebbe, of righteous memory, I told him that I could not continue financially maintaining the high school we had built up. The burden was, for the most part, resting all on my shoulders, and I felt that it was too much for one person. The Rebbe smiled at me and said, "I will speak to you in the language of a businessman. Imagine you are dealing in diamonds. If you had a bag full of diamonds, and I placed some additional blue-white diamonds in there, would you complain?" The Rebbe smiled again and said, "You are carrying diamonds. Never put them down; carry on." I have carried the merit of maintaining schools for over forty years. If you would ask me how this is possible, I could not give you an explanation. It is all with the help of G‑d. Read the Entire Story Online Print this Page   |   Join the Conversation This Week's Features Calendar: The Rebbetzin's Passing Two Decades Later, Details Emerge About the Rebbetzin Those who met Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson say they learned a lot about human dignity from her. By Dovid Zaklikowski Weekly Torah Reading Is It Kosher to Practice Medicine? In case of illness should one see a doctor or a rabbi, or both? By Mendel Kalmenson The Letter and the Spirit A Jew in Madagascar and why she is there When a Jew finds himself in a distant corner of the world, far from his homeland, far from any established Jewish community, this is certainly not by chance News Updated Jerusalem Publisher Seeks to Unlock Modern Sage’s Torah Teachings Long recognized as a one of the most brilliant minds of the past generations, but whose writings were primarily relegated to the purview of a small cadre of scholars, the Rogatchover Gaon – literally, the “genius of Rogatchov” – has for many years occupied a lofty space, inaccessible to the masses. By Dovid Zaklikowski