An Orthodox Jew Who Increases Kindness in the World When Rabbi Daniel Cohen was twenty-one years old
An Orthodox Jew Who Increases Kindness in the World When Rabbi Daniel Cohen was twenty-one years old, his mother (who was forty-four at the time) died suddenly of an aneurysm. Losing a parent unexpectedly at such a young age profoundly affected him. “We were speaking on the phone one day, then she was gone the next,” Rabbi Cohen recalls. His mother had taught him the art of gratitude; his father implored him from a young age to search for his personal mission in life, but despite already being a deep thinker, this tragedy added a sense of urgency to his existence. He didn’t want to waste a moment when it came to improving himself and making the world a better place.Read more: http://jewinthecity.com/2015/01/an-orthodox-jew-who-increases-kindness-in-the-world/#ixzz3OHc4xjC7 -- source link
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