Mensch-Israel

Humble thoughts cultivated from the words of Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Letter One pages 1-2

Posting Note: When I refer to the 'page number' in the post titles, I'll be using the number that is printed on the scan or html...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Why blog about the Nineteen Letters?

I told a very good friend of mine well over ten years ago that I have found much mussar within the pages of The Nineteen Letters . I have al...

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Rav Hirsh- Pirkei Avos 2:4

"Hillel would say: Do not separate yourself from the community." Rav Hirsch: It is not to the individual, but to the community, Mo...

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About Me

Neil Harris: I am an observant Jew, who likes to observe and a work in progress. Back in public high school my hair was often streaked with peroxide and different lengths and shapes (thanks to Aqua Net). Eventually I chopped it off so that I could look more clean-cut for my interview at Yeshiva University (the things we do for Torah). Back then, I spent my free time listening to hardcore punk and college radio. Today, I have very little hair and when I do catch myself listening to Husker Du or Bad Religion on my iTouch my kids roll their eyes and call the music, “complete chaos and a ruckus." They’re correct, having been raised on Uncle Moishy, Piamenta, and YBC. I am zoche to have a wife and children who love me and rock. My children display a strength of self and independence that sets them apart from many of their peers. There is nothing more hardcore than doing what Hashem wants each of us to do.

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