I just got up from sitting shiva for my mother aleha hashalom, who passed away at the age of nearly 102. Many people said to me, kindly and sincerely, “At least she had a good innings.” I think the Torah teaches us the opposite. This is the first of a series of videos I hope to make honoring my mother a”h, connected to the weekly parsha.
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Rabbi Yaakov Asher SinclairRabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair has been part of Ohr Somayach since 1987. Rabbi Sinclair gives a daily Gemara shiur in the Intermediate Program and a weekly philosophy shiur in the Mechina Program. He is a senior staff writer of the Torah internet publications Ohrnet, Torah Weekly and Seasons of the Moon. His articles have been published in many journals and magazines including the Jewish Observer, American Jewish Spirit, AJOP Newsletter, Zurich’s Die Jüdische Zeitung, South African Jewish Report and many others.
His first book Seasons of the Moon – the Auerbach Edition
