Living Torah Archives

After Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb had earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, he was faced with a variety of decisions that would shape the course of his life. Not knowing where to turn, he decided to place a call to the Rebbe. In the end, he received his counsel from a different person entirely.

“If you are concerned about your son’s move from a Jewish Day school to a more rigorous yeshivah, it would be advisable to find someone to tutor him once or twice a week. Boost his self-confidence by explaining to him that he is changing schools because he has become older and wiser, and is now capable of greater things.”