Feature
Reb Meir Schuster
The Man at the Wall
of Blessed Memory
There are very few individuals who have made
such a profound difference in so many people’s
lives, as did Reb Meir Tzvi Schuster, zatzal. He
passed away last week after a long illness and
after 40 years of selfless devotion to finding and
bringing back Jewish neshamas to Yiddishkeit.
He not only “saved” thousands of Jewish lives,
but he also saved their generations. There are no
words to thank him, but here is a tribute to Rabbi
Schuster written by one of the many whose lives
he touched and changed forever.
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THE ENGLISH UPDATE
The Tap on the Shoulder
It is 1976. The man who was
to become my husband is praying
at the Kotel. Larry finished his
time in a kibbutz ulpan, and is still
volunteering in a development town
in the Negev, when he decides to
spend the weekend in Jerusalem. He
is scheduled to return to the States a
few weeks later, with no clear plans.
Larry puts a note in a crevice in the
Wall and then prays sincerely to find
his path in life.
When he finishes, there is a tap on
his shoulder. It is Rabbi Schuster,
asking him, “Do you have the time?”
Thank G-d, Larry does have the time,
and he follows Reb Meir to a yeshiva
for baalei teshuva where he begins the
process of finding his life’s path. After
nine years of learning and teaching
at Yeshivas Aish HaTorah, young