Sunday, June 23, 2013

Prof. Avi Schiller's departure

A post will be dedicated to his memory,

this will take some time but I hope in a couple of days
something nice will be written.

This is by no means a eulogy, but I feel it is fitting to dedicate something to this great man.

It is customary to dub people "great" for their accomplishments and otherwise professional stature.

Avi Schiller was a great man, simply because he was a "mench". One of the few. 

He would also say: A boor cannot be sin-fearing, an ignoramus cannot be pious, a bashful one cannot learn, a short-tempered person cannot teach, nor does anyone who does much business grow wise. In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.
                                                                       
                                                                                        -Old Hillel, Ethics of the Fathers, 2,5.