Ron Roth's Story

[Music] as I went through my teens in my 20s um I got further away from um you know practicing Yiddish kite then I heard about Janet the rabbi of the kabad uh and tenek might have mentioned it to me but in any event I I made a phone call I was connected I spoke with someone and they asked me a little bit about my background and uh then they uh connected me with a a teacher and that teacher was Rabbi Ley Kaplan and um I studied with him for a little over a year and a half I it was just a really wonderful experience um I I really feel truly privileged to have been connected with him he was an amazing teacher and we uh he asked me what I wanted to learn and um he was very flexible and there were several times where you know I would tell him that I felt I was getting so much from doing this with him and he would every time tell me how he felt he was getting so much out of it and uh I sense very strongly that he he didn't just say that they were there were not just words um that he really felt for whatever the different reasons were that learning with me um someone who's obviously a lot less learned than him it there was something uh you know very positive that he got out of it you know looking back on it it was something I look forward to uh tremendously every week and I always felt um felt terrific when I got off the phone with him um and and the other wonderful thing about it was that I could ask ask him any question I want related to what we were learning not related to what we were learning and he he was always um you know very gracious and forthcoming in in answering my questions I would strongly encourage anybody that is uh considering uh doing this and being a teacher it's a wonderful experience and what you can give to somebody as well as what you can get out of it is uh is really a tremendous thing [Music]