Approximate Their Accomplishments – Torah.org

Posted on October 15, 2026 (5787) By Rabbi Label Lam | Series: Dvar Torah | Level: Beginner And Sarai was barren; she had no child. (Breishis 11:30) I graduated from college more than 46 years ago, and I was working on my first real resume job, as a job counselor and a GED teacher for Puerto Rican high school drop out in the Bronx. To inspire the students, we would frequently invite speakers to explain how they managed to pull themselves up and out of their native circumstances. I asked this one man who was an elegantly dressed and well-spoken gentleman. He said he would like to meet the students but only at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where he had once been a curator. I agreed and so on a Tuesday morning we took 80 students on two buses to meet him there. I was unaware that my life was about to change. He showed us samples of Black, Indian, and Spanish art. Then he sat us all on the marble floor of the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as he went into his preacherly cadence. He explained beautifully and powerfully, “The reason I brought you
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