Our Rov’s drosho: A pilpul on hilchos yom tov, followed by a bold and lacerating divrei hisorurus: Are you hearing the kol HaShem?
His point: take a mitzvah, and do it better. Infuse the routine with meaning; move beyond “checking the box” and make the action matter. The Rov also spoke out very strongly against abusive emails, and implored us to expand our hachnosos orchim to include the forgotten – single adults, the elderly, those who can easily fall between the cracks in a community.
He very skillfully balanced gentle encouragement with strong, fired mussar; it was the type of “grab you by lapels” wake-up call one would expect in a yeshiva, delivered to a packed house of several hundred ba’al ha’batim.