In , he was appointed to a respected rabbinic position as the chief rabbi of Oldenburg. He served there for 11 years, after which he became the chief rabbi of the illustrious community of Moravia.
Yet in , when he was asked by a handful of Torah observant families in Frankfurt, Germany, to assist them in combating the strong opposition they were facing from the new, radical reform movement that had its headquarters in Germany, Rav Hirsch heeded their call and left his eminent position to take up the new post Rabbi YY Jacobson, TheYeshiva.
Her name was Etty, and she was my go-to appliance guru. When I moved into my own home close to two decades ago, I no longer had to deal with rent or a landlord, but I also had no appliances. I sought help to navigate the tricky process of becoming an appliance owner; it seemed more complicated than becoming a homeowner.
Then I found Etty. My mother-in-law, who was helping with the purchase of said appliances, was convinced that American appliances were the only way to go. Etty, who worked for a local company, tried to explain to me and Mom that Israel is not America, notwithstanding the availability of Heinz ketchup in the makolet.
Yet I wanted to make Mom happy, and so we became the proud owner of a Whirlpool washing machine and GE oven. The oven was a source of nachas β the only self-cleaning model available then in Israel. But the washing machineβ¦ suffice it to say that it developed a few loose screws while still in infancy, and nary an Israeli repairman could fix it.
