It has been a month now since Rabbi Moshe Hauer passed away, and the outpouring of tributes has ranged from U.S. President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, along with the who’s who of U.S. officials and civil society.

While the Jewish spiritual and literary world both mourns and celebrates his life—his untiring and unconditional care, teachings and activism at a difficult time for global Jewry—I knew I had to write something to honor the great and humble rabbi, as I saw him, especially on his shloshim , the 30-day mourning period after his death on Oct. 14.

I was introduced to him by my colleague and friend, Rabbi Yakov Polatsek, who sits on the board of directors at the Orthodox Union, and worked closely with the late rabbi.

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