A subtitle for this article might be “The Pursuit of Happiness: Part Two.” Another might be “Coping with Disappointment.” Disappointment, alas, is part of
“Ve’eileh hamishpotim asher tosim lifneihem.” Rashi explains that just as the laws that appeared in Parshas Yisro were delivered to the Jewish people at
It was June 2009, and Rabbi Avi Weiss, along with Bar-Ilan University Professor Daniel Sperber, had just conferred upon Sara Hurwitz the title “Maharat,”