MEMORIES / TRIBUTES

Rikki Bruckenstein

Student

There are number of only positive things I have to share about Dr. Rock. Whether it was her knowledge of tanach, to the way she taught us. However, there is one story I would like to share. I was devastated over be loss of Dr.Rock, a Torah giant, and I decided in order to console myself to listen to a shiur of hers. I had recorded classes in seminary and for some reason I had only one class by Dr. Rock that I had recorded and it was on Eicha. Where she describes the psychology of morning and loss from Eicha. As tears streamed down my face as I listened to it, I felt as if Dr. Rock was speaking to me both litterly and figuratively. As being a rationalist I usually have some explanation of the reason behind things however, the answer here is so coherent, and I was truly moved. I will always think of Dr. Rock.
Rikki Bruckenstein