Rikky Brickenstein
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 […]
Joslynne Halybard
Joslynne Halibard Student In memory of a dear friend, role model, teacher and scholar, Avigail Rock z”l. Avigail influenced my desire to grow in Torah learning beyond the walls of the classroom. Her ability to draw on literary and artistic examples in parallel to teaching Tanach spoke to me and spurred me on to […]
Tzipora Hornstein
Tzipora Hornstein Student To the entire Rock family,I don’t know where to begin. I know my thoughts will be disjointed but I cannot seem to think straight. My name is Tzipora Hornstein, one of Avigail’s students for the past 10 years in Chashmonaim. For 10 years I have been able to learn almost weekly from […]
Leora sims
Lauren Leora Tikva Student To the Entire Family of Avigail Rock! I am beyond sorry for your loss. Avigail changed my life, she helped me have a new life. She taught me Torah, and she taught me about life. She welcomed me into the Jewish people. She taught me how to stand up for myself. I always trusted her to […]
Dvora Rotter
Dvora Rotter Student Rabbanit Dr Avigail Rock was our beloved teacher and friend. I, along with the women of Chashmonaim, was privileged to learn with her for the last ten years, and gained so much from her classes, and from her as a person. She knew so much and shared with such joy and energy. […]
Rivkie Lamm
Rivkie Lamm Student Dear Mishpachat Rock, I’m sorry that I cannot visit you personally in Bet Shemesh.My heart goes out to you all, I can never imagine your sense of pain and loss. Please know that Avigayil lives on in so many of us who were beneficiaries of her teachings. I live in NY but had […]
Joseph Pick
Joey Pick Friend Dear Rabbi Rock and family, I was very saddened to hear of Avigail’s passing. I have very fond memories eating Shabbat and Yom Tov meals at your house several times while I was in Yeshiva many years ago, and I remember very vividly the discussions about Tanach at those meals. I remember Avigail […]
Rebbeca Elspas
Rebecca Elspas Student I giddily pranced into Tiferet in the fall of 2015, my year after finishing public high school, eager to finally be able to devote endless hours to learning and delving into the intricacies of Tanach and Talmud, as I had been waiting for for many years. I begged my parents to allow […]
Karyn Goldberger
Karyn Goldberger Colleague On my facebook page, I posted the photo of Rabbanit Avigayil and the Layers Project article. As an introduction, I wrote the following: This lovely woman is and always will be the beautiful, articulate, passionate teacher of Tanakh, Rabbanit Dr. Avigayil Rock. Although her funeral was today, attended by many hundreds of […]
Yvette Finkelstein
Yvette Finkelstein Friend Dear Rabbi Rock and the Rock family, With my heartfelt and sincere condolences to you on the loss of your wife, mother and amazing scholar, Dr. Avigail Rock. I was humbled to be able to meet with Avigail several months ago when I was visiting with my daughter, Penny Harow Thau, in Beit Shemesh. Avigail […]