Public Lessons From a Modest Rebbetzin

By Chana Weisberg, international lecturer and editor of thejewishwoman.org

I was recently asked this question: Isn’t it ironic that the Kinus Hashluchos, a huge affair that celebrates women taking very public leadership roles, specifically coincides with 22 Shevat, when the Rebbetzin was such a private individual, who shunned the limelight?

And how do the Shluchos take inspiration in their “out there” roles from such a private individual?

Here is my response (taken from a longer class), addressing inwardness versus externality, and how the Rebbetzin taught us what it means to have a strong inner compass.