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Rabbi Lau (right) with interviewer Daniel Retter.

Perhaps the main reason for the lack of Holocaust education in yeshivas is that it was the secular community that initially published literature about the Holocaust while the haredim stood aside. Now we are trying to catch up with what has already been put out there by the non-religious.

Your book is replete with mention of your beloved brother Naphtali, who cared for you like a parent. Why didn’t he follow in your father’s footsteps as you did and become a rabbi?

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Naphtali is very religious but he felt the times did not call for him to be a rabbi. He studied in the Lomze Yeshiva and he roomed with Rabbi Moshe Soleveichik, z”l, Rabbi Israel Sorotzkin, z”l and, libadel, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, who all influenced his life. He is a wonderful brother, and those who read his book, Baalam’s Message, will understand why he entered government service rather than become a rabbi as I did.

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Daniel Retter periodically contributes feature articles and book reviews for the JP. He is the published author of the HaMafteach, the Indexed Referenced Guide in both Hebrew and English to the Talmud Bavli and Mishnayos. Mr. Retter practices immigration, real estate, and business law as “Of Counsel” to Wildes and Weinberg Law Offices in their Miami Office, and he resides in Miami Beach, Fla. He may be contacted at [email protected].