Jul 5, 2026 · 3 min · 4 segments
Endings are hard. New beginnings are sometimes even harder. After 40 years as a senior rabbi and the recent loss of his son, Rabbi Shlomo Levin knows both kinds of ending. In this weekly series, he…
Shlomo LevinHost
And then you ask yourself, what next? Where to now? Well, I recently retired after a 40-year career as the senior rabbi of a large community, and it was my life.
And at the same time, I suffered a real bereavement in the loss of a, a beloved son shortly before his 50th birthday.
So like many of you, I have faced these questions, and like you, I have stared into the abyss of a potentially empty diary.
But we need to start again, even if it's hard, because no one wants to feel useless, and because we must always move forward in life.
And then you ask yourself, what next? Where to now? Well, I recently retired after a 40-year career as the senior rabbi of a large community, and it was my life.
And at the same time, I suffered a real bereavement in the loss of a, a beloved son shortly before his 50th birthday.
So like many of you, I have faced these questions, and like you, I have stared into the abyss of a potentially empty diary.
But we need to start again, even if it's hard, because no one wants to feel useless, and because we must always move forward in life.
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