Ftfy. And I daresay he has some good stories about him.
I served three years there. Learned and was tested on megilla, bava Kama and pesachim. I also convinced SMR that he should pay me and another bochur to bind all the seforim, which, I’m told, are still in use.
Postville was epic and completely nuts, not unlike it’s most famous citizen.
There was an old Jewish guy, lived about 15 minutes away, who we would go put tfillin on. One day, he died. They needed shomrim to get him to his burial plot in Detroit, about 16 hours away. So myself and my cousin rode in the funeral home van with a body bag between our seats. Instead of going back with the funeral home, I called SMR on his cell, which he answered, and asked him to fly us back, which he did
. He apparently had covered the entirety of the funeral costs, which I did not know.
Will need to go back there one day.
Enjoy your time with SMR, he’s the best!
