RAV KOOK ON Pekudei: Always on His Mind

Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863-1940), the brilliant Lithuanian scholar and posek, was known to write scholarly Halachic correspondence while simultaneously conversing with a visitor on a totally different subject. When questioned how he accomplished this remarkable feat, Rabbi Grodzinski humbly replied that his talent was not so unusual. “What, have you never heard of a businessman who mentally plans out his day while reciting the morning prayers?”