This merciless and unrelenting pandemic has claimed the lives of so many: some unknown to us, some known, and some dear and beloved by us. Approximately one year ago, a special and irreplaceable individual was tragically taken by this pandemic, my dear rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Blumberg, zt”l. He was my 11^th grade rebbe at TA, but he wasn’t just a teacher of Gemara or halacha or parsha. He was the true definition of what a mechanech is and should be; he taught and led us by example through showing us his love for Torah and through displaying daily for us the lifestyle of a true ben Torah. I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to lead me in learning and through my seventeenth year on this earth than Rabbi Blumberg. He taught at TA for approximately forty years so, of course, he had many talmidim. And I’m certain they all have their own stories of what he meant to them and how he impacted them. With the recent passing of his first yahrtzeit, allow me to share with you what Rabbi Blumberg meant to me and how he impacted my life.