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BE ONE OF THEM? Just... Whatever! following Hashem. But the tears – that I hadn’t expected!
I didn’t want to ask my mother why she was
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“What’s going on here?” I asked quietly.
ex cer p t, crying, so I turned to my sister instead.
lo os e l y “Why is everyone crying?!”
quoted and “Because we see that you’re such a happy
translated, from a speech by R’ Avrohom person,” she replied.
Goldstein, a ger tzedek who has inspired Now I was even more confused than before.
thousands with his riveting story: “Well, of course. Aren’t you happy?” I asked
her.
I hadn’t spoken with my family for 25 long “No, we’re not happy,” was her stark reply.
years. My mother actually attended my “Come, I’ll show you why.”
chasunah, but thereafter our contact was She led me down to the basement, where a
limited, infrequent telephone calls. crowd of young boys – the nephews I had
One day, mother called me and said, “We’re never met – were all sitting and fiddling with
having a big family party and you must come.” their Smartphones. These boys were teenagers,
I was taken aback, and quickly replied, “I and they were plugged into their devices. They
can’t. It’s not for me.” weren’t talking to each other. At this grand
That was the end of the discussion…or so I family gathering, they were each stuck in their
thought. My sister called. Another sister own world.
“Look who’s here!” my sister exclaimed.
called. Then my brother called. They all said “Uncle Abraham! He converted to Judaism
the same thing.
“ THE COURSE GAVE ME “You have to come to the party!” and we haven’t seen him in so many years! He
As much as I tried to explain that such a
came to meet you, even if it wasn’t easy for
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AND STYLING SKILLS. gathering is not for me, they wouldn’t back him.”
down. My father called with the same request,
One young boy looked up and muttered,
TOTALLY WORTH IT! and I went to consult with daas Torah. The “Hello, Uncle”. That was it. No one blinked. No
Rav, who was aware of my family background, one spared me a glance.
- Ruchy Sputz
“ KAILA’S SKILLED 514.809.1103 said, “You should go, to show gratitude to your sighed. “They’re not human! They’re monsters!
“Do you see what’s going on?” my sister
mother. Go just for ten minutes, without your
GUIDANCE HELPED ME
BRING OUT THE wife and children. You go in, you say ‘hello’ We don’t get any pleasure or joy from raising
and ‘goodbye’ and that’s it.”
them. And when I ask them what they’re
POTENTIAL I HAD WITHIN
I went to the party, expecting a scene of wild planning to do with their life, all they say is…
- Faigy Porgesz revelry and maybe even mockery. Instead, as Whatever! Whatever and whatever!”
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soon as I walked in, they all started crying! I walked out of that family party, thinking,
I was standing there proudly, with my wide, “Ribono Shel Olam! I come from that world,
Yiddishe smile. I looked happy and content, but even I sometimes forget how lucky I am!
and I prepared myself to make a Kiddush We are so blessed to be Your children!”
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