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One should never delay a burial, but my father’s wishes had been clear T he hurricane struck, and we felt paralyzed. Only days earlier, we’d spent an incredibly emotional Rosh Hashanah at my parents’ home, gathered around my father’s hospice bed. He had mustered up the strength to come to one of the Yom Tov

One should never delay a burial, but my father’s wishes had been clear T he hurricane struck, and we felt paralyzed. Only days earlier, we’d spent an incredibly emotional Rosh Hashanah at my parents’ home, gathered around my father’s hospice bed. He had mustered up the strength to come to one of the Yom Tov

“We’re used to huge numbers of deliveries for Pesach; we were prepared for that. We have extra vans. Delivery is not the issue. The issue is getting all those orders together."

Do you have what it takes to say thank you Hashem when things aren’t going the way you hoped they would?

“I want to help you, Mendy,” I said. “But this isn’t the best place for this conversation”

Without waiting for me to ask a single question, everything that led up to Chesky’s expulsion came tumbling out

"Yes, it’s all true, and this is what makes yeshivah cooks heroes. But Zev is the leader of them all”

In my heart of hearts, I was envious of each of them. They were touching souls and elevating spirits