“It should be as your teshuvah, in case you were mistaken. Although, sheifelah, I’m not convinced that you were”
A pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call. I hadn’t realized people my age did them. Those calls are for mothers and grandmothers, aunts and mature people ,Windows: Rosh Hashanah Phone Calls,A pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call. I hadn’t realized people my age did them. Those calls are for mothers and grandmothers, aunts and mature people
The house was perfectly clean, the table picture-perfect, the food cooked to perfection. And I was a perfect wreck
I was dumbstruck, because the funny thing was: She looked just like me. Same build, similar face, same hair, same voice, for goodness’ sake!
Despite herself, she is experiencing the kavanos that the rebbetzin had taught a few days earlier. She’s never felt better.
A peripheral glance through my children’s arts and crafts reveals an alarming pattern; I’m lauding intelligence, success… just like my parents
