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I pulled out the plastic container that held notes I’d received from my students over the years

“He would be killed just for having it in his possession. But a Torah is a Torah and my father was determined to save it”

My wife saw it first. She returned home after work the following day and opened the door to the basement steps

I can see the shul from my dining room window. The idea that it was so close, yet so far, was too much to bear