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Yup, she was definitely my daughter. There was a lull. I stayed quiet for as long as I could handle the silence

“You can do better, Chana. Yehudis, who made your community, deserves better. So does the shul”

I’d thought switching yeshivos was just a suggestion — now it was a threat

“I know, but it’s so scary. The odds are slim, but they’re still there, my numbers were off, weren’t they?”

How funny and sad is it that I’m giving parenting advice and support to Shifra when I’m kinda muddling through it myself right now?

“Who said I want to go back to the dorm?” Chaim interjected. What? That wasn’t in the script