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“Naomi? Trust me. Yocheved knows there’s something wrong with Levi. I can promise you that”

“I think Yudi’s past chances, isn’t he?” Chana says reasonably. “You have a blind spot for this boy, Naftali”

I look up to find Ma and my older sisters sharing meaningful glances. The “Naomi is being overly sensitive and irrational” look

The trip had been the only thing in school this year that Yudi had spoken about with enthusiasm. Losing it must be crushing

“That is the worst game in the world. Like I can see like nine thousand reasons why that would lead to fights and crying”

“You don’t want these incidents on your record next year. Yeshivahs look at those records when they’re considering boys”