She was saddened, but not surprised. They’d both known this was coming. Yanky’s yichus couldn’t protect him forever I t was after ten, and as Raizele walked her sister to the bus stop, she couldn’t stop looking at the pretty necklace she’d finished making this evening. Her phone rang, and she answered Yanky’s call with
Avrumi just doesn’t get it. He sees it as new-age coddling, too many chinuch panels and not enough simple deretz eretz
“Oh, come on, you know how Rabbi Wasser can get, why did you have to challenge him that way?”
“I couldn’t be the golden boy they dreamed of. There was no way I could compete with him, he was too perfect”
Only one woman was making eye contact, everyone else averted their gaze. A weight laid itself on my chest and settled there
“You got the position you’ve always wanted. I was being supportive! I picked up and moved!”
