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Why did he feel so guilty, like he needed to do teshuvah more than anyone else in shul?

“Yonatan is perceptive. He sensed how much I want him to do things my way… and how much my feelings for him depend on that”

“Jacobs, you’re from Baltimore, you probably know real English, write him some good words, come on…”

Yonatan leaned forward, focused and intense. “This Lulu — is he an older man, around 60, who goes around in a brown plaid shirt and a flat, shabby cap?”

It was not my place to tell Yocheved what to do. This was her business, her responsibility. I couldn’t change the world

“If you don’t have a feel for chinuch, you’re wasting your time. You need those instincts to be effective”