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The Rav told my father that learning the sefer would keep our family connected to Yiddishkeit in America   “Are you by any chance a rabbi?”  I realized my cover was blown. Try as I might to remain incognito, the older man had outed me. I was spending a rare Shabbos away from the shul

“Don’t worry about collecting. Hashem will take care of that as well”

Rabbi Hirth was “a man of action” who knew what he had to do

The daughter began to cry. “She said the Shema?” she asked incredulously

“If Hashem wants us to have the money, we will have it”

Suddenly, the train felt quite roomy, and the air did not feel stuffy at all