“One person can’t say shiur and also be sho’el u’meishiv and mashgiach and vekker, it’s too much, we need to get you some help, no?”

Henny Portman wasn’t going to play a part in a skit that wasn’t faithful to reality

Shuey wanted in. He wanted in badly. But Henny didn’t. They had five children to feed, she reminded him

Dovi realized at that moment that his father had come for the sole purpose of asking this question

He knew that the man at the other end of the line was thinking, Shuey Portman, Shuey Portman, Shuey Portman… I know that name from somewhere

“The thing is, the tough-love guys, the ones who preach hard-line chinuch, don’t get how sweet and vulnerable kids can be"