By her reckoning, the business should have been a failure, but she did the numbers and there was no question that the JS Spectra Fund was doing well

Bauer made a sticking-tongue-out emoji, to which Sitman responded by writing “lol” and Kivi was reminded, again, that he hadn’t arrived yet

Kivi had felt a stab of jealousy. He wanted to make l’chayims that way, with an expression of we-won’t-talk-about-it-on-Shabbos-but-we-really-have-big-things-going-on, cozy as Sit ...

“You’re a sweet kid, but you’re way out of your league. Business is a real world, Kivi, and you’re absolutely clueless about how it works”

Malky imitated the voice: “Of course this has nothing to do with parenting, Mrs. Denburger, it’s from Hashem, and it’s no big deal”

Now she knew why she wasn’t feeling the peace that sleeping Sari and grateful Ariella and the sunny living room should have given her

Kivi had waved his hands — big deal, everyone is entitled to make a parnassah — but inside, he’d felt a prick of annoyance. This was going to be his concept. His place to make a m ...

The thought of Wagner standing off to the side, whispering little pieces of landlord advice, didn’t thrill Kivi. Yet how could he say no to his oldest, closest friend?

His mother-in-law had called a month ago to ask him to speak at the sheva brachos they were hosting. “You’re always so funny Kivi, you can represent us”

As Aryeh came to pull him into a little circle with the other sons and sons-in-law, Kivi straightened his shoulders and joined, one of the Halb boys