“Maybe you didn’t say anything, but… there’s just a certain air about you, as if you’re silently criticizing the whole tzibbur, and our kehillah in particular”

“Now, with this investigation going on, my image is even more tarnished. All these noble-minded people think I’m a crook”

It was a milestone, something to celebrate… but except for a slight flutter of excitement, he didn’t feel anything that he’d planned to feel

“He has no home, Raizele. I thought you realized that”

“What, they’ll sit with you on a park bench eating falafel, like street kids with no home?”

“And what if a man isn’t blissful? What should he do about it?” Raizele cracked another egg