The shul became utterly still, and everyone began to dance in silence around this man and the sefer Torah he clutched so lovingly. There was no singing, no clapping, no noise what ...
It doesn’t help that I have an irritating anthropomorphic attitude toward inanimate objects, worried that they will “be sad” to be abandoned and alone in the world
On the Zoom screen, I could see my mother start to cry. “You were being destroyed, Gershon,” she said softly. “I had to get you out of the situation. I know it hurt you, and I’m s ...