“Say no more,” Malky interrupted. “We just closed on my mother’s house, I have maaser money. Tell me who to write the check to"
She found the old money envelopes, sealed the check inside, and picked up a pen. What should she write? Pen poised, she paused, then wrote “Chassan” in perfect script.
Malky’s phone pinged — Boruch’s friend.
Hi, Boruch asked me to pick up the check. When can I come? What’s your address?
He has a newly married older brother, a voice said in her head. She’d had something similar, her younger sister Layla had gotten married six months after her — and things were even tighter for Layla. Malky was twenty-one, she had made a few dollars as a secretary for Kedma Realty; Layla was fresh out of sem without a savings account. What was her wedding and shanah rishonah like? Malky wondered for the first time.
She dialed Naomi again.
“I want to give $5,000 for his brother. Can I just send another check with the first?”
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