He would go to Boca, he decided. To anywhere, really. He wouldn’t stick around to see Heshy Brucker win
This was the third meeting in Rabbi Klarberg’s daughter’s house, and the first time that Rabbi Klarberg wasn’t wearing a jacket. Reuven thought that this was a good sign, an indicator that the rav was more relaxed than in the past.
That was a good thing, and the timing could not have been better.
Nechama had asked Reuven if he thought that maybe they had made a mistake, and perhaps they should cut their losses, flip the house, and join Moish and Helen in Boca. He had laughed the first few times she brought it up, but last night was the first time he had actually thought about what she was saying in a serious way.
Nechama had come home from the women’s shiur with the news that Akiva Putterman had quoted Heshy Brucker in the lecture. Later, Nechama explained that — as per Rina — Rabbi Putterman had only done it to be mechazek Shaindy Brucker, but still, it made Reuven Stagler bristle.
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