They had been out on four dates. Four dates, for heaven’s sake! This was considered enough to make the most important decision of their lives,
FIRST IMPRESSIONS I laugh at the memory of that first meeting. He described his mother to me and I hated her right away. He said she cleaned the floor at least three times a day. What kind of paragon of cleanliness was I getting for a mechuteneste?
I look at the clock. It’s 3:30 p.m.
It’s almost 20 years since the day that my eldest daughter Gila got engaged. And now it’s the turn of her daughter our eldest grandchild Shira.
We were so green when Gila got engaged. We hadn’t a clue what to expect or what was expected of us. We made aliyah from the UK and this was our first real entry into the world of Israeli chareidi minhagim. Our kids had to lead and teach us.
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