Unless a person works on himself to internalize and truly live Yiddishkeit, what does the fact that his parents were religious say about him?
As told to C. Saphir
“It’s not possible for baalei teshuvah to fully integrate into the frum community,” the woman beside me remarked confidently.
“Of course it is,” I replied.
“No, it’s not,” she insisted. “I can always tell a baal teshuvah from a mile away.”
“Really?” I asked, my curiosity piqued. “How can you tell?”
“Oh, in a million ways,” she said, waving her hand. “The way they talk. The way they dress. The way they pronounce Hebrew words. There’s always a giveaway.”
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