The fifth son doesn’t even have the Seder marked on his calendar
This is the wicked son’s question during Leil Haseder. The rasha refuses to recognize the Seder’s ceremony as Divinely ordained. Yet despite the nature and t
enor of his words, he still attends the Seder and interacts with his family — a major step in the direction of connection. (Rabbi A. L. Scheinbaum, Peninim al HaTorah)
Sometimes it seems like a stroke of luck puts you in a situation at a certain time. I was waiting to check in for my flight home from JFK last winter. A massive snowstorm was scheduled to hit New York, so crowds were attempting to fly standby to beat the blizzard.
I’d already printed my boarding passes and was just davening that my suitcase wasn’t overweight. Yet my preflight preparations didn’t speed up the process, as the clerk kept clicking away at her keyboard.
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