For some frum women, Pesach doesn’t feel like zeman cheiruseinu; they live in the shadow of a husband behind bars. Wives of inmates share their loneliness and struggle — and what keeps them moving forward each day.
The finality of the events that morning still leaves Dina shaking. It was the last day her husband Avi was home.
“He was scheduled to fly out of town that day and we’d set the alarm for six so he could finish packing before Shacharis” Dina recalls. “Since Avi traveled regularly for business the kids and I were used to his periodic trips.
“Suddenly I heard a knock at the door. A friend was driving Avi to the airport but he wasn’t supposed to be that early! Bleary eyed I ran downstairs to answer.
“Several broad-shouldered men stood on our porch. They presented their badges which said they were from the FBI and asked for my husband.”
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