“Bubby” I said presenting my grandmother with a piece of blue fabric “I need to sew. We cut fabric for a skirt in class. Could I use your machine?”
My grandmother agreed. I sat proudly at the humming machine and merrily moved it back and forth across the unfortunate piece of fabric. When I held it up I saw it was more like a trembling deflated balloon than a piece of clothing. The hem was crooked and the zipper would not open. But what could I do? I sat with my grandparents and enjoyed a cup of cold milk and a slice of lemon pie. I left the skirt with my grandmother just so that she could fix the zipper.
My grandmother brought me the skirt the next day. The hem was straight as a ruler the zipper opened easily and she had fashioned a stylish belt from the leftover material. I ran to show everyone the beautiful skirt that I had made “by myself.”
Chazal teach us that when Hashem told Moshe to make the Mishkan he said “Master of the Universe am I a G-d that I can do such a thing?” (ibid.)
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