As usual, my wife was right and I was wrong about the importance of attending
MYwife and I hit it big last week: one grandson’s celebration of completing Chumash and another’s mesibas Chumash, the celebration of beginning Chumash, including the receipt of Sefer Bereishis, within 12 hours of one another.
To tell the truth, I have something of an allergy to such events. The Thursday evening siyum cost me nothing, not even a basketball game (were I still capable). But the Erev Shabbos mesibas Chumash came at a heavy price: one shiur and two chavrusas and the blow-up of a planned Shabbos I had long been looking forward to.
But I never had a chance, especially when the grandson poised to receive his Chumash told everyone within earshot how excited he was that Saba and Bubbie were coming and would be staying for Shabbos.
As usual, my wife was right and I was wrong about the importance of attending. Grandfathers, including many friends, made up a large percentage of the audience at both events.
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