“Why there is so much distressed hand-wringing at events that Trump as good as told you were coming?”
I thoroughly enjoyed Rabbi Kerzner’s recent article on creating a successful Shabbos meal. His emphasis on making the Shabbos table a geshmak, inviting, and uplifting experience truly resonated with me.
It reminded me of something I once heard from Rav Belsky ztz”l, that left a lasting impression. I had mentioned to him that I was planning a weeklong summer vacation with my children, and he asked, “What will you be doing while you’re away?”
I replied earnestly, “I plan to learn as much as I can.”
His response caught me off guard: “No, you won’t. You’ll go canoeing with your son. Then you’ll play a game of baseball. You’ll sit down and learn a little. Then you’ll enjoy a barbecue with the family. Maybe you’ll pick up a sefer again. Then you’ll go on a walk with your wife.”
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