"There are three sources responsible for creating a child— I wonder if Hashem is ever consulted when divorced parents make unilateral decisions for their children"
As a veteran shul rav, every word of the Pesach edition’s Voice in the Crowd resonated with me. The author isn’t a rav of a shul, so he has the freedom and liberty to express certain truths that we rabbanim can’t, lest we look kvetchy or bitter.
I am a rav in a prestigious, respected shul. When I got the job, old friends called to congratulate me on “making it big,” and I was proud, eager, and determined to inspire others. I would have never taken the job had I known what I know now.
Yes, the same people who hired me are still there, and they are as wonderful as they appeared. They like to learn, are sincere and generous with their money. I like them, and they like me, I think. But here’s the thing they didn’t tell me: People simply aren’t “there” anymore.
Pesach in Orlando isn’t the exception, but the rule. I already know that Shavuos, which coincides with the secular holiday weekend, will be upstate. Succos will be in Israel — baruch Hashem, it’s open again!
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