When our teacher mentioned imagining what we would be like without Torah, I don’t think she meant it so literally, but I have an overactive imagination
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laughed out loud as I tried to imagine myself with blue hair and piercings. Then I quickly pretended to cough and glanced around to see if any of the other shiur participants had noticed.
When our teacher mentioned imagining what we would be like without Torah, I don’t think she meant it so literally, but I have an overactive imagination. I actually don’t think I’d have gone for the blue hair and piercings look. I’m pretty conservative, and Torah doesn’t change your whole personality.
I’m more of an ideas person. I can imagine myself arguing passionately about an idea, even if the ideas I debate are drastically different from everyone else’s.
Growing up in a very open home in Atlanta, Georgia, and then marrying a man who teaches in a kiruv yeshivah, I couldn’t help but think of the colorful cadre of people I’ve met over the years.
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