If Yanky had been accepted into his yeshivah, there had to be a special reason
When Saralah Goldstein* called me with the good news that her son had been accepted to mesivta, I was ecstatic and in disbelief.
Her husband had passed away several years ago, leaving her to raise her two boys by herself.
Although her oldest son, Yanky,* was a fine young man, he was not at the top of the class.
The top-tier mesivta he had applied to was known for receiving many more applicants than it could accommodate. I couldn’t see how Yanky would make the cut. Nevertheless, Yanky was determined, and his mother was his biggest supporter.
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