“You know that the more a girl matures, the more independent she gets, the harder it is for her to find a shidduch. She gets more opinions. And ideas"
With Gedalya, it’s easy to argue. He’s opinionated, he’s rigid, he ends sentences with exclamation points and is generally sure he’s right. He’s also accustomed to laying down the law, thanks to his job at the newspaper. It makes no difference how much money and effort the advertiser invested, or how much the writer cries. Truth must prevail. It’s easy to argue
with a brother like that, to tell him he’s wrong and offer counterarguments.
But who can argue with Yoely?
“It’s good that Ima’s baking cakes,” he says to Nechami in his pleasant, melodious voice, “isn’t it?”
“Cakes are always a good thing,” she answers as she hunts for the blue suitcase in the big closet in their parents’ house. Her own suitcase is being repaired.
“What I mean is,” he explains, “when the time comes, they’ll be able to make a l’chayim and settle things right away…. I think it’s best that there shouldn’t be any delay.”
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