“Maybe I was wrong to bring you here with me,” Abba says to him, with a look that silently adds, “Don’t you dare say anything uncalled-for in front of my daughter”

ON Monday morning, Abba says he wishes he could find a beis medrash with Gemaras, and sit and learn all morning.
Dudi can’t believe it.
“You’re in L.A., man!” he says. “Why not enjoy the place while you’re here? You can learn in Beit Shemesh, too.”
“I do learn in Beit Shemesh, too,” Abba says. “We didn’t come here to look for amusements, Dudi.”
“Yeah, and we weren’t put in This World to look for amusements, and so on and so forth,” Dudi sighs. “I know all about your hashkafah, Gedalya. But Tovi can’t sit here all morning with nothing to do.”
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