“If Hashem wants us to have the money, we will have it”
Yosef and Miriam have been married for over 45 years, and are now enjoying living in their empty nest. They have never been wealthy, as Yosef works as a bookkeeper and Miriam is a homemaker. They rent their two-bedroom apartment and have never even entertained the prospect of buying a house. They live frugally and have never wanted more than they have.
Miriam was Yosef’s perfect match as she, too, was “samei’ach b’chelkah”— happy with her lot.
Spending two nights during the summer at Oppenheimer’s Regis Hotel in Fleischmanns, New York, has been their annual vacation for the last 30 years.
Every day Yosef goes off to his bookkeeping job in Manhattan, and Miriam takes care of the house and prepares dinner.
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