GREAT READS → LIFETAKES Issue 1020 · July 17, 2024

The 41st Day   

This is what you learn on the 41st day: He is not me, He is bigger, the world you live in is His

The 41st Day   

When I called to wish her mazel tov, my friend said, “It was such Hashgachah. I was doing the forty days, and on our second date my chassan finished his forty days, and my mother’s forty days finished the night of our vort. It was so clear.”

I do not know the G-d of the 40 days.

I am not engaged yet. If I had things my way I would be married with a family now.

The first time I dated was in May, a few years ago. On the first date I walked down the stairs on clouds of glory: This is it. We went out four times. It wasn’t it.

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