“I know this might sound strange, but did your father ever mention me before he passed?"
I often receive phone calls before Yom Kippur from people seeking ways of doing teshuvah. However, I never expected the call I received on Tzom Gedaliah.
The call was from Larry Shore (names changed). I had never met Larry. However, I did know his father, Irving.
Irving was a member of my shul for over 50 years, from 1949 until 1999, when he moved to a nursing home. Except for an occasional phone call, I never saw him again. Amid the COVID crises, I found out that he had passed away after Pesach.
On Tzom Gedaliah, his son Larry called me.
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