Something about him made us feel at peace, even in our turbulent home
HEentered our lives slowly, as careful and thought-out as his gait.
“Hello,” he pronounced with a smile. “I am Rabbi Emanuel, and I am here to check your mezuzahs.”
My six-year-old was typically shy with strangers, but she took to him right away. Before you could say “playdate,” they were the best of friends.
He appointed her his apprentice, and there was no prouder assistant in the world. Mindel knew where all the mezuzahs were, and she held her bag aloft, seriously and steadily, as Rabbi Emanuel dropped in one mezuzah after another to take back to the lab for inspection.
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