March 1 2020
This past summer, I was traveling to Sunnyvale, and I mentioned it to Hilda, an elderly woman that we are close with.
I visit her frequently, and she considers my children her grand-children.
When Hilda heard that I was going to Sunnyvale, she said, “Can you visit my brother?” Of course, I was happy to do so.
I went to her brother, Paul’s, home, and together we put on tefillin. It was his first time putting on tefillin since his Bar Mitzvah in 1937!
On my next visit to Hilda, I showed her the picture of me with her brother putting on tefillin.
She was peering at it closely, and asking how he looked. I said, “Hilda, he’s your brother! You know how he looks.… Read More »