Today is my father’s birthday. We were not especially close. But, I am writing this to share with his grandchildren- and his great-grandchild. And, to let you know that just because someone wasn’t a great parent doesn’t mean he didn’t make a big difference in this world.
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Today would be my dad’s birthday.
My dad was ordained as a Rabbi and a Chazan (cantor) way, way back. It was the goal of his parents- and his parents’ parents- and their parents… You get the idea.
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I was seven or eight years old. And, there was a man in the dining room, sitting at the table with my father.
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