In my yeshiva there are two people who (unfortunately) Daven for the Amud. I'll call them Mr. P. and Mr. H.
Mr. H. - Will light the candles by himself. After Davening, he extinguishes the candles with one stroke of the hand.
Mr. P. - Always manages to get someone to light the candles for him. Usually the boys that eat at his house more often end up doing him the favor. When this happens I'm reminded of a child whose mother always spoon-fed him, and still can't eat on his own. Do you really think you're doing him a favor?
After the Davening is over, Mr. P. goes through what seems to be the agonizing process of extinguishing the candles. See, it takes him five individual waves of the hand to do it. He resembles to me what I think the Queen of England would look like trying to brush away a fly... (as daintily and as unsuccessfully)
Which one of these people are you and who do you want to be?
I am unfamiliar with the concept of lighting candles at the amud. Therefore, I fall into neither group.
ReplyDeleteone must always look a little deeper than the words its 2 kinds of people and has nothing to do with lighting candles
ReplyDeleteOne must always ask when they have questions. I know that, and still I am allowed to ask.
ReplyDeletemaybe Mr H has a really BIG hand...
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