For many years, Sarah had a difficult relationship with her husband.  Now, as she was near death, she told her husband that her dying wish was that he sit shivah together with her mother.  “But darling,” he said, “you know we haven’t been on speaking terms for many years.”  “I know,” Sarah responded.  “But still, I’d like you to do that for me.”  “OK,” he said.  “But it will ruin the shivah for me.”

06/10/2021