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basic travel candle holders, so 
whether we’re canoe camping 
three days from the nearest 
road or in Vietnam, we can 
still light our Shabbat candles. 
There was one stretch of 
time when our kids were in 
high school that their friends 
knew our kids could not go 
out on Friday evening until 
after Shabbat dinner had con-
cluded. 
Knowing that we regularly 
had homemade pie for des-
sert, their friends would drop 
by just as dessert was being 
served. The teenagers got so 
engrossed in the after-dinner 
conversation that they stayed 
at the table talking long after 
the dishes were done and we 
had begun thinking about 
getting ready for bed.

Lately, we’ve begun to real-
ize that the Friday evening 
Shabbat family dinner might 
have an even longer life-span 
than we expected. 
Our children and grand-
children have slowly begun 
to make it known that they 
would like to be included in 
our Shabbat family dinner. 
Once again, the elements of 
Friday night Shabbat family 
dinner are being examined, 
reformed and adapted to the 
family we are becoming. 

Ray Buch is a retired social 

worker from Oakland County. He 

and Lindy split their time living 

in Iowa City, Iowa, and Berkeley, 

California, where their kids are 

raising families. They are about to 

celebrate their 50th anniversary. 

I, at first, like you, maybe, 
thought this idea was absurd. 
Doesn’t the notion of unprec-
edented events being conse-
quences of human actions 
seem that way? However, 
I realized that asking this 
question would deny the fact 
that every action has several 
consequences that reflect the 
nature of the action. We know 
this as punishments for bad 
actions and rewards for good 
actions. 
The problem is we don’t get 
to live long enough to realize 
every single consequence our 
actions make because some 
of them come around genera-
tions later, while others are so 
subtle that they would never 
be noticed by anyone.
In PK’s story, the gruff 
Russian soldier intimidated 
and mocked a young Jewish 
boy, which led him down the 
path of being maimed by a 
grenade, and the young Jewish 
boy stayed passive and avoid-
ed violence, which led him up 
the path of being saved from 

the grenade. 
I’m not oversimplifying the 
message of this story, it’s just a 
coincidence that Divine provi-
dence existing in this instance 
is much easier to comprehend 
than others. Take the several 
examples of what the Jewish 
people have been through, 
and then the idea of Divine 
justice becomes hundreds of 
times more complicated.
My honest opinion is that 
I believe this story to be 
true. Not necessarily with 
what specifically happened, 
but with its moral. There 
must be a consequence to 
every action, but some of 
them come around almost 
incomprehensibly, so there 
must be a higher power that 
we cannot comprehend, such 
as God. That is how I believe 
in God and how much he 
cares for us, simply based on 
our actions and what they 
cause. 

Eliyah Fradkin is a junior at Frankel 

Jewish Academy.

A LIFETIME OF SHABBOS DINNERS continued from page 4

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RECOGNIZING

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CELEBRATING THE 

LEGACY OF HIS FATHER

WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Z”L

HONORING 

COMMUNITY LEADER

ETHAN DAVIDSON

Remember the days of old, understand the years of previous 
generations; ask your parent, they will tell you its stories.

ךל ורמאיו ךינקז ךדגיו ךיבא לאש רודו־רוד תונש וניב םלוע תומי רכז 

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