Second Dance

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 26

It was that line that effectively ended the conversation, the menahel using Heshy’s own words to checkmate him

Second Dance

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 25

"Akiva, trust me, this is something unhealthy,” Reuven insisted. “My only question is what I’m seeing and how to react”

Second Dance

Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 24

“But then I’ll never know what a Leil Shishi is,” she said playfully, but he missed that it was a joke and got all serious

Second Dance

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 23

Chedva was keeping the rule — the one rule! — sitting in her seat quietly the entire lesson, but she was wrecking everything

Second Dance

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 22

Every single person in the room was transfixed. Reuven had never seen anyone speak this way, so honest and raw

Second Dance

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 21

There it was, that same sarcastic tone. He would have to make sure he didn’t sound that way tonight

Second Dance

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 20

He would start out playing clueless yeshivishe yungerman, and if the situation called for it, he would let it slip that he got it, he’d been around the block, too

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Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 19

This whole neighborhood, he believed, had the making of a success, but there was something missing, some element that wasn’t there yet

Second Dance

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 18

“Don’t you think the people here will resent a group of noisy teenagers in the shul every night?"

Second Dance

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 17

This was Akiva’s territory. “I teach stuff like this, I would love to hear some of your best ideas, it’s so relevant to what I do. Tell me a chiddush”

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Second Dance: Chapter 16

She couldn’t meet her son’s eyes, knowing that she had just interrupted his kiddush and sort of killed the atmosphere