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Journey to Bnei Brak
opened a Pesach and summer dren to play in their homes.
kaytana (camp). She also The Grants also happily host
taught English privately to others in their home for
high school students. Shabbos, such as bachurim
Currently, Elisheva runs a from Yeshivat HaKotel and
Hebrew-speaking two-year-old seminary girls from diverse
gan (preschool) in her home. backgrounds.
In the beginning, the language
was very challenging, but, Elisheva shares two
baruch Hashem, she is satis- episodes that highlight the
fied that things are going well beauty of life in Bnei Brak:
now. Elisheva did not do Once, a woman did Elisheva a
ulpan (Hebrew language class- kindness and remarked after-
es) but learned to speak from wards, “That’s why we’re here.”
exposure on the street, her Elisheva is very impressed that
neighbors, and even taxi rides! not only is chesed very appar-
She is proud that she is ent in Bnei Brak but, as the
American and finds that woman told her, people live to
Israeli parents appreciate her help each other. Another time,
American warmth. when the generator broke on
Shabbos and the neighbor-
Elisheva feels fortunate that hood lost electricity, Elisheva
she doesn’t come into contact encountered a neighbor who
with the technology of today’s was smiling about the situa-
world. The family does not own tion, glad that now she was
a computer, and she is fine able to show the children what
without it. Since Elisheva and it means to keep Shabbos.
Dovid have their standards in Elisheva sums up her feelings
how they want to raise their like this: “I feel blessed to live
children and in keeping them in Eretz Yisrael; it’s like living
sheltered, they don’t allow their in a bubble, a huge zechus.”◆
children to enter the homes of Author’s Note: My byline is not
families that Elisheva doesn’t a typo! Harav Chaim
know. But those kids are invit- Kanievsky, shlit”a, changed my
ed to play in the Grant home, name to Sara Bracha.
where Elisheva can supervise Although that is my new
and determine if it would be halachic name, I am now
appropriate to allow her chil- going by Bracha.
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opened a Pesach and summer dren to play in their homes.
kaytana (camp). She also The Grants also happily host
taught English privately to others in their home for
high school students. Shabbos, such as bachurim
Currently, Elisheva runs a from Yeshivat HaKotel and
Hebrew-speaking two-year-old seminary girls from diverse
gan (preschool) in her home. backgrounds.
In the beginning, the language
was very challenging, but, Elisheva shares two
baruch Hashem, she is satis- episodes that highlight the
fied that things are going well beauty of life in Bnei Brak:
now. Elisheva did not do Once, a woman did Elisheva a
ulpan (Hebrew language class- kindness and remarked after-
es) but learned to speak from wards, “That’s why we’re here.”
exposure on the street, her Elisheva is very impressed that
neighbors, and even taxi rides! not only is chesed very appar-
She is proud that she is ent in Bnei Brak but, as the
American and finds that woman told her, people live to
Israeli parents appreciate her help each other. Another time,
American warmth. when the generator broke on
Shabbos and the neighbor-
Elisheva feels fortunate that hood lost electricity, Elisheva
she doesn’t come into contact encountered a neighbor who
with the technology of today’s was smiling about the situa-
world. The family does not own tion, glad that now she was
a computer, and she is fine able to show the children what
without it. Since Elisheva and it means to keep Shabbos.
Dovid have their standards in Elisheva sums up her feelings
how they want to raise their like this: “I feel blessed to live
children and in keeping them in Eretz Yisrael; it’s like living
sheltered, they don’t allow their in a bubble, a huge zechus.”◆
children to enter the homes of Author’s Note: My byline is not
families that Elisheva doesn’t a typo! Harav Chaim
know. But those kids are invit- Kanievsky, shlit”a, changed my
ed to play in the Grant home, name to Sara Bracha.
where Elisheva can supervise Although that is my new
and determine if it would be halachic name, I am now
appropriate to allow her chil- going by Bracha.
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