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Later on, Friday August 20th...
Prepping for Shabbes was a joy today. I don't know why it isn't more often. Possibly the simplicity of the digs. R' Dave's place, a one-bedroom flat near Riverside Park, contained all that was needed, either by accident or design. I want to express once again how totally generous he was in allowing me to stay there in his abscence. After weeks being a literal, not just a proverbial, wandering Jew, there was a safe silence & a stable privacy that this place brought to me, which was seriously lacking after sleeping in the open car in parking lots & camping haphazardly. Who knew that such peace & quiet could be so easily found on Manhattan Island?
When I look back on those days spent in R' Dave's flat, I feel nothing but gratitude & remember nothing but goodness. May he have ten times the goodness he did me come back to him! The soft sky-lit bathroom, cosy kitchen, the warm dark wood, downy bed, the flat level desk I worked on with such pleasure, open 5th-floor deck, my new friend the betta fish & the books...oh, *all* the books!!!
I miss that place. & will be eternally grateful for R' Dave for allowing me access to it & its treasures. It was, for a very short time, well & truly my home.
Thank you, R' Chayim David...
You are a blessing.
I prepared food for the outdoor potluck Qabalat Shabat I was going to attend in the Park, bentsched licht & proceeded on with the holy Seventh Day...