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November 2013 Cheshvan - Kislev5774 Vol. 63 No. 11 www.templebethmiriam.org 180 Lincoln Ave. Elberon, NJ 07740 • 732.222.3754 W hen I was a young man, I was a teacher in several religious schools. I had student-taught from ages 16 to 18 and had my own... More

November 2013 Cheshvan - Kislev5774 Vol. 63 No. 11 www.templebethmiriam.org 180 Lincoln Ave. Elberon, NJ 07740 • 732.222.3754 W hen I was a young man, I was a teacher in several religious schools. I had student-taught from ages 16 to 18 and had my own classroom after that. Back in those days, I didn’t drive and it was unfair to expect anyone to take me to the edge of downtown Toronto (as it was in those days!) whenever I needed to go. And so I took public transportation – busses and then subways. I had to be at Holy Blossom Temple early enough to get the class ready and that meant getting up at 6 am on Sunday to be out the house and at the bus stop by 6:45. There was probably more than one occasion where I stood in the cold and dark and said to myself that, one day, I won’t have to get up on a Sunday morning to teach. That day never came – and I have been truly blessed to have been able to teach for the past almost-40 years. Through every kind of obstacle, the classes were made ready a Less