A Goldmine of Information
When Matt and I were at shul this past Shabbat morning (our last Shabbat in the U.S.), we stumbled across a certain person who was filled with information. One of the rabbi's sons had just arrived back in town after spending a year at the CY. Desperate for information, we approached him at the kiddush luncheon (the meal right after services).
We were kind of hoping to be able to chat with him over lunch, which would have allowed conversation to sway from one topic to another. We were hoping for a fountain of information.
However, we had underestimated this young man's popularity. It seemed like everyone at the shul wanted to come up and talk to him. Each had their own questions. Each wanted to give him their good wishes. So, Matt and I had to stand in line while we waited for our turn for his attention.
Obviously, a full lunch conversation was out of the question. As the line of people to talk to him grew behind us, we realized that we would, if we were lucky, get to ask him maybe only two questions.
It was nearly our turn....what two questions should we ask? We had just solved our banking question. We have already shipped our books. The pressure was getting to us. We have thousands of little questions, but no two questions stood out to us.
Then it was our turn. We blurted out our first question, "Was there anything that you really wish you had brought or not brought with you to Israel?" Admittedly, not such a great question, but we thought it might spark an interesting topic. Unfortunately for me, he was a guy, so he wasn't worried about which shoes to bring or if two purses would be enough. For him, the two suitcases of stuff sufficed.
We made our second question a bit broad. "What was it like at CY?" He described CY with a huge grin, saying it was a super fantastic experience. He just glowed when he started talking about it. Specifically, he said there are small-ish classes and the teachers are spectacular.
How we wish we had been able to talk to him during the whole lunch! Oh well, we at least had an opportunity to meet someone who had just arrived from the place we are headed. Plus, his expression of joy when talking about his experiences considerably eased our stress. Whatever the unknown details, the experience will be awesome.
Just curious, if you had been able to ask this young man two questions, what would they have been? Post your suggestions by clicking on "Comments" below.
We were kind of hoping to be able to chat with him over lunch, which would have allowed conversation to sway from one topic to another. We were hoping for a fountain of information.
However, we had underestimated this young man's popularity. It seemed like everyone at the shul wanted to come up and talk to him. Each had their own questions. Each wanted to give him their good wishes. So, Matt and I had to stand in line while we waited for our turn for his attention.
Obviously, a full lunch conversation was out of the question. As the line of people to talk to him grew behind us, we realized that we would, if we were lucky, get to ask him maybe only two questions.
It was nearly our turn....what two questions should we ask? We had just solved our banking question. We have already shipped our books. The pressure was getting to us. We have thousands of little questions, but no two questions stood out to us.
Then it was our turn. We blurted out our first question, "Was there anything that you really wish you had brought or not brought with you to Israel?" Admittedly, not such a great question, but we thought it might spark an interesting topic. Unfortunately for me, he was a guy, so he wasn't worried about which shoes to bring or if two purses would be enough. For him, the two suitcases of stuff sufficed.
We made our second question a bit broad. "What was it like at CY?" He described CY with a huge grin, saying it was a super fantastic experience. He just glowed when he started talking about it. Specifically, he said there are small-ish classes and the teachers are spectacular.
How we wish we had been able to talk to him during the whole lunch! Oh well, we at least had an opportunity to meet someone who had just arrived from the place we are headed. Plus, his expression of joy when talking about his experiences considerably eased our stress. Whatever the unknown details, the experience will be awesome.
Just curious, if you had been able to ask this young man two questions, what would they have been? Post your suggestions by clicking on "Comments" below.
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