stretchy,
that’s a weak one
At a end of year banquet of an yeshiva for OTD in jerusaLEM some 15-16 years ago,
a fellow rose to speak
He turned towards the bochurim who would come once or twice weekly ,and said
“when you Guys starting coming back in the beginning of the year,
my original attitude was what could you guys grasp about our lifestyles and where we are coming from”
However as the months went by it and we got “heimish” it dawned on us ,that you guys had many of the same “nisyonos” that we had
but when push came to shove , you passed and we just…
And we now respect you for that”
and he sat down