Reply To: Going off the Derech

laebish-It’s interesting that you were healed, in a sense, by reconnecting with your American side. I thought about sending him, or going with him to the States, and we are going to look into it more. But so far, the ‘American side’ of him has been the thorn in his identity’. He so much wanted to be accepted as a full fledged Israeli. Now, I’m not sure that’s the pressing agenda anymore. And the truth is, a number of other kids in the chevra are also American born-Israeli.

We are trying to encourage him to consider working, or to learn a trade more seriously. Maybe in a month or 2, he will consider it when the weather will change, and it will be harder to hang out all night with the chevra.