Sometimes a wisdom letter has an afterlife that the writer could not have fully foreseen. Rabbi Elana Zaiman kept the letter from her late father in her purse so that she could feel his presence, and hear his voice when she was having a diffcult day. She would take the letter out and reread it. Sholom Aleichem’ s family honoured his wish for more than 100 years after his death in 1916; they held…
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