Advice

When I was in Kfar Chabad back in ‘97, I had trouble adjusting to the meager accommodations of a real Israeli yeshiva.  I gave it some time to kick in, after about 5 months, I could not handle it anymore, I called pop to get his blessing to just come home. In one short line, pop gave me advice that helps me on a daily basis.

I said “Pop, I can’t stand this yeshaiva, I got 5 bouchrim in my room,  only shower is in the mikvah, the toilet paper is blue and killing me , salad for breakfast and diner with half a halva bar every other Tuesday and the small foam mattress!!”

His response was “STOP BEING A LITTLE (let’s just use this for the bolg) BABY”!!   And slammed down the phone!!

It’s this story that helps me now more than ever! Any time I find myself in in what I call a "Pop moment” I can never stay sad for too long, I can hear him saying STOP BEING A LITTLE….