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weight that tipped the scale in favor of an American visa – he could not stay talking very loudly. I checked the source
going ahead with the trip. I would return even a few hours in the U.S. without a of the noise, and it was coming from the
to Israel via Washington, with the added visa – we would be traveling separately. staff of the plane from behind the cur-
incentive of visiting my cousins in That was a real downer for me tains. I asked them to hush down but by
Baltimore. the time I straggled back to my seat, I
I had tons of things to do before leav- was too tired to fall asleep. No wonder
Not wanting to travel alone in such a ing. I arranged for the mail to be picked I was so exhausted by the time the
far-off country, I looked around for a up and the cat fed, and purchased med- plane touched down at 4:30 a.m.
companion. I met up with Dovid Glick, a icine for the trip. I ordered food for our
young married man from Rechovot who excursions to the Costa Rican country- I had less than three hours to claim
runs an organization, VeNatnu Yedidim, side from King Salomon restaurant, to my baggage (for security reasons it
which provides social activities for be frozen and put in an Igloo cooler. couldn’t be ticketed straight through to
orphans. He suggested a 19-year-old Sergio ordered a microwave oven that San Jose), wait in line for passport con-
chareidi yeshiva student, also from we would take with us. I registered trol, and then check in again. I hadn’t
Rechovot, named Eli. He had lost his online with the synagogue, sending been to the States for more than five
mother a year-and-a-half ago, and Dovid them a picture of my passport, and I years, and it was a strange feeling of not
said a trip would do him good. He registered for the synagogue’s Shabbat knowing where you belonged. The flight
brought him to my house and we talked. day kiddush, which would take care of to San Jose took five-and-a-half hours.
It just so happened that he spoke the day meal. I made separate reserva-
Spanish, since his family had lived in tions with the Rincon del Valle Hotel, ◆◆◆
Mexico for a number of years when his where we would spend another
father was a mashgiach kashrus there. Shabbos, and finally, I contacted the At San Jose Airport, I was supposed
The fact that he was fluent in basic rebbetzin of Costa Rica, Shoshana to be met by a taxi driver holding a card
Spanish was, to me, a sign of hash- Prober, asking if Eli and I could eat with my name, but he was nowhere to
gacha pratis, and turned out to be a there for one Shabbos night meal. All be found. Another taxi driver kindly
lifesaver later on. At the time I met the systems were go! allowed me to call the tour agency from
young man, I hadn’t even taken that his cell phone, and I was told that he
into consideration. The United flight took twelve-and-a- was on his way. He finally arrived, but
half hours to reach Newark. I tried before I could move, a guy who looked
Because Eli did not have time to get sleeping but there were some people like a Central American native Indian
grabbed my luggage and put it on a
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going ahead with the trip. I would return even a few hours in the U.S. without a of the noise, and it was coming from the
to Israel via Washington, with the added visa – we would be traveling separately. staff of the plane from behind the cur-
incentive of visiting my cousins in That was a real downer for me tains. I asked them to hush down but by
Baltimore. the time I straggled back to my seat, I
I had tons of things to do before leav- was too tired to fall asleep. No wonder
Not wanting to travel alone in such a ing. I arranged for the mail to be picked I was so exhausted by the time the
far-off country, I looked around for a up and the cat fed, and purchased med- plane touched down at 4:30 a.m.
companion. I met up with Dovid Glick, a icine for the trip. I ordered food for our
young married man from Rechovot who excursions to the Costa Rican country- I had less than three hours to claim
runs an organization, VeNatnu Yedidim, side from King Salomon restaurant, to my baggage (for security reasons it
which provides social activities for be frozen and put in an Igloo cooler. couldn’t be ticketed straight through to
orphans. He suggested a 19-year-old Sergio ordered a microwave oven that San Jose), wait in line for passport con-
chareidi yeshiva student, also from we would take with us. I registered trol, and then check in again. I hadn’t
Rechovot, named Eli. He had lost his online with the synagogue, sending been to the States for more than five
mother a year-and-a-half ago, and Dovid them a picture of my passport, and I years, and it was a strange feeling of not
said a trip would do him good. He registered for the synagogue’s Shabbat knowing where you belonged. The flight
brought him to my house and we talked. day kiddush, which would take care of to San Jose took five-and-a-half hours.
It just so happened that he spoke the day meal. I made separate reserva-
Spanish, since his family had lived in tions with the Rincon del Valle Hotel, ◆◆◆
Mexico for a number of years when his where we would spend another
father was a mashgiach kashrus there. Shabbos, and finally, I contacted the At San Jose Airport, I was supposed
The fact that he was fluent in basic rebbetzin of Costa Rica, Shoshana to be met by a taxi driver holding a card
Spanish was, to me, a sign of hash- Prober, asking if Eli and I could eat with my name, but he was nowhere to
gacha pratis, and turned out to be a there for one Shabbos night meal. All be found. Another taxi driver kindly
lifesaver later on. At the time I met the systems were go! allowed me to call the tour agency from
young man, I hadn’t even taken that his cell phone, and I was told that he
into consideration. The United flight took twelve-and-a- was on his way. He finally arrived, but
half hours to reach Newark. I tried before I could move, a guy who looked
Because Eli did not have time to get sleeping but there were some people like a Central American native Indian
grabbed my luggage and put it on a
BradBraEd .E.KKaauufffmfman,aEnsq,uEiresquire
Kauffman and Forman P.A.Kauffman and Forman P.A.
406 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
406 W. PennsylvanTio4aw1sAo40nv1,0-eM-8n8a2u2r3ye-3l5a,7n-T0d50o271w200s40on, Maryland 21204
SpeScpieacliaEBl uEdsduiuncceaaststiioLonanwLLaawand,wWL,iiWtlilgsaialtnilosdnaT, nrudstTs,rusts,
Business Law anCdonLstirtuicgtaiotnioLnaw, Construction Law
The Law Firm with ExTpheeLriaewnFcirem, wCitoh mpassion and Integrity.
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