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A man came to Pardes today to tell us about his brother. Apparently his brother made aliyah and then died whilst in the army serving in Lebanon, and afterwards the family collected his various letters and published them in a book.
The family now seem to be dedicated to "spreading the word", as the man put it, to tell the world about the things this person did while he was alive.
To this end, everyone at Pardes gets a copy of The Book, and then we get to go to their house and talk about it. I flicked through the book briefly. He seems to have been a perfectly nice, ordinary, literate young man, who travelled a bit and then went into the army. Nothing much of particular interest, except as a social study.
To be honest - it feels very odd to be talking to a man whose only interest is to tell us about his dead brother - and it wasn't so recent, either. It seems a rather unhealthy way to grieve. I couldn't help but get a sense that now all he does with his life is preach about his dead brother, which didn't feel healthy at all. An odd experience.
- if interested, you can see - http://www.alexsinger.org/
The family now seem to be dedicated to "spreading the word", as the man put it, to tell the world about the things this person did while he was alive.
To this end, everyone at Pardes gets a copy of The Book, and then we get to go to their house and talk about it. I flicked through the book briefly. He seems to have been a perfectly nice, ordinary, literate young man, who travelled a bit and then went into the army. Nothing much of particular interest, except as a social study.
To be honest - it feels very odd to be talking to a man whose only interest is to tell us about his dead brother - and it wasn't so recent, either. It seems a rather unhealthy way to grieve. I couldn't help but get a sense that now all he does with his life is preach about his dead brother, which didn't feel healthy at all. An odd experience.
- if interested, you can see - http://www.alexsinger.org/