Yesterday our granddaughter Chayala who resides in Lakewood, called me while I was on my way to the market. She is working on a school project related to the Shoah.

“Wait, Chayala,” I said.
“Let me park my car and then I will talk to you.”

She wanted to know the birthdate and the names of the parents of family members who perished Al Kiddush Hashem, and to whom I dedicated my first book.

When she mentioned little Efraim, the son of Malki and Chaim Kahan, I suddenly fell silent. I swallowed, took a deep breath, and then continued.

“Chayala,” I said,” I will tell you a story.

There is a little Efraim today who is celebrating his Bar Mizvah this very week, Shabbat Parashat Vayigash. His father, Avromi,........

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