This picture was taken on 9/23/01. It was the day after my Bar Mitzvah.The rabbi was in the hospital, so he could not be there. Since there were two Cohens in the room he asked us to say a blessing. He gave me a face mask to use as a kippah and we gave him our blessing. He asked me to cover the funny picture on my shirt with a gauze pad and a piece of tape. During our lessons for the bar mitzvah, he used to pull my socks off and then I would try to pull off his. One time he got me all wet with a water gun he had and ended up giving it to me. I looked forward to our meetings, he was a great teacher and a dear friend I will never forget.
Oren Ehrlich
