A graduate, having received his degree to practice law went before his parents. The acolyte lawyer said, “Dad, it’s time for a change. All your life you worked hard for me; now it’s time for you to go out and work hard for yourself.”
With a little luck this anecdote will produce a chuckle.
With more than a little luck, perhaps some good moral backbone, it will produce a hiss of displeasure.
Dr. Judith Hauptman calls caring for aging parents, hamurah she-ba-hamurot, the most vexing of all mitzvot. It is no simple task to take care of the people that cared for us. But it is most necessary.
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