Trusted leaders abhor gossip

(“No rose tells.”)

—Dalai Lama XIV

"There will be days like this, remember when you don't need an answer." 

Fifty-five (55) years ago, on Wednesday evening, is  Simchat Torah. On this day, in 1968 Danny L. (tz”l) and I were called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah, together; it’s a double portion, not too much for some twelve-year-old boys, taught Hebrew by Mrs. Yardeni, with a S…