Some relevant parallels between what happened bayamim haheim and what we are living through bazman hazeh
Gus is one of the fixtures of the neighborhood. Central casting couldn’t have chosen a better candidate to be the Barber of Lincolnwood. He’s a great schmoozer, name dropper (“Rabbi So-and-so was here yesterday”), makes house calls, and to top it all off, only charges $10, including beard trimming. When asked how he is doing, he always responds “Baruch Hashem,” despite being a heimishe Greek, born and bred near Athens. When our yeshivah advertised the annual dinner by hanging a banner that included my picture, Gus took particular pride in his handiwork on display, and encouraged my talmidim to behave in my shiur.