Something To Celebrate

Today, we hosted a party for my oldest son, on the occasion of his enlisting into the IDF immediately after Pesach. He was joined by around twenty of his friends who are also about to enlist. Here is the speech that I delivered:

I have to admit something. The idea of having a party for going into the army is not something that initially resonated with me.

My precious son. When you were 18, you decided that it was time to go out into the big wide world. However, you weren’t 18 years old, you were 1...