LEV SIMCHAH

MY NAME IS GAVRIEL LOCK FROM LONDON.
I MUST THANK YOU FOR THE STORY:
 " A VISION THAT SPANNED GENERATIONS."
I GOT MARRIED OVER 42 YEARS AGO IN ROTTERDAM HOLLAND
MY WIFE IS FROM HOLLAND.
THE WEEK BEFORE MY CHASSENE I WENT FOR A SHABBOS
TO THE BEIS YISROEL IN JERUSALEM.
MOTZEI SHABBOS AFTER MARIV THE LEV SHIMCHA SAID TO ME:
 " COME INTO ME AFTER HAVDALA."
I WENT TO HIS FLAT CAME IN.
 HE SET DOWN WITH ME AND TALKED WITH ME
 ABOUT MANY THINGS, FOR OVER AN HOUR.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID TO ME.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT STRAIGHT AWAY
BUT LATER ON IN LIFE AND SPECIALLY TO-DAY
I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MENT.
HE SAID IN YIDDISH " A WIFE IS THE FOUNDATION OF A HOUSE, OF A JEWISH WIFE
DEPENDS THE WHOLE HOUSE. "
A HOUSE IS BUILT BRICK BY BRICK ON THE FOUNDATIONS.
A BOY IS SEPARATELY AND A GIRL IS SEPARATELY.
BUT WHEN THEY GET MARRIED
THEY ARE THE FOUNDATIONS TOGETHER OF THIS HOUSE.
THE CHILDREN ARE ONLY BRICKS THAT LEAVE THE HOUSE.

MY WIFE AND ME TOGETHER ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS HOUSE.
EVEN WHEN THE CHILDREN HAVE LEFT THE HOUSE
MY PARTNER IS MY BEST FRIEND, MY FOUNDATION
WHO NEVER TURNS HER BACK ON ME OR I ON HER.
AS THE POSUK SAYS" AND THEY SHALL BE ONE FLESH.
ONE FLESH IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE.

WHEN WE GOT ENGAGED THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT THIS
MARRIAGE CAN NOT LAST.
TWO SUCH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BACKGROUND DIFFERENT CULTURE,
BUT THE FOUNDATION  BLENDED THE CULTURE AND BACKGROUND.
IT DID NOT COME EASY BUT WE WERE ONE.

I THANK G=D  THAT MY WIFE AND I HAVE PASSED THIS MESSAGE
ON TO OUR CHILDREN IN THEIR MARRIAGE.
ONCE YOU ARE  MARRIED G=D WANTS YOU TO BECOME A FOUNDATION
AND THAT IS WHAT THE LEV  SIMCHAH MEANT.
A WIFE IS THE FOUNDATION  OF A HOUSE.
                                                                GABY LOCK
                                                                 14 WARGRAVE AVENUE
                                                                  LONDON N.15 6 UD