Unexpected Encounters and Lasting Connections

I was giving out matza across town, and I needed to run into a store I don’t usually frequent. As I was perusing the aisles, I heard someone say, “Shalom!”

“Are you Jewish?” I asked the man who’d greeted me.

“I sure am! Are you Chabad?”

“I sure am,” I answered in turn.

We got to talking, and I invited him to join us for the holiday. Although he was out of town for Pesach, he joined us for Rosh Hashanah, and has remained in touch ever since.