At seven years old, my parents got divorced, and that divorce process was pretty challenging and complicated.

It was in and out of court battles.

I found myself in a space where I was in between two worlds.

I was going to Williamsburg for Shabasem and speaking Giddish and wearing a denim skirt, which I probably shouldn't have had at that point.

And going home where my mother started wearing jeans.

A common question that people always asked me was, how did you stay from?

Why did you decide to stay from? You didn't have to. You could have gone and done whatever you wanted.

Like, you're living by your mother, your mother's not from. Shai and you go to public school. Like, why I choose to stay from? And I remember thinking to myself, I don't know. But we've discussed what happens when one's child leaves the faith or goes off the dark. By the way, I'm Yaakov Langer. This is inspiration for the nation if you haven't realized yet. But what does a child do when one of their parents decides that Orthodox Judaism isn't just a way for them? Especially young children, how do they cope? Meet Henchy Kohn, who grew up with this dilemma. She originally came from a Hasid Ashom, but when her mother decided to leave, everything changed. This episode is in memory of Shimon Davauvid bin Jako Shlima and Miriam Sarabas, Jacob, Moshe. This episode is Rufuah Shlema, Yosef Chaim, Bidvorahya Goulda. This episode is powered by Wales delis, United Rufuah Healthshare, Bip Been, and Hiring for Less. If you haven't yet subscribed, please do. 2026 will be our biggest year yet, Mirz Hashem, with Hashem's help, and we want to ensure that

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Henchi, thank you so much for coming in to do this. Could you take me through your childhood?

Sure. Thanks for having me.

Where to start?

Where do you grow up?

I grew up in Bar Park.

Okay.

And we moved around a lot of Bar Park, so don't ask me an address because I don't have gotten any.

Growing up in Bar Park, we lived there until about fifth grade.

My parents both grew up from Qasidish backgrounds. My dad was from

Williamsburg, which if you know, it's pretty Hasidish. And Bar Park in itself is also a pretty

Hasidish community where my mom grew up as well. And I went to Hasidish school up until third grade,

fourth grade, in Bar Park. and then we moved to Muncie.

But a lot of the changes that happened in my life transitioned and started in Bar Park in middle school.

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