Not long thereafter, when I was 17 years old, I received an invitation to start serving at Brooklyn Bethel on September 19, 1955.
وَرَغْمَ أَنَّ أَسَاتِذَتِي شَجَّعُونِي عَلَى دُخُولِ ٱلْجَامِعَةِ ،‏ وَضَعْتُ خِدْمَةَ بَيْتَ إِيلَ نُصْبَ عَيْنَيَّ .‏