In Honor of Parents who Drive Carpool! (Rabbi Benzion Klatzko)

so I was in Manhattan today the Upper West Side night stop the mister I was gonna buy myself some sushi and this rug walks in and he ordered his also lots and lots of sushi so I looked at him and I said ah you know the good stuff is like the sushi and he says did me oh it's not for me I don't even like fish so I said so lose all that sushi before he sets for my wife he said I really owe it to our nominee shifts of carpool she did today and I looked at him and I said you know it you've inspired me to make a little video so this is the video that I told him this afternoon that I was gonna make you know there's a lot of things that couples have to be mockito express gratitude to each other for whether it's working bringing home a paycheck having supper ready taking care of the kids but one of those things that seems to be like a filler project is carpool like in between work or before work or during work you run and you do carpool so I wanted the sands right before us Hashanah and my wife does a lot of carpool sometimes she says her and I entire day feels like all she did today was through carpool I felt like I wanted to make a video to express gratitude for all of the women all of the wives all the mommies who spend hours and hours and hours and hours in the carpool line going from neighbor to neighbor picking up one child after the next and if you have multiple children and if they go to multiple schools then the entire day could certainly be spent during carpool by the time the wife finishes carpool it can be 10 or 11 o'clock by the time she and she gets up early in the morning and she goes he brings us the kids and there's one kid he's gotta be brought with the car club and pick up five of his friends and then another school maybe for the daughter begins a half an hour later and her kids need to be picked up the people on that car pool and it can literally feel like you spent hours and hours and sometimes you hit traffic or you're behind a garbage truck or you're behind the school bus that stops every few seconds it feels like just to pick up more kids and here you are in a carpool and if you do multiple car pulls in one day so then you feel like you're running behind because now I'm behind the garbage truck and I'm trying to get these kids to their school but I have to run back and pick up the other kids and I'm gonna be late for them and then the parents are going to be upset at me and carpel is incredibly stressful and it's incredibly time-consuming and it's difficult now thankfully we have the Gemara that says love is how the baby am that the women are fellas often how do women get their extra scar let's say you're in a relationship where the man works and the woman stays home sometimes it's not like that but sometimes it is and staying home doesn't mean staying home and putting up your feet very often it means bringing one kid after the next to school or at the very least it means waiting outside with them for the bus that may or may not show up then may or may not have come early today so you're waiting for nothing hearing the kids complain last-minute tests that weren't signed it's winter it's freezing you didn't come properly prepared there are some kids inside still eating breakfast other kids are already outside waiting for the school bus and you're running and trying to get things signed and boots put on and and and bus is not makes mist because if you missed those buses then you have to drive carpool and wasn't even a carpool day it's very very very very difficult and number one as a husband and as a man and as a father I want to personally express my Akash at over to my wonderful wife who does carpool with a smile and it's difficult and going from house to house and making sure that the kids come and they're there on time and that everyone's happy and everyone's picked up and there's no miscommunication I want to give my cry cell phone because it's hard work it's not easy doing carpool and for all those people who are watching who benefit from the spotters doing carpool you should go and buy them a really nice present because they deserve it takers carpool is not just tough but it doesn't mean even feel as rewarding as quote-unquote going to work and doing something that's finished that you can complete you bring the kids you feel like their chauffeur and some days are just horrific and you come back and you feel emotionally exhausted after carpool and I get it so first off a great big thing to my wife for doing carpool for all of these years and for juggling it and doing it happily here's for me to you to all the carpool people out there who do this day after day a big Astrakhan thank you very much it's amazing what you do and you do it with a smile and by doing it like that the kids feel good they come to school in a better mood and we say thank you to you we hope that everyone has a beautiful and sweet and delicious and wonderful New Year thank you [Music]