hashem blessed me with ---, parents taught me ----…
hashem blessed me with ---, parents taught me ----, all the kindnesses hashem did for me
— from Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue)
In the book
My dear children, grandchildren, and the great-grandchildren and generations I will never meet — Let me begin where everything began, with thanks: for the parents who taught me, and for all the kindness the Almighty showed a boy who started with very little. Much was expected of me early — my father had me learning at an age when most children are still playing, and a visiting sage once tested me on my studies and called me a young genius — and those expectations, for better and for worse, shaped the whole of who I became. — Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue)