Caspar And I

A friend asked me to ghost-write the hakdama to a sefer he is about to publish. I thought that it was a great idea. A ghost takes up no space and is invisible which is exactly what I want to be. The sefarim often talk about the value of ביטול היש - nullifying your "presence" and arrogance. This was my way of being מבטל my יש. Alas, I wrote it and he told me that it was good but too chassidish for his litvishe audience so he won't use it.

I took that as a compliment...:)

Here is an edited version.