Summary

Asher loves Florence and its art, treasured as masterpieces by the rest of the world. He is especially inspired by Michelangelo's Pietà and sketches it often. Asher is approached by a Ladover man in Florence and asked to bring a package to Rome. When Asher arrives in Rome, he is met by a man who invites Asher to visit the yeshiva that his father helped to build..

In Paris, Asher meets up with Avraham Cutler, the head of the yeshiva Aryeh built in the city. On the way to the Yeshiva, Cutler takes Asher to Montmartre, where he sees Picasso's old studio. Asher stays for dinner at the yeshiva, and meets people who are grateful to his father for all the work he has done on their behalf.

Asher decides to stay in Paris where he rents an apartment and converts a room into a...