Just had me a schnitzel of dubious heksher and am preparing for Shabbos here in Bak'a, right around the corner from Emek Refaim, the Park Slope of Jerusalem. I got in yesterday afternoon, after a long long flight from JFK. Said flight was lengthened by the presence of 100 Modern Orthodox 16-year olds who yelled and shoved and clogged the aisles and cuddled and littered the entire way there. And they even davvened, for one feverish, tefillin-wrapped moment. I was trapped in the very last row, surrounded by the pulse of limitless (and under-disciplined, the old man says) teenage energy. God bless and protect the college kids who serve as counselors on their 6-week demolition (tour) of Israel.
El Al Airlines serves Sabra hummus as a side with dinner. They also served Bialies, but called them "American Pitas." Even if you have no desire to go to Israel, you should at the very least book a flight with an immediate return just to experience prayer-in-flight, when 30 Chasids shove their way to the back of the plane for an intense and crammed-in service, effectively shutting down all lavatory access, and causing a slight rearward tilt in the plane.
Now I am spending the Shabbat with Ben Small and his lovely consort Amy, who are here for the summer studying at Pardes. Tonight we are going to engage in various Jewish activities represented but such multi-lingual vocabulary words as davvenen, misnayos, benschen, zmiros and rav simcha.
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Shabbat Shalom
2 comments:
i wonder if a shabbat filled with: davvenen, misnayos, benschen, zmiros and rav simcha is anything like my shabbat filled with:
da eminem, "mishugas", ben stiller, zebras and ravi shankar?
which sounds more interesting???
a little explaining is in order for your non-yiddish speaking friends. maybe some hyperlinks or a dictionary of yiddish expressions.
by the way, charlie and the chocolate factory was a bit disappointing. highly stylistic, but lacking tim burton's usual magic.
you listened to eminem on Shabbos? And then saw "Madagascar?"
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