pittsfield-jew

The first post says it all Shalom, This is the home of the Pittsfield Jew. Sure its neat to read about Jews in Brooklyn who are very observant but how about a not so observant Jew who lives in the Mid West?

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

How it went

This is how it went back in 1978 or was it 1979? Jonny was barely not a goy. (This is called reconstructive memory). Triggered by the biblical discussion with another softball dad about Numbers. He was in hebrew school. He said whoa stop. Or however you spell that word. What is it Jonny? asked the patient young teacher. You keep talking about the five books of Moses. It is hard for me to follow along. Why is it hard for you to follow along. It is hard for me to follow along because well what are the five books of Moses? Do you mean what are they. Well yes what are they. And don't tell me they are the Torah. Well for starters can you name the five books' names. Jonny thought. Genesis he said. Oh yes that is right like that rock bank. Yes that is the first book. And the second is Exodus like the movie Ten Commandments. Angelina is calling. Oops she got sucked back into the TV. What is the third? Levitikus like the priests we have been discussing. As an aside Yom Kippur is in the next book. Ok what comes after that what that is 3 who are the 4 and 5? The last book is called Dueteronomy, he reluctantly said. But the fourth. Even more reluctantly the teacher said well (he was reluctant because in Hebrew it has nothing to do with Numbers it is really called Bamidor which means desert. Tonight at Mongolian Barbeque they had dessert. Jonny knows he never closed the parenthetical remark but oh well.


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