Monday, July 16, 2012

Heaven Help Me

We're trying to get David up to par with math over the summer. Yesterday I was in the process of showing him that the number thirty six is "chai times two." I asked him if he knows why eighteen is an important number. He responded that when he is eighteen years old he will be able to drive.

I told him to convert eighteen into gematria numbers and see what it yields, but all the while all I could think was "Heaven help me."

Sunday, July 8, 2012

David's Moon

We were standing in the backyard last week gazing at the full moon and I explained to him that it presents in the middle of the month. (That is the extent of my knowledge about lunar phenomena.) A long time ago I had taught him that a מלה נרדפת (synonym) for ירח (moon) is לבנה. I was curious if he still remembered this and tested him. He scratched his head and I was a tiny bit disappointed, but then he looked up and responded, המאור הקטן (Breishis 1:16)!
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

My Chupah Song

I'm embarassed to admit I like a song by a boy band, but I really, really like "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. I think it would a make a great song to march--or rather dance and do flips--down the aisle to.
Maybe I even would have used it instead of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight"
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