Table Talk from the desk of Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld
February 23-24, 2024 • 15 Adar 1 5784 • Tetzaveh (Ex 27-30).
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In memory of Menachem Mendel ben Yisroel, who passed away this week.
In memory of Menachem Mendel ben Yisroel, who passed away this week.
Because she was snow-bored!
That one earned me my "dad" card for the week. Maybe even a lifetime achievement award.
My daughter was especially appreciative when I used it while sharing the chair lift with other father-daughter pairs.
But to make it interesting, I tried to come up with a new ski joke for each trip up the mountain.
Question for your table - How many skiing jokes can you come up with?
I think I petered out after about seven.
How would you guess the trip went overall?
[pause to let them ponder that for a moment...]
It was uplifting at first, but went downhill after that!
Speaking of snow boarding, do you remember back in the Eighties when you first saw people experimenting with this new sport?
To me, the appeal wasn't obvious, other than the sheer novelty. It appeared to attract the same kinds of guys (specifically guys) who were attracted to skateboarding.
(Not knocking skateboarding nor snowboarding, just not my cup of tea!)
Fast forward to this week... at the ski resort, there appeared to be as many snowboarders as skiers. Of all ages. If not more.
The strange thing is that most of the snowboarders I saw were spending a lot of time sitting on the snow - all the way down the slope.
It's apparently a lot harder to learn than skiing.
So what's the great appeal?
My daughter had a grand time on her skis, really enjoying herself while dodging all of those snowboarders falling all over the place.
At the end of the day, what surprising comment did my daughter make?
"I think I'd like to learn how to snowboard."
Question for your table: Where did that come from?
Shabbat Shalom,
Alexander Seinfeld
That one earned me my "dad" card for the week. Maybe even a lifetime achievement award.
My daughter was especially appreciative when I used it while sharing the chair lift with other father-daughter pairs.
But to make it interesting, I tried to come up with a new ski joke for each trip up the mountain.
Question for your table - How many skiing jokes can you come up with?
I think I petered out after about seven.
How would you guess the trip went overall?
[pause to let them ponder that for a moment...]
It was uplifting at first, but went downhill after that!
Speaking of snow boarding, do you remember back in the Eighties when you first saw people experimenting with this new sport?
To me, the appeal wasn't obvious, other than the sheer novelty. It appeared to attract the same kinds of guys (specifically guys) who were attracted to skateboarding.
(Not knocking skateboarding nor snowboarding, just not my cup of tea!)
Fast forward to this week... at the ski resort, there appeared to be as many snowboarders as skiers. Of all ages. If not more.
The strange thing is that most of the snowboarders I saw were spending a lot of time sitting on the snow - all the way down the slope.
It's apparently a lot harder to learn than skiing.
So what's the great appeal?
My daughter had a grand time on her skis, really enjoying herself while dodging all of those snowboarders falling all over the place.
At the end of the day, what surprising comment did my daughter make?
"I think I'd like to learn how to snowboard."
Question for your table: Where did that come from?
Shabbat Shalom,
Alexander Seinfeld
PS - Today is Purim Katan and tonight is Shushan Purim Katan - and you know what that means about the countdown to Purim and Pesach...
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