My darling 15 year old son, whom I normally love more than anything, just came home from shul and said the following to me:
"Ma, you really should get up and go outside to say Birkat Hachamah. It only happens once every twenty eight years and this could be your only chance, because you might be dead next time".
Run, little boy. Run for your life. Because I'm coming after you.
Highland Park in Autumn
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Bridge over the Raritan River, apples from the Highland Park Farmers
Market, and a "no peeking" drawing exercise
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13 comments:
ROTFL...
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA......
I'm gonna be smiling all day as I slave over my hot stove.
Oy. Chag Sameach.
He still has to survive 5 more years of being a teenager. Ha!
he did NOT. oy vey!
chag sameach!:-)
HaHaHa...
Well, I told my son that I said with "k'vana", because I might be dead next time. HE protested, and said that I should not begrduge myself the next time. Problem is, it isn't up to me ......
Hee hee.
Perspective is funny. My friend said to me, "Next time we say this I'll hopefully a grandmother, or even a great grandmother". That thought didn't occur to me, but what did occur to me was that I may be dead.
Hey, they don't call me "doom & gloom" for nuthin'.
Adolescence is not exactly the time when one is most subtle!
Of course, aside from being funny, it's a good lesson. We should do mitzvot as often as possible (even once every 28 years) because we really might die before we get a chance to do the mitzvah again. The same goes for teshuva!
Yeah I was pretty freaked out when I realized that I will be almost 50 when the next one comes...
My family had a similar (altho a bit more subtle) conversation: so and so will be 30, so and so will be 60...and at some point, we just stopped. He was just stating the obvious (to him), right? Because one's parents are OLD, right???
LOL!!
Funny. I live in the shadow of death, but our family made plans to meet as an extended family, and again say the bracha on Har HaBayit!
(this reminds me that I still have to post details about our experience this year, saying Birkat HaChama on Har HaBayit!)
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