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Lawrence O'Donnell segment: The Torah and Marriage Equality (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Dec 2013
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frazzled
(18,402 posts)1. What a mensch!
And such a shayne punim! It truly was a best Bar Mitzvah speech ever.
I must say, though, he was lucky to have gotten such a good Torah portion. I remember my son's portion was an excerpt that was just a bunch of ordinances for building something with this many cubits in this direction and this many in that direction: it was nearly impossible to get any kind of theme out of it at all!
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)2. I don't envy your son having to do that! n/t
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)3. LOL! Your post reminded me . . .
. . . of the old Bill Cosby monologue on Noah's Ark -- particularly the part where NOah asks God what a "cubit" is!
frazzled
(18,402 posts)4. Embarrassed to say I remember that routine ...
in its original. Sheesh, haven't thought about it for, like, 40 years (make that 280 years in Bible time!).