Yamulkas in Berlin 6:30

Vasily Surikov
1848 - 1916

 “No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

The Flag by Sholom Aleichem

The Plain Facts

1. Length:Twelve Pages 


2. Genre:Old Country Tales, Memoirs, Sholom Aleichem, Yiddish Literature.


3. Characters:
• Kopele Cock-crow (A.K.A. Topele Tottrow)
4. Setting: A small village in Yidburrough, somewhere between Germany and Poland.

So, what's It About Man?

A young boy with a speech impediment learns what it is to grow up as an under-dog, mispoken "Boychik" ("a young lad").

Vegetable Juice

First Words

Children, I'm going to tell you a story about a flag: How a poor boy like me got a flag for Simkhas Torah, how hard I came by it, and how I was destined easily to lose it.  pg 59

Favorite Words

I watched his lips and said: "in the bedinnind Dod treated the heaven and the earth."
No silly one! said Reb Zyama. "Don't say Dod, say God! God! God!"
Dod! Dod! Dod!
Reb Zayma threw up his hands.  You know what I've just discovered? It's a waste of time and effort.  Even black magic won't help him.  He's a hopeless case."

Final Words

Dear children-and the same to you and yours!