Insights and Inspiration
from the
Holy Land
from
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
"Your friend in Karmiel"
December 17th 2021 -Volume
11 Issue 12 13th Tevet 5782
Parshat Vayechi
Seeing Straight
It has been a frustrating week. Our month began fantastic. As soon
as the skies once again opened up to Israel, my phone started ringing off the
hook, Baruch Hashem, from the so many that have been waiting so long to once
again visit our holy land. I had three solid weeks of tours, which was more
than I had had in the past year and a half. And then as quickly as they opened-
boom- they slammed again shut. I should’ve listened to my mother who always
told me Al tiftach peh l’satan- don’t jinx a good thing by letting the Satan
know that things are going well. Within a few days all of my tours for the end
of the month and the beginning of January disappeared as quick as an Israeli shiputznik
before he cleans up the mess as soon as he gets his money. (Tip of the day;Never
pay them until it’s clean). Once again, I was returned to my couch. My Eruvin volume
of Talmud winked at me from the coffee table- telling me that he wasn’t done
with me yet. It seemed like he knew the whole time that I would be back very
shortly.
Now, if having all those cancellations weren’t enough for me,
you can always count on the wonderful government of Israel to pour salt in your
wounds. I opened the newspaper the other
morning and read how the Prime Minister’s wife and children are flying out of the
country for vacation. This is despite his very public statement about how
Israelis should stay at home because of the “deadly” situation out there in the
world. It seems that like me the Naftali is also only a Baal Ha’Boss- we know
who the real boss is. As well hundreds of thousands of Israelis were able to
travel in and out of the country without any problems, while all of my clients,
tourists and families of Olim or just people that miss this special country
were prohibited from entering. It seems that Corona is a very smart disease that
only can be carried through doubly or triply vaxxed and tested foreigners but
knows to leave Israelis alone.
The cherry on the top of it all was when our illustrious Finance
Minister Avigdor Lieberman who’s pretty much been living off the public coffer
in his roles in politics since he came here, got on the radio and brazenly said
that he thinks all tour guides should face reality and find a new career for
themselves. Yup. He said with an arrogant straight face to anyone who was listening.
WELKAM to EEZRAEL as they say. It was at that point that I for the first time
since this all began felt that I really had enough. I took my shots, I wore my
masks, I closed my Shul, I’ve made permanent indentation in my couch, that
despite my weight loss are not getting back into its former shape. But to tell
hundreds of people whose livelihood has been taken away from them by these draconian
measures that don’t even make sense anymore. As Israelis can fly wherever they
want. As more people have died because of Arab stabbings in Jerusalem or car
accidents last month than from Corona. As according to everything coming out
right now you are more likely to die from choking on popcorn than from Omnicorn.
That you can tell all of those people who were once part of the 2nd
largest industry of this country, that brought billions of dollars into Israel,
that have shared their love and passion as the frontline ambassadors to the
world of our homeland, that they should just find new jobs is unreal. It’s cruel
and it was painful. But hey, I’ve got thick skin.
Now in general when I get into a mood like this, which Thank god
doesn’t happen too often, the first place I turn to is the weekly Torah
portion. I know there’s going to be a message there for me. As the saying going
goes, when I daven I’m talking to Hashem- when I learn His Torah then He is
talking to me. Yet what blew me away about this week’s parsha which concludes
Sefer Bereishis and that we end with the entire shul calling out Chazak Chazak
V’Nischazek- that we should continuously be strengthened
Is how there is one theme that carries throughout the parsha
that I really never noticed before. A theme non-coincidentally, of course, that
really spoke to me and that can be truly life-transforming. The theme is “It’s
not like you thought it would be” or perhaps more accurately “You’re
really seeing this whole thing wrong”.
The first Rashi in the parsha tells us this idea when he notes
that this Torah portion is what’s called a parsha setuma- a sealed closed
parsha. Unlike other Torah portions where you can generally see where the
conclusion of last week’s Torah portion is by a space or two separating the two
parshiyot, here there’s no break. It just flows right from one into the other.
Rashi’s explanation for this is to teach us the lesson that this parsha begins
the process of nistemu einehem shel Yisrael- the Jewish people’s eyes are
being closed from seeing, because of the advent of our Exile to Egypt. That’s
your hat tip. Our eyes are starting to close. We’re not seeing straight the way
we used to before Yaakov passes.
The first place where we start to see this idea show its face is
a few verses into the parsha when Yaakov has Yosef swear that he will bury him
in Israel, Yaakov feels the need to explain to his son something that he feels has
been troubling Yosef all of these years; why his mother Rachel is not buried in
Chevron with all of the other Patriarchs and Matriarchs, but rather on the
roadside near Beit Lechem
In the words of Rashi
“And I did not take her even to Beit Lechem to bring her into
the Land and I know that you hold it against me”
See, Yosef, you’re not understanding this properly,
Yaakov tells him. I didn’t ‘not’ bury her there because it was too difficult,
or because it was bad weather. It was because Hashem had commanded it. It would
be so that when your children, my children are Exiled from the land, Mama
Rachel will be there to daven for them. It’s for the good. It’s from Hashem. It’s
not about me. It’s not what you had mistakenly thought it was about.
We move from there to the next eye-opening clarification. This
time it’s back at Yaakov who is getting ready to bless the grandchildren that
Yosef had brought before him. Yaakov turns to Yosef and asks him suddenly who
are these kids? Now obviously Yaakov knew who his grandchildren were. He’s been
living with them for 17 years in Egypt and we are told that they studied with
him regularly. Therefore Rashi, quoting in part the Midrash Tanchuma, explains what
Yaakov as he was about to give them blessing was asking was that he felt the
shechina depart from him. This happened because he saw the future descendants
Yerava’am and Yeihu who were evil kings of Israel that caused the Jewish people
to sin. Yosef in turn corrects Yaakov and tells him that they are his children
and he even pulls out his marriage document to show Yaakov that his wife had “converted”
properly to marry him.
The Mizrachi commentary on Rashi points out something amazing.
He asks that seemingly the fact that Yosef had a legal marriage shouldn’t help
at all with Yaakov’s problem, which was that ultimately they will have
descendants that are not good people, to say the least. After-all didn’t the shechina
depart from Yaakov specifically for this reason. What was Yosef trying to
convey to Yaakov by showing him these things?
Th Mizrachi explains that it was actually quite the opposite. The
Shechina didn’t leave because of Yosef’s descendants, rather it left because Yaakov
chose to see those descendants and focus on them. Yaakov, rather than looking
at the good and the potential of these children, after all Yehoshua Bin Nun
will come from Ephraim, Gideon, the great Shofet, will come from Menashe, saw
the bad that will come from them. When someone looks at a situation and sees
the bad, that causes the shechina to depart. Yosef therefore corrects Yaakov and tells him that
he’s looking at it wrong. He showed his yichus papers. He showed Yaakov that
these children have holy blood. Whatever comes out from them that may not seem
good, that’s from Hashem. He is running the world. In Him we must trust. And
thus Yaakov’s spirit returns.
The confusions and corrections with these two continue back to
Yosef again when Yaakov switches his hand and places Ephraim before Menashe. The
Torah goes out of its way to tell us that Yosef comes to correct him and tries
switching his hands back. Yosef thinks Yaakov is doing something wrong. It’s
the old “favorites” thing again; taking the younger brother and putting him
before the older one. Yaakov though this time around corrects Yosef. He tells
him that this time he’s the one who’s not seeing it right. This is not about favorites.
Your children are special. They are equals. They are not jealous one of the
other. Ephraim gets the bigger blessing because his descendant will have a
higher purpose of leading the Jewish people into the land. This is for the good
that I’m placing him before his brother. It always is when it’s Hashem’s plan.
The theme continues again when Yaakov after rebuking the first
few of his sons finds Yehudah retreating to the back of the room. Yehuda’s
nervous that he’s next on Yaakov’s Hit list. He certainly feels he has what to
be nervous about after his whole scandal with his daughter-in-law Tamar. Yet
once again Yaakov reassures him not to fear. This whole process of rebuking his
children before he dies is not about last swipes. It’s about the character
traits they have that they need to know can
make them susceptible to falling and floundering. The quickness to act of
Reuvein, the anger of Shimon and Levi. But you, Yehudah, have taken control and
responsibility for your actions. There is nothing for you to worry about. You
are a leader. Don’t you or any of the brothers see what I am doing in these “blessings”
as being a final accounting. Rather the greatest blessing I can give you is
giving you the understanding and knowledge of what your challenges in life will
be and how you can best overcome them. Open your eyes and see this properly.
If you thought there were enough examples already of this idea
in the parsha and want to skip to the jokes by now, I can understand. But the
parsha just keeps on going. We find once again another misunderstanding in the
last conversation between Yosef and his brothers after the death of their
father. The verse tells us that the brothers began to fear that Yosef would now
take revenge against them for all they had done to him. What was the onset of
this fear?
Rashi quotes a midrash
that it was because Yaakov’s death they used to be invited to dine together with
Yosef, but since his death they had become like unvaccinated tourists. They
lost their green pass. Yosef had done this because he wanted to honor the
brothers. While his father was alive he felt that he could sit at the head of
the table because Yaakov had demanded that Yosef sit above Yehudah the King and
Reuvein the first born, but now that Yaakov was dead he didn’t want to rub it
in their face. They however didn’t see it that way. They thought he was
plotting to pay them back.
Alternatively, the Midrash tells us that on the way home from
the funeral Yosef paused by the pit they threw him in and looked down that deep
hole for a bit. The brothers saw that happening and they had a big uh-oh
moment. Maybe he hasn’t forgiven us. But once again they were mis-seeing the situation.
Yosef was blessing Hashem for the great miracle that had happened to him. Yosef
looked into that pit and he didn’t see any brothers. He didn’t see any jealousy.
He didn’t feel any resentment. As he then explains to the brothers. This was
never you guys. It was Hashem setting me and Klal Yisrael up for the greatest
miracle. That I would become the King of Egypt. That I would be able to provide
for you. That my prophetic dreams would become fulfilled. This was never you
and this was never me. We just need to open our eyes and see it for what it is.
There is one person fascinatingly enough in this week’s Parsha
though that does see properly. It contains perhaps the secret of how all of us
can improve our vision. Rashi tells us that when they arrived at the Machpela
cave to bury Yosef they were greeted by “Uncle” Esau and his army who didn’t
want to allow them entry. Imagine Avigdor Leiberman as a red headed Russian
standing and screaming that we are not letting anyone in. He claims that this
is his birthright. He deserves to be buried there. Not Yaakov. The brothers including even Yosef
all see this as a problem. What are we going to do? They engage in discussion, negotiations,
maybe a few protests and I’m sure many people were filming this with their I-phones,
live streaming it and posting about it on their blogs and Facebook pages. Because
after all this is an outrage and we have to do something and that always helps.
There was one person though that saw things differently. He didn’t
see Esau at all. He didn’t see all the noise and the posts, and media reports.
He was deaf, which in today’s world is the equivalent of having a kosher phone.
He sees one thing. This is a chilul Hashem. This is a desecration of
Hashem. Hashem’s honor is being tarnished. My Zaydie Yaakov’s birthright is
being challenged. This is a test from Hashem if I will act upon that moment or
not. It only makes sense to negotiate with Esau if he was the problem. But this
is not about Esau. It’s from Hashem and if that’s the case than there is
nothing to do but act. And thus he pulls out his sword and kills him. He doesn’t
miss because he’s the only one whose eyes aren’t closed.
Our “closed-eye” parsha ends with Yosef seeing his great-grandchildren
born in Mitzrayim, as he commands his brothers that Hashem who had brought them
down to Mitzrayim will bring them up back to Eretz Yisrael once again. The final
verse of this entire fantastic book though seems to end on a sad note.
“And Yosef died at 110 years old and they embalmed him and
they put him in an “aron” in Mitzrayim”
Really? That’s it? Talk about a let down of an ending… However
the Rashbam, the grandson of Rashi, who is generally even more concise than
Rashi and sticks more to the simple explanation of the text seems to be unable
to leave this text and book without a final poem and idea. He writes
“Nikvar Ba’aron”- he was buried in a an “aron”
“Ki asidim lha’aloto b’Aron”- because they were in the
future going to bring him up in an “aron”
“K’sh’eshevas mei’hem af v’charon”- when the wrath and
fury will finally rest from them
“V’avru Yarden B’simcha U’va’ron”- And they will cross the
Jordan with joy and song
“Chavatzelet Ha’Sharon”- the rose of the Sharon
The Torah is concluding the Book of Bereishis with this joyous pasuk.
Yosef wasn’t buried. He was placed like a treasure in a box to be revealed
soon. An aron in Hebrew is the word for a coffin, but it is also the
word for a closet, a holy closet that stores the Ark of the Mishkan that contained
the Torah. We open that Ark each week and remove that Torah to be our eyes. To
show us how to see.
Yosef before his death commanded his brothers that he be placed
in an Aron so that their eyes will never be fully closed. The bitter exile in
Egypt to come is not about the Egyptians. It’s about Hashem. It’s about becoming
his nation that will always see Hashem in everything that happens in the world.
If for the next 100 or so years they will manage to see that light of Yosef and
hold on to that vision of redemption than we will become the nation that will be
the eyes of the world. We will show the world that there is one God that is
running things. Ein od milvado- there is nothing else besides him. There’s
no Lieberman, there’s no Bennet, no Biden, no corona, Delta, Iran, green passes
or Vaccines. There’s only Hashem that is bringing us closer each moment to Mashiach.
To that final redemption. I’m seeing it more and more. Don’t you?
Have an insightful Shabbos
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
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RABBI SCHWARTZ’S FAVORITE YIDDISH
PROVERB OF THE WEEK
“Der emess iz in di oigen, der ligen iz hinter di oigen.” - The truth is in sight; the lie is behind
the eyes.
RABBI SCHWARTZ'S TOUR GUIDE EXAM
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
answer below at end of Email
7) The
stream that separates the Golan Heights from Mount Hermon is called: ________
The
reason why this stream forms a boundary between these two geographical areas is
related to:
A)
Encounter between igneous rock (magmatic rock) (kirton) and chalk
B)
Encounter between igneous rock (magmatic rock) (kirton) and limestone
C)
Encounter between limestone and chalk (kirton)
D) The
snow line
RABBI SCHWARTZ’S COOL VIDEO OF THE
WEEK
https://soundcloud.com/ephraim-schwartz/yesimcha
- There are many out
there that say that this Yesimcha is my nicest composition. I disagree… But it definitely
ranks up there and is probably the most beautiful Yesimcha out there… Yitz
Berry knocked out of the park with his arrangement for my song…
https://youtu.be/N8tpJSpUNX4
– Check out this great Ha’Malach medley by
Zanvil let’s see how many of them you can sing at your Shabbos table this week
from the Parsha.
https://youtu.be/-6iUos9oowc
– Check out Yoni Z’s latest story and song “Crown”
https://youtu.be/DOlJ5w-GZxc
– Just in time
for the retelling of Rachel Immeinu’s death in this week’s parsha is Avraham
Fried’s latest song “Mama”
https://youtu.be/w2U82pdBSEA
– Remembering Reb Shlomo listen to this fantastic
newly revealed story of Reb Shlomo Carlebach
RABBI SCHWARTZ'S PARSHA/SHABBOS
CONNECTION OF THE WEEK
Shabbos Blessings -Parshat Vayechi- For many people, like myself, that
really don’t get a chance to bond with their children during the week, Shabbos
is that most important of all days. For it is the one day when we have all of
those weekday distractions put away and we are united once again, not only with
our Creator, but with our Creations; the children he has gifted and entrusted us
with. It’s why most parents look forward to that moment after we sing Eishet
Chayil and before we make Kiddush on Friday night to gather our children one-by-one
and give them their Shabbos brachos.
That blessing that we give them that is generally the
traditional priestly blessing of Yevarecha Hashem V’Yishmerecha- Hashem should
watch over them and protect them etc. By our daughters we begin with asking
Hashem to place them like the Matriarchs Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel and Leah. Yet,
by the boys rather than them being compared to Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov and
we quote the verse from this weeks parsha that and the blessing Yaakov gives to
Yosef’s children (and a great song I composed in my youtube clips below);
Yesimcha Elokim K’Ephraim U’Menashe- Hashem should make you like Ephraim and
Menashe.
Now, Yaakov in fact tells us that all Jewish children should be
blessed as these two children are, which is in fact the reason why we invoke this
particular blessing. Yet, it leaves for us to understand what particularly is
significant about these two children of Yosef that were born in Egypt that every
Jewish child should carry their blessing with them. The commentaries are abound
with ideas how these are the first two brothers in the Torah that we find didn’t
get into a fight or try to kill one another. Others suggest that these two were
raised in galus, far away from a Torah environment yet they were still able to
retain their Jewish identity and the traditions of their fathers. And there are
those that see in them as the only two people who were able to achieve seemingly
an inforseeable level of becoming considered themselves as one of the 12
tribes, when in fact they were only grandchildren.
Yet, in the spirit of a column about Shabbos there is another
idea as well that we bless our children with by mentioning these two sons. Each
of their names represents a concept or pathway in Judaism. Ephraim, is named as
such for Hashem made Yosef fruitful in the lands of his affliction. Menashe, on
the other hand (excuse the hand-switching parsha pun) was named because Hashem
made him forget that longing that he had for his father’s house. In other words,
Ephraim is the positive, the increase of goodness, while Menashe is the removal
of impediments the restraining of evil. Dovid Ha’Melech terms those two paths Sur
Me’ra V’Asei Tov- we should remove ourselves from evil and do good. All of
Judaism is about the positive commandments that we have and the negative ones
that we are not meant to violate. Those are the two sons of Yosef.
Shabbos as well those is unique in that it has both aspects to
the day. We have all of the negative prohibitions of doing work and violating
Shabbos; the Shamor- guard the day. And we have as well the Zachor- the
remember the day and make it holy, enjoy it with all types of delights, make
kiddush, eat kiddush, have chulent! Which of these two pathways are first or the
starting point for us? Obviously, we need to do both. But where should we be
placing our emphasis?
One can say that perhaps
that is the argument between Yosef and Yaakov over which child should get the right-hand
blessing. Yosef points out to Yaakov that Menashe is older. In fact, the pasuk in
Tehillim begins with Sur Mei’ra- remove yourself from evil first. Yosef
being a Tzadik who was faced with temptation naturally would be drawn to such a
priority.
Yaakov though who symbolizes Shabbos, suggests that Ephraim
comes first. For Shabbos is the day when our main focus should be basking in
the glory of Hashem and His blessing. Someone who’s entire Shabbos is only or
even primarily about what he can’t do is missing the point. We bless our children
for all generations that they should be like Ephraim and Menashe. They should
have the positive aspects of Judaism, the sweetness of our mitzvos and the
delight of our Torah always before they are busy avoiding all of the negatives.
That is the bracha we give our children when we start this special day each
week. Can you think of a better intro to our delicious Shabbos meal?
RABBI SCHWARTZ'S ERA’S AND THEIR PLACES
AND PEOPLE IN ISRAEL OF THE WEEK
The building of the
Temple- 833 BC- We
have finally arrived at the moment in history that all of Creation has waited 2928
years for, The building for a home for Hashem on this world. Hashem wanted a
dwelling place in the lower worlds where He could reside amongst mankind and He
was finally about to get it. It was in the 4th year of Shlomo’s
rule that it began to come together.
This would not be a small task. It would take 7 years to build.
There would be tens of thousands of workers, mostly non-Jewish residents of
Israel that were permitted to stay here on the condition that they would observe
their Noachide laws and work for the Jewish people doing this type of manual
labor. It seems even back then the actual construction projects were just not a
Jewish thing. We’re good overseers and kablanim/contractors, but not the
best wood choppers and stone quarriers.
The first step was to get all of the wood for the Temple and for
that Shlomo enlisted the help of the gentile king in the North of Tzur
or Tyre Lebanon today; Hiram. Shlomo reached out to him and told him of
this monumental project and asked if he wanted to pitch in. Hiram was
honored and felt privileged to be part of it and he personally donated at no
cost all of the Cedar trees that would be necessary for the building of
the Temple. Not only did he offer the Cedar trees he even threw in Cypress
trees- or Atzei Brosh those fir trees that we find here in the North
of Israel. Shlomo in return sent Hiram annually gifts of oil, wheat wine from
the blessed crops of the land of Israel.
The verses tell us that this task required tens of thousands of
workers and three thousand overseers alone. To get his workers Shlomo
instituted the concept of miluim that we have today but on a much harsher
level. Each person would come to work for a month and then spend two months at
home, thus making him in miluim for 4 months a year. The Jews however
saw this as a privilege. Can you imagine being able to tell your grandchildren
every time you brough them to the Bais Hamikdash “See that rock there? That
was the one that your Zaidy placed down…”
Now the last piece of the Temple’s wood working production was of
course the transport of the very heavy logs to Yerushalayim. When I
stand at Rosh Hanikra by the Lebanese border and we look out to
the sea, I generally ask my tourists to picture themselves living here in the
times of Shlomo. If they did, when they would look out they would see tons of
and tons of logs being sent down the Mediterranean Sea on rafts.
They would be sent down the coastline and then docked at Yaffo from where they
would be brought to Jerusalem. How’s that for an incredible view?
Was it a good thing that so much of the labor and work took place
through the hands of Non-Jews? In Israel
today Hiram is memorialized by a large intersection in the North by the
border of Lebanon named after him. As well the largest battle in the War of
Independence in 1948 that liberated the North and put it in our hands until
today was called Operation Hiram. The Midrash though doesn’t think so.
It suggests that Hiram became prideful because of his part in making the
Temple and it was because of that it was eventually physically possible to be ultimately
destroyed 410 years later. According to one Midrash Nevuchadnezzar who
destroyed the temple was even his descendant. The third Temple though we are
told will entirely be built by Jewish labor and building materials. That will
be the eternal one. It seems that Hashem prefers Jewish labor over gentile
labor as well. That’s something to think about.
RABBI SCHWARTZ’S TERRIBLLY DISAPPOINTING DISAPPOINTMENT JOKES OF THE WEEK
Gravity is such a
disappointment. It always lets me down.
I planned to go to a class on
how to deal with disappointments. But it was cancelled.
I’m broke, sad and a
disappointment to my parents. But at least I’m not in debt. That’s the one
thing I’m given credit for
Morris had told all of his
friends about the great steak he'd eaten downtown the day before. A group of
them decided to head down and see if it was really as large and delicious as
Morris was making it out to be.
The group was seated in the back of the restaurant. After looking over the
menu, they ordered and waited, hungrily, for their large, delicious pieces of
gigantic steaks.
To their collective disappointment, the waiter brought out some of the smallest
steaks they'd ever seen.
"Now see here," a very embarrassed Morris said to the waiter.
"Yesterday when I came down here you served me a BIG, juicy, steak. Today,
though, when I have my friends invited, you serve small miniature steaks! What
is the meaning of this???"
"Yes, sir," replied the waiter, "yesterday you were sitting by
the window..."
A disappointed Coca Cola
salesman returns from his assignment to Israel. A friend asked, "Why
weren't you successful with the Israelis?" The salesman explained,
"When I got posted, I was very confident that I would make it. But, I had
a problem. I didn't know Hebrew. So, I planned to convey the message via three
posters.
The first poster was a man lying in the hot desert sand, totally
exhausted.
The second poster was the man drinking the Coca Cola.
The third poster was the man now totally refreshed.
"These posters were pasted all over the place."
"That should have worked!!" said the friend.
"Of course it should have!!" said the salesman. "ButI didn't
realize that Israelis read from right to left!!!"
I was out shopping and
disappointed with the changing room in this shop. I’ve gone into it five times
now and it’s still the same.
I'm always really disappointed
when I pull up to a yard sale...And they aren't willing to sell me any of their
yard.
Do you ever wonder if a cow
thinks her calf who won't nurse... Is an utter disappointment?
It was a sad and disappointing
day when I discovered my universal remote control did not in fact control the
universe. Not even remotely.
A bear opens up a grocery store
in the woods. A bunny walks in the store and goes to the bear.
“Mr. Bear, mr. bear do you have strawberries?”
“No I don’t” responded the bear.
A few minutes pass and the bunny asks again.
“Mr. Bear, mr. bear do you have strawberries?”
The bear confused responds.
“You just asked me that. I don’t have strawberries!”
Another 5 minutes pass and the bunny asks again.
“Mr. Bear, mr. bear do you have strawberries?”
The bear responds.
“Listen here pal. Ask me one more time if I have strawberries and I will
nail you to that tree!”
The bunny was disappointed but after a few minutes he asks the bear again.
“Mr. Bear, mr. bear do you have nails?”
“No” responds the bear.
“What about strawberries?”
I was disappointed to have to
pay for my new roof. they promised me it would be on the house
When daughter told me she
prefers white rice over brown rice I was extremely disappointed. I didn't raise
her to be a rice-ist.
I was really disappointed when
I came last in the astronomy competition, but they still gave me a map of the
stars just for participating. It was a constellation prize
Why should you never try to
start an argument with your child on picture day? They are not in the right
frame of mind.
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Answer is B – Yeah… I got this one totally wrong.
Geology was never my real strong point and despite the fact that I do tour the
Golan a lot- or did to be accurate, I really don’t do the Chermon much at all.
I guessed Nachal Senir or the Chatzbani because I knew that it flowed down from
the melting snow of the Chremon which really most of the Nachals pretty much do
in the Golan. But the correct answer was Nachal Sa’ar which actually has a nice
waterfall that I’ve taken people to once or twice. And the reason why it’s the border
is not as I randomly guessed it was because of the snow line. But rather because
it’s the border between the magmatic vocanic rock of the Golan and the limestone
of the Chermon. I should’ve known that but the fact that they kept throwing
that Kirton which is chalk stone in the question really messed me up because I
wasn’t aware of that there So this is my
first complete on wrong- which I very likely would’ve left out, as I really
didn’t have much of a clue. But anyways the score now stands at Schwartz
5.5 and 1.5 for MOT (Ministry of Tourism) on this exam. .
