Notes About The Poem

Gabbai = Shul Caller to the Torah

Beckesher = Frock coat 

Eruv = Boundary that allows carryingg on Shabbos

Adar = Jewish month 

Detroit Rolls Royce

Detroit Rolls Royce

Actually a “Cherry Picker”,
A Royce costume,
Disguising Yonah’s rise,
Repairing Balmore’s eruv slicker,
Faster than a Lamborgini volume,
But TA’s Gabbai is wise,
Checking wires needs a “Stickler”,
An observant Jew who doesn’t assume,
Taking pains to apprise,
R’ Ribiat is a George Washington “flicker”,
Both are Fathers, Yonah of the Ribiat Bloom,
Detroit Tiger & Lion prize,
Ty Cobb wore knickers,
R’ Ribiat a “Bekesher” plus reads volumes,
Hears Baila’s sighs & cries,
Eats Kosher, laughs never snickers,
Enjoy to 120! Adar zoom resume!

Chaim & Barbara
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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