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In Under the Wire

Getting this in just under the wire In a few minutes, my wife lights the wicks' fires * If I don't finish this poem and get the clothes from the dryer She'll light my buttocks as Friday afternoon expires _________________________________________________ Candle-lighting time for this Sabbath (Friday afternoon) in Chicago is 5:16 p.m, 20 minutes before sunset... Sabbath Peace to one and all.

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Ilene Bauer

Date: 2/26/2022 1:20:00 PM

shabbat shalom, gershon! i enjoyed your humorous take on getting ready for it...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/26/2022 8:13:00 PM

Shedding a little 'extra light' on the subject there, I guess, ilene. Thanks, and hope you had a great Shabbos. :) Gershon

Ann Peck

Date: 2/26/2022 9:21:00 AM

What a lovely Jewish tradition. Peace to you also, Gershon.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/26/2022 8:10:00 PM

Thank you, Ann, and you are right. It's a wonderful Jewish tradition, esp. the part about my wife kicking my derriere. lol Blessings and Bounty, Gershon

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 2/26/2022 4:23:00 AM

I would love to be at a Jewish Sabbath on a Friday afternoon, have been to a Jewish wedding in fact two, our Jewish friends we med and made on holiday, invited us to their daughters wedding, but they were immigrating to Australia 6 weeks later. Glad you are safe and sound as well as is your poem! But perhaps she would have done right, if you were wrong, she sounds like a very normal wife! Hugs, blessings, Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/26/2022 7:39:00 PM

My wife and I have an agreement: She's always right; I'm never wrong. Seems to work ok. lol. Thanks, Jennifer

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/25/2022 8:16:00 PM

Oh, I am so glad that you have a wife like that!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/26/2022 7:33:00 PM

Oh, yes. And she is glad that she has a husband like me as well. lol. :) gw

Valsa George

Date: 2/25/2022 8:09:00 PM

It is interesting to know about the rituals of each religion. This poem of yours has given us entertainment and information. Thanks Gershon . Have a great Sabbath !

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/26/2022 7:30:00 PM

Thank you, Valsa. I hope I don't come off too heavy-handed, and that these kind of writes really do come off as informative (and never prescriptive)! Thanks again, gw