The time it today. The setting is NYC, or London, or Jerusalem, or Melbourne... or any of dozens of cities and towns where the phoenix of happy, committed Jewish families has risen from the ashes of the Holocaust.
To see this village, search for its wrinkles Look to the bubbies, who first brought forth life to the zaydes, who polish their words of Torah ‘til they twinkle Bubby’s hands may be calloused from Pesach cleaning, polishing every chalice Zayde’s body bent from work by day and relentlessly studying the nights away But watch their wrinkles break out as a thousand voices joyously shout Mazeltov!! Congratulations all around on their 50th grandchild – count 'em – Welcome him to bubby and zayde’s little town… ___________________________________ 'bubbies' - Yiddish for 'grandmas' 'zaydes' - Yiddish for 'grandpas' Mazel-tov - Congratulations
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