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PAGE 14 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 8, 1985
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And the winners are...
"The Day Moshe Raheinu Paid
Me A Visit" was the topic for an
essay contest recently sponsored
hv the Beth Jacob Sisterhood.
The winners were 10-year-old
Shana Fernoff, a fifth grader at the
Hebrew A cademy and the daughter
of Dr. Paul and Dr. Deborah
Fernhoff; and Eyal Feiler, age 12, a
seventh grader at the Hebrew
Academy and the daughter of David
and Ziona Feiler. They were presented
with certificates and a $25 check at
the Sisterhood Silver Tea held Oct.
13.
by Shana Fernhoff
It was a one of those days. A wet,
dreary, boring sort of day. The
only thing to look forward to was
that Pesach was right around the
corner.
Over the pitter-pattering of the
rain on the roof, I heard the doorbell
ring. “My Goodness,” I thought
aloud, “Who in the world would be
out on a rainy day like this?”
Anyway, I went to see who it
was. When I opened the door I was
astonished to see a poor beggar
standing on our doorstep. He was
dressed in tatters, and had a long,
white beard. It was dirty, but definite
ly white. He also wore a filthy hat.
My ima told me never to let
strangers in, but this man looked
so hungry that my hachnas orchim
was overpowering.
“May I help you, uh-sir?” I asked
politely.
“Please, kind child, pray give me
a bite to eat before I go on my
humble way.”
I gulped, held out my hand, and
motioned for him to come inside.
As he walked in, I noticed that
he kissed the mezuza. Strangely, I
felt relieved knowing that I was
with a fellow Jew.
I led him into the kitchen, and
offering him a chair, I asked him
what he wanted to eat.
“Some fruit and bread would be
fine, thank you. It’s very kind of
you to let me eat here. I'm going to
repay you with a secret and the ^
honor of meeting a very famous
person in Jewish history.”
At this, my eyebrows went up,
but not wanting to hurt the man’s
feelings, I said OK.
I handed him an apple, a pear
and a peanut butter and jelly sand
wich. I hoped he liked raspberry
jelly. He carefully made a bracha,
and after I said “amen,” he bqgan
“My traveling name is Eliezer
Hirschal. But I am really Moshe
Rabbeinu, the very person who
took the Jews out of Egypt.” I was
positive I had a hearing problem.
“Will you please repeat that?”
He did and when I saw that look of
total earnesty in his eyes, I actually
believed him.
“You’re Moshe Rabbeinu?” When
he nodded, I said, “I hope this
doesn’t sound disrespectful, but,
why did you come here, why not to
some famous Jew like Albert
Einstein?”
“That’s a good question,” he
said. “Albert Einstein lived in the
time of the Holocaust. I couldn’t
bear to see Jews suffering, so 1
came here. But Avraham Avinu
went there about a month ago to
comfort the Jews of the ghettos. So
I came here, to check on things in
the ’80s.”
“Wow,” I thought, “Moshe was
paying a visit to me!”
Shyly, I asked Moshe if he would
relate one of his adventures, and he
chose the one I wanted to hear.
“When I was just a little baby,
living in Pharaoh’s palace. Pharaoh
wondered if I wanted to overthrow
him, and become king of Egypt.
Well, he put me to the test. He set
out a platter of jewels, rubies and
diamonds, sapphires and emeralds,
all very beautiful.
“He also set out a platter of
steaming hot coals heaped onto
one another. The test was to see
whether I would choose the jewels
or the coal. Well, 1 reached out my
hand to get one of those jewels
because they looked so pretty, all
shimmering in the light, but Baruch
Hashem, the heavenly angels above,
moved my hand to the coal and
when I touched it, 1 burnt myself.
Instinctively, I put my hand in my
mouth and burnt my tongue. This
is why I cannot speak very well "
All through his tale, I listened
wide-eyed to the story. “It’s always
nice to hear it from my moreh, but
1 never thought I’d hear it from the
real person,” I said.
Moshe laughed heartily and stood
up.
“Well, thank you for your delicious
meal.”
I replied, “I should be thanking
you for coming and sharing your
story with me. I’ll never forget you,
Moshe.”
He said good bye, thanked me
once again, and then he simply
vanished.
“Wow,” I couldn’t stop thinking
And then I heard the funniest
thing. Out of nowhere came Moshe s
voice, echoing through the house.
“And by the way, Shana, I loved
the raspberry jelly!”
f-U.S. Army testing Israeli unit‘d
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The U.S. Army is testing a new computerized
control unit for a sophisticated mobile weapon system developed
by the Servolex Hi-Tech Company in Kiryat Bialik, in the Haifa
bay area.
According to Servolex president Amotz Yavnai, the unit
prototype has already been successfully tested, and if the U.S. army
tests prove satisfactory, the American army is expected to order a
^large number of the units.
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