Jacob( approaching Joseph): My son, how I have longed to see you. It’ s been so long ….
Joseph( to the Clerks): Please expedite my family’ s quick absorption as Egyptian subjects. They will settle near me, in the Land of Goshen.
Clerk # 1 to # 2: See how that nervy Hebrew throws his weight around? I don’ t like it; no, not at all ….
( To Be Continued)
Rabbi David Hartley Mark was born and raised on NYC ' s Lower East Side, and attended Hebrew Day School, Yeshiva Univ. HS, and Yeshiva Univ., where he learned English, Bible, and Jewish Education degrees. He attended the CUNY Graduate Center, and received both an MA and M. Phil. in English Literature, with a concentration in 17th Century, John Milton, and the Romantic Poets. David also received semicha / rabbinical ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion, Yonkers, NY. He has also attended the Hebrew College in Brookline, MA, where he received a Certificate in Advanced Hebrew School Administration. David serves Temple Sholom of Pompano Beach, FL; prior, he served pulpits in Warren, NJ, Fayetteville, NC, and Portsmouth, NH.
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