Bike update

Got a call from the bike shop in Edinburgh yesterday. Seems everyone and his dog jumped on the 10% discount bandwagon, and I'm right at the back of the queue. They've got the bike and put the mudguards on, but the earliest they can get it to me is the 25th. Bah, another three weeks of cycling everywhere in third gear!

Moje babička dělá nejlepší jahodový šiduch na světě

In the wake of my Marom Olami seminar in Prague last year, I seem to have got onto the Prague Masorti community mailing list. I don't mind it; it's interesting to see what they're up to, and the emails onto come occasionaly. Today's email included:

5. Jidiš/Hebrejské slovo týdne – KVÍZ!!! Tento týden vám nenabízíme nové slovo, ale…opakování (které je matkou moudrosti). V příloze najdete Kvíz, ve kterém si můžete ověřit, jak dobře si pamatujete slova z minulých týdnů.

5. Yiddish/Hebrew word of the week – Quiz!!! Instead of a new word this week, we offer you …revision! In the attachment, there is a short quiz that will help you revise the words we learnt in the past couple of weeks.

As part of which was the following, as part of a multiple choice question (only two of the four choices make sense):

Moje babička dělá nejlepší jahodový šiduch na světě

My granny makes the best strawberry shiduch in the world.

I find this hilarious! (For the incognoscenti, a shidduch is a match/arranged date.)