Chanukah presents

[lethargic_man]

For Chanukah, I got aviva_m a T-shirt that she'd seen online and expressed admiration for, but then forgotten about. This meant I was in the rare position of being able to get her a present that was a surprise but which I knew for certain she'd like—as indeed she did:

The green patches on it are actually felt stuck onto the T-shirt. Bar-Navi the rabbit, however, disagrees with the sentiments on it:

Speaking of which, what did Jane get Bar-Navi the Talmud scholar for Chanukah?

It's a rabbit-sized copy of מַסֶכֶת אֲרְנְבוֹנִים (Tractate Rabbits) of the Babylonian Talmud.

As you can see, it's from the Vilna edition.

Hands up if you didn't think there was a Tractate Rabbits in the Talmud!

Actually, there's not even a word for "rabbit" in the Hebrew and Aramaic of Talmudic times, because rabbits were not then to be found in the land of Israel or Babylonia, but don't tell Bar-Navi; he's very pleased with his present!

In exchange, Bar-Navi gave Jane a dreidel for Chanukah, and the four of us enjoyed playing dreidel with it, even if Bar-Navi did end up winning all our money. It was the first time I've actually played the dreidel game, rather than just idly spinning it, since I was a kid.

Comments

[pseudomonas]

That is the best T-shirt!

[lethargic_man]

Here's where I got it from, if you'd like one yourself.

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