Frank the Prank

I remember that kiddush well.

It was 38 years ago Parshas Vayishlach.

I don’t recall his real name; we boys just called him Frank the Prank.

We kids had nicknames for all of the men in the shul.

There was Harry the Davener about whom it was rumored that he once even opened his siddur. (Most of us did not believe that rumor.)

There was Marvin the Macher. who set up Seudah Shlishis. He was also the one you went to when you needed to get into the shul and he always wore this massive key ring on his belt.