I took the book, but the look on my face obviously said, “What’s this?”
I regularly learn with my balabatim (a wide mix of men on various levels of learning) between Minchah and Maariv. One evening we were doing Ein Yaakov on the topic of shalom bayis. The Ein Yaakov quoted a pasuk from the Navi Chabakuk, and in keeping with my habit of reading the pasuk inside, I asked Barry to please bring me the sefer.
After an excessive amount of time, Barry returned and, with a big smile, handed me the book, Spice and Spirit: The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook.
I took the book, but the look on my face obviously said, “What’s this?”
Barry proudly said, “At first, when you said, ‘Let’s look up the pasuk in Chabakuk, I thought maybe there was a sefer by that name. However, I went through the set of Tanach and read all the names of the books, and there was nothing called Chabakuk. It then occurred to me, Rabbi, that you must have swallowed your words and said, ‘Chaba-Cook,’ but you meant the Chabad Cookbook.
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