“There’s no point in behaving like that, Yosef Chaim,” he told me firmly. “Nachum and Natan are coming and so are you, end of the story. Now get your bag and get in the van”,Yosef Chaim: Troubled Waters,“There’s no point in behaving like that, Yosef Chaim,” he told me firmly. “Nachum and Natan are coming and so are you, end of the story. Now get your bag and get in the van”
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“Everyone ready?” Abba called. “The van’s here!”
I was ready but I didn’t answer. I was sulking. Abba saw my face.
“There’s no point in behaving like that Yosef Chaim” he told me firmly. “Nachum and Natan are coming and so are you end of the story. Now get your bag and get in the van.”
Nachum and Natan are my cousins from Tiveria. They’re 15 identical twins and pretty cool guys I suppose. But I didn’t want them to come with us to Sdei Nechemia. Sdei Nechemia is our family’s regular “end of bein hazmanim” trip. Every year on the last day before we go back to Talmud Torah we pack up our swimming stuff a pile of inner tubes Ima packs up a pile of food (of course!) and we head off to theJordan River. Sdei Nechemia has miles of eucalyptus groves beside the river bank with lots of great picnic spots. But the real highlight is swooshing down the river sitting on your inner tube. The current is strong enough to carry you along but not too strong to be dangerous and the water isn’t deep (except in a few places) so it’s great for our family.
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