This post was going to be about my new celebrity crush, Stephanie Rice. Ah Stephanie, what a honey! Have you noticed how stunning she looks at the Olympics? Winning Australia's first gold medal doesn't hurt, either. And I'm pretty sure that look is au naturale - I doubt you can wear much make-up to a race. Unless it's waterproof. But still, wouldn't it adversely affect your aerodynamics? This would be a fun line of enquiry, but I'm getting sidetracked.
This post is not about my new celebrity crush, Stephanie Rice. I decided to change the subject an hour ago, when I heard that my sister had given birth. I figured that should rate a mention. Sorry, Steph!
This is her first child. My sister's, not Stephanie's, can we please stay on topic? So now I'm a nuncle. I'm so happy. I've been waiting to be a nuncle ever since I heard Rechama was pregnant. I look forward to being greeted with hearty cries of "how now, nuncle!", though I doubt it'll happen that often.
Oh, do me a favour. Next time you see me, hail me with "how now, nuncle!" It'll make me very happy.
Shmuel Raigorodsky, my brother in law, called in with the news. Rechama was too exhausted too speak to anyone. The baby is apparently a girl, which came as quite a surprise. My mother's side of the family are Sephardim, and they often have dreams predicting the genders of unborn family members. This latest addition was billed by my grandfather to be a boy. Thus we are left on the horns of a dilemma - a new avatar of good old Science vs Religion.
I left a comment on the Raigorodsky family blog, under the post "ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!"[sic]. I've translated the foreign bits:
No, it's not a girl. We haven't seen the baby or spoken to Rechama yet. All we have to go on is that the doctor SAID it's a girl.
My psychic Sephardi relatives said it was going to be a boy, and I have more emunah [faith] in their ruach ha'kodesh [prophetic abilities] than in what some goyishe [gentile] doctor says. So it's a boy.
If you disagree, you're a frei yok [person of questionable religious devotion].
So whom does one believe in these situations? The men of God, or the men of science?
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well my grandmother - who is also sephardi, had a dream that it would be a girl..
so the question is not what should you believe - in religion or science but rather - who should you be live?
in Nona or Grandpa?
and my mother which is of the ashkenazic origin (european) had a very vivid and clear dream that it would be a girl so the question really is not on science or religion but rather a question of sephardim vs. ashkenazim which is a question that has been around for a very long time.
whats a nuncle?
did u do the 'i am now an uncle' dance?!
not to be confused with the 'theyre having a sale on lotion' dance, or the 'i found fiddy dollas' dance (which, btw, i did the other day because the condition on which one may perform the dance was filfulled)
but ye whats a nuncle?
I would think you'd want to be referred to as "FETER YITZY", and while we are at it-
"FETER YITZY, WHAT TIME IS IT?"
Mazel Tov on your new status btw
it doesnt matter anymore
despite wat yitzi says she is still a girl and no dream is going to change that fact
it doesnt matter anymore
despite wat yitzi says she is still a girl and no dream is going to change that fact
how now Nucle!
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