Nice!
Where can I get some of those Monstuh Doughnuts?

There is still time for those of us on this side of the Atlantic:

ZemirosShabbos wrote:

Vodka makes sense to me...

anyone for iced cholent?

Ode to The Great Equalizer

Far across the abyss
do like that, or like this?
Connecting is hit or miss
S'rugie velvet leather
can they live together?
excuse me sir, wait a moment
heraldic Heavenly agent
wafting scent I'm smelling
deeply soul-compelling
heavenly aromas
just like Mommas
gather round a bean-stew
dig in and chew
harmony among Jews
wrought by you

Now it’s three in the morning

And I’m lying awake.

I’d rather be sleeping,

For goodness sake.

But my head’s just a’ buzzin’

With ideas galore

About that bowl of chollent

I ate the night before.

Pretty ordinary dish

And it tasted just great.

Just simple bean soup

with challah on a plate.

Over bread you say?

Why on earth is that?

Why’d you eat chollent soup

On a plate that is flat?

That’s the way mom served it.

Tasted great that way.

Her secret recipe,

potato ala gourmet.

When I was growing up,

And Mom was in the kitchen,

Good meals for her family

She’d always be fixin'.

Fried fish from the lake,

Or mushroom barley soup,

Sometimes a pot roast,

For the gathering group.

Her recipe book

Lying on the counter,

With nary a glance,

Would she do it honor.

She’d substitute here,

And she’d substitute there,

Till you’d hardly recognize

That savory fare.

It didn’t seem to matter,

how it did look –

Unfailingly great,

She was a wonderful cook.

Now back to the chollent,

The subject of this ode.

I want to honor that cherzel,

From our warm abode.

She’d start the night before,

Washed those northern beans,

Put them in a pot,

All bug-free and clean.

Soaked them overnight,

Then in the morn,

Added a big shank bone,

With some meat left on.

She’d chop up an onion,

and a garlic clove.

Made sure the water covered

Put the pot on the stove.

Just simmered for hours.

That’s all they’d do.

We’d enjoy the aroma

Of that cooking bean stew.

We built up an appetite

And tayvah inside.

That chollent and kishka

Was cooked with pride.

There’s another benefit

That we don’t talk about.

Chollent fills you up

And then cleans you out.

When the chollent was done,

and was ladled o’er.

We took two good scoops

Would do, for sure.

There were no special amounts,

Just added to the mix,

Served it nice and hot

Like my mother did.

My Ode to Zemmy's chollent

Is coming to an end.

I hope you’ve enjoyed

This story, My Friend.

It’s five a.m.

And I’m getting tired.

My eyes are drooping,

And my brain is mired

Into thoughts of sleep

And not bean soup.

I’ve run out of steam.

the chicken flew the coop!

Cordnoy,
I'm genuinely sorry that you have difficulty sleeping such that you have to spend time writing poems. But oh what a good one. It should be published.
On another note, I think you're missing a trick. The night before you had slept okay. So maybe you should eat cholent every night..?

shlomo613 wrote:


Twas actually poetic prose.....sleeping is BH not an issue at all by me.

Ahem.
מענין לענין באותו ענין
there are several reasons given why on SHABBOS we say UVA LETZION in MINCHA rather than in shacharis. my FAVORITE EXPLANATION (i thought of it myself) is that ONLY after the morning's CHULINT has had time to SIT AND CHURN in your stomach for a few hours, possibly through a heavy nap, can you FULLY APPRECIATE EVERY WORD OF THIS PASUK...



have a pleasant day.

My understanding is that shabbos even when we're not in shul is kodoish. Therefore the activities of the day that come between the end of davening and ashrei/uva letzion of mincha are not a hefsek.

shlomo613 wrote:


הלואי שיהיו כל מעשינו ומחשבותינו בין מוסף למנחה ראויים לכך

אבל תדע שטעם העיקרי כבר מובא בספר כלבו לאחד מן הראשונים מתלמידי מהר"ם והו"ד בפוסקים באורח חיים סימן רצב עיין שם.

ומוכרח אני לקצר מפני שרב זמירות שבת רוצה שזה יהיה מקום למילי דבדיחותא ולא דברים של "טו סעריוס". הצלחה

Will look it up BN.

shlomo613 wrote:


עיין בספר פסקי תשובות הלכות שבת דף תקיז הגה 1 שהביא גם דעה זו וגם כמה דעות אחרות בראשונים

רב זמירות שבת אני מבקש סליחה, ואני מקבל בלי נדר להתחזק ולהשתדל לעסוק בדברי ליצנות יותר ויותר.

peloni almoni wrote:


Amen!
It's bad enough that the serious threads are way too serious; this one as well!?

peloni almoni wrote:


And I will be makpid on Zemmy's kavod to ensure that this is carried out.