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Rabbi Larry
(not Lev)
was on a lecture tour
(not a pilgrimage)
incognito
(no beard, no tallis, no payes)
in a coffee shop
(not a deli)
reading a book
like any other teacher.
Seeing the Talmud,
a stranger asked,
"Nu? So?
Are you ready to argue?"
They smiled.
They nodded,
like Solomon.
They argued,
like mishpuchah-family-
happily, hardily,
heatedly.
Two strangers.
Two Lanzmen.
Two Jews.
Parting with
more questions
than answers.
Two Jews
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