"Who makes up those manners rules, anyway?"

Read the Torah Portion: Genesis 6:9-11:32 - Noah

  

Five times a day, beginning at dawn here in Istanbul, a muezzin summon faithful Islams

"Hasten to Prayer!"

Yesterday, over lentil soup, we discussed

the polite way to eat it

with the over sized spoon we were given.
Mom always said,

"hold the spoon sideways."  

So my husband puts the entire spoon in his mouth and asks,   

"Who comes up with the manner rules, anyway?"  

Good question.

Competing voices in various languages come from every direction.

"Get into the ark" 

boomed in my head the morning of September 11, 2001.

The words burned in my heart.

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