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Story – Rosh Hashanah 5768 Rabbi Zoë Klein “Where’s Papa going with that ax?” That’s the opening line of what famous book… Anyone know where it is from? Right, Charlotte’s Web… Terrific… That’s t, double e, double r, double i double f… “Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Which novel is that… Anna Karenina, right. Tolstoy. I’ve decided tonight instead of a sermon, that we’ll just play A giant game of literature trivia, One against one hundred, Or a thousand, Or a couple thousand… “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Yeah, of course, Tale of Two Cities… Okay, raise your hand when you are certain what book this is: “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupiedand-all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” Catcher in the Rye, Salinger. Of course. Let’s see, Everyone knows that “Call Me Ishmael” is how the Book of Jonah begins… Alright, you know the game “Name that Tune,” Where people have to name that tune in only five notes, Or three notes, Or one note… The added challenge being that you have to name the song With that one note Played by a horrible hotel lounge band. Half the musicians wishing they were anywhere else, Miserable that this is their fate, dear God, to be a musician


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