midrash session 11

More Akeidah midrash translation behind the cut. This time: more about the intervention of the angel, and Avraham finally speaks up.

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conversations

Another episode of "yes, we talk like this":

In a restaurant:
D: What's taking so long with my salad?
M: They're filleting your anchovies one by one.
D: They're catching my anchovies.
M: With little teeny fish-hooks.
D: They're not micro-fish.
M: Nobody does microfiche any more.

Road sign: "aggressive driving enforcement zone".
D: What does "aggressive" bind to?
M: "driving-enforcement" -- "you there, parked by the road -- shoo! shoo! This road is for driving!"