Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Yaakov's Diet



From my email:

Dear Ally,

A paper uploaded to Academia by a faculty member in Oconomowoc, United States, mentions the name "A. Ehrman".

Flattering. I wonder if you can get Cholov Yisroel in Oconomowoc?? 

I just googled it:

Oconomowoc is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The name was derived from Coo-no-mo-wauk, the Potawatomi term for "waterfall." The population was 15,712 at the 2010 census. The city is partially adjacent to the Town of Oconomowoc and near the village of Oconomowoc Lake, Wisconsin.

For the record, the temperature there right now is 11 below zero. So if they DO have Cholov Yisroel there it has frozen over and now will pass as ice cream.

It says about Yaakov:


הָיִיתִי בַיּוֹם אֲכָלַנִי חֹרֶב וְקֶרַח בַּלָּיְלָה

What is "קרח"? 

Says Unkelos [quoted by Rashi]: גלידה!!!

So Yaakov had ice cream at Lavan's house. He didn't have to shlep to Oconomowoc.