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My name is Daniel Greenberg, and we've just moved to. King Street." "That's near us. Let's -~valli home together and get acquainted." As they were strolling ...
M y n a m e is D a n ie l G reen b erg, and w e ’ve ju st m o v e d to K in g S tr e e t.” " T h a t’s near us.

L e t’s w a lk h om e to g eth er and g et

a c q u a in te d .” A s th e y w ere str o llin g h o m e to g e th e r and e x c h a n g ­ in g in fo r m a tio n ab o u t th em selv es, a y o u n g m an dressed in w o r k c lo th es passed by. " E x cu se m e ,” m u rm u red Mr. G ordon . the y o u n g

m an , " G ood

m o r n in g ,

T om

T u r n in g to

Jones, h o w

are

y o u and y o u r fa m ily ? ” " N ic e o f y o u to r em e m b er ,” grinn ed T o m as he shook hands, " w e ’re all fin e, th an k y o u .” " H e ’s a v ery good p lu m b e r ,” rem arked Mr. G ordon as th ey resum ed w a lk in g . W h en th e y arrived h om e, D a v id tu rn ed to his fath er: "D ad,

did

you

G reenberg?

have a special reason

fo r

g r e e tin g

M r.

A n d w e r e n ’t y o u em barrassed sh a k in g hands

w ith T o m Jones in overalls, esp ecia lly on th e S ab b ath ?” " W h y , D a v id , I see you have m an y im p o r ta n t th in g s to learn!

N o , 1 had no special m o tiv es fo r g re e tin g the

tw o m en , and I c er ta in ly w a s n ’t asham ed to greet T o m . I w as o n ly tr y in g to do w h a t w e are ta u g h t in the T orah. It says, w e m u st alw ays greet every person in a fr ie n d ly m anner.

T ry to be th e first to say ".Sholom A lc ic h e m ”

— Peace u n to y o u — and m ean it.

!•riendliness and good

n eigh b orlin ess sh ould be th e n atu ral m anners o f a J e w .” T h a t n ig h t, as th e G ord on fa m ily sat e n jo y in g their S aturday

n ig h t

M elavah

It was M r. G reenberg.

M alkah

m eal,

"M i‫־‬, G ord on ,

the phone

rang.

I’ll have to

ask