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When finding your car requires divine intervention.
My husband and I had taken our daughter on her first trip to Israel several months after her Bat Mitzvah. After visiting the Ein Gedi spring near the Dead Sea, an excursion she enjoyed, then hiking under the blazing sun to tour ancient ruins, which she did not appreciate, we decided to make our way back to our rental car. We didn't know how to get to the parking lot but fortunately chanced upon a local on our way back After rehearsing "Excuse me, sir, where is the parking lot?" in Hebrew a few, oh, hundred times in my head, I approached him and very carefully (and nervously) articulated my well-rehearsed phrase. I felt so proud when he responded by pointing us in the right direction. I did, however, notice an amused look on his face. I didn't think much about it until it suddenly struck me a short time later. Instead of saying "Adoni" (sir), I had mistakenly said "Adonai," which means, well... "God." So I had actually said to him: "Excuse me, God, where is the parking lot?" I can only hope I made his day. - Karen (Cleveland, Ohio) Tags: Hebrew, language, newsletter, travel
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