Discovering your Name
BET Journal | November 24, 2023
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A young Jewish mother walks her son to the school bus on his first day of kindergarten. "Please behave, my bubaleh," she says.
"Take good care of yourself and think about your mother who is waiting for you, tataleh!"
"And come right back home on the bus, my shepseleh."
"Remember, your Mommy loves you a lot, my ketzeleh!"
At the end of the school day, the bus returns. She runs to her son and hugs him.
"So what did the love of my life learn on his first day of school?" she asks.
"I learned that my name is David," is the boy's response..

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