Gate Joins Us After Dinner

Gate Loves Doing Grace After Meals with us.

One of the things Gate likes to do is to join us for Grace After Meals. We typically do this as a family on Sabbath.

There are several things Gate likes about this.

1. There is the psalm we do at the beginning which Gate thinks is a "Song of Allegation". Most people translate the phrase "Shieir Hamalos" as Song of Elevation but Alligator is sure they are wrong.

2. He also likes the first benediction because it has a sentence which praises God for giving sustenance to all his creatures (Gate believes the words, "especially Alligators" have been incorrectly edited out.

3. He like the invocation of God's mercy because it mentions the fact that we await "Elijah the Prophet" which Gate says is a misprint since it should say "Alligator the Prophet". The word "Eliahu HaNovi" should thus be "Alligator HaNovi" according to Alligator.

4. He likes the last benediction which includes the line from a psalm saying that God gives every creature what they need.

This isn't the only thing in Judaism that Gate likes. He also like the Scroll of Ester which Gate has amended to read,

"In the days of Alligator,
The Alligator.
He ruled from Florida to Louisiana
Over 127 counties and parishes"

The picture of alligator with the prayer book was not taken on the Sabbath