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Q: My wife and I are about
to celebrate our 25th
anniversary, and
I'm going to sur-
prise her with a
delicious din-
ner. And hey
— I'm not just
talking about
ordering out,
here. I'm ac-
tually going to
turn on the oven!
Of course, I'd like to do
a little something romantic, a lit-
tle something bigger than the mac-
aroni and cheese I fixed for her
birthday several months ago.
That's why I'm appealing to you.
Can Tell Me Why recommend any
kosher dishes that also come into
the category of love foods, if you
'know what.l. mean?
A: My friend, there is no end
of wisdom that comes from Tell
Me Why.
You want the name of Jew-
ish Hollywood stars, we've got
it. You want the story behind a
certain Jewish custom, you
know where to get the answer.
And if it's an aphrodisiac you're
in search of, Tell Me Why has
some advice for you.
Let me suggest that you com-
mence the meal with some
creamed herring.
Yes, it looks a little ghastly.
But herring, along with caviar
(of which several kosher vari-
eties are available), is listed in
the soon-to-be-published Old
Farmer's Almanac Book of Ro-
mance by Christine Schultz, as
a food to get you in the mood.
Why on earth would herring
be regarded an aphrodisiac, you
may wonder. Most likely
because of its "sensuous,
fleshy texture" the author sug-
gests.
And when it comes to the
main course, there's nothing —
believe it or not — like food
smothered in garlic or onions.
Obviously, it's not a matter of
breath sweet as milk and hon-
ey, as Tess of the D'Urbervilles
was said to have had. Instead,
Ms. Schultz says, the two work
as love lures because "the food
acts as a sort of sexual smelling
salt that tingles the tongue and
makes the nostrils flare."
Good luck, Casanova.
Q: I am a great kid and
my big brother David is
constantly teasing me. I
guess I love him and every-
thing — my parents tell me
I better — but I'd also like
him to move out of the
house, maybe become my
- cousin or something and
visit once or twice a year,
but not actually be there
all the time, you know what
I mean?
A: Yes, siblings can indeed be
trying, but there's no getting
away from the fact that they're
yours for life.
Genesis 4:2 uses the words
"brother" and "sister" to de-
scribe any offspring of the same
mother, or any offspring who
have a single common parent
(Genesis 20:12 and 43:7, Leviti-
cus 18:9 and 20:17). So it looks
like you're never going to have
a cousin David.
You also should know that
Judaism stresses the impor-
tance of brotherly love and re-
This is nothing like the way Herzl
envisioned it.
All in the family, even big brothers.
sponsibility. Samuel II 3:27
obligates one brother to avenge
the murder of another and to
ransom a brother who had been
taken captive.
Q;ls it hue that Theodor Herz! en-
visioned a flag for the State of Is-
rael that looks nothing like the one
today?
A: Yes. On June 12, 1895,
Herzl wrote in his diary, "The
flag that I am thinking of —
perhaps a white flag with sev-
en gold stars. The white back-
ground stands for our new and
pure life; the seven stars are the
seven working hours: we shall
enter the Promised Land in the
sign of work."
He also described this flag in
his 1896 book The Jewish, State.
Zionist groups of the time ad-
vocated a single Magen David
on the flag. Herzl, however, en-
visioned six stars at each point
of a Magen David, with a sev-
enth at the top.
The flag used in the State of
Israel today was designed by
David Wolfsohn, who based his
concept of two stripes and a sin-
gle Magen David on the design
of a tallis.
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