July 26
$1.80 Full Course Meat Meal
Bob splurges and treats Elaine to a full course meat meal in Tel-Aviv. They miss the bus home.
$1.80 FULL COURSE MEAT MEAL IN TEL AVIV.
July 26, 1957
Friday (just before Shabbas) Dear Mom Dad & Alan
Spent yesterday in Tel Aviv. Visited Gutkin’s relatives and Georges cousin. They were real nice, as everyone has been so far. The food is very very good and there is plenty of it. Tel Aviv is beautiful and crowded light all hours of the night. New municipal pools are all over and I made use of a nice one near the sea.
Last night. I ate a full course meat meal for the cost of $1.80 American money including tip soda etc. There are so many things to say that all I will say is I pray to G-D we could all be here together this summer. All of you are with me in spirit anyhow. I just got Daddy’s letter written last week. (the day I left ) What happened to the car? I feel terrible if it was my fault on Bay Parkway on July 19 .
Missing all of you
Your Loving son
& Alans Pal
Bob
ירחמיאל Yerachmiel — written in Hebrew
I never felt prouder that I can speak Hebrew than now
David’s Comments:
Friday July 26th, 1957 just before shabbas
“Spent yesterday in Tel Aviv. Visited Gutkin’s relatives”
Elaine’s Comments:
“We ended up staying very late at the Gutkin’s relative and the busses stopped running. They invited us to sleep over, and gave us a room thinking that we were brother and sister. I said “oh no” and Grandpa wound up sleeping on the mirpeset (mirpeset means porch in Hebrew).“