Rapunzel

[nuqotw]

Once upon a time there was a poor farmer and his wife who lived in a little hut at the edge of the shtetl. Despite their poverty, they lived happy lives, except that they were childless. However, the farmer davened and davened and one day they found that they would soon have a daughter

Comments

[nuqotw]

Of course she was better off! She had more time to learn. :)

[mysticengineer]

On behalf of Ashkenazis-speaking people everywhere, I hope "bisul torah" is a deliberate joke.

Amen, sister!

[margavriel]

I meant to point this out myself, but didn't get around to it.

[nuqotw]

In case you (Ms. Judge) were wondering, the engineer and the mar are pointing out that in fact even in Ashkenazis, it's bittul (I hope -- engineer and mar, here's another opportunity to correct me!) since the middle consonant is a tet (or tes) not tav. (Mar -- it has a dagesh in it, right? Hence it's doubled?)

Shkoyech!

[margavriel]

Correct. Bittul, with a dogeish in the Tes.