I went over to the sofa and peered over Yochai’s shoulder. Finally he stopped and looked up.

“See what my uncle got me from chutz l’Aretz! It’s a really special Game Boy with tons of great games on it. I haven’t stopped playing it since I came home from Talmud Torah. Watch this!”

He showed me one game but I wasn’t so excited.

“Poof that’s just a fancy version of Tetris” I said. “What’s so exciting about that? What I want is to be outside riding my bike not playing silly electronic games!”

“Aaah you want bikes?” said Yochai. “So check this out — this game you won’t want to stop playing!”

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