While we’re on the subject of kids… Dispatch from a 4th grade science class at the elite Ramaz School in New York City.
Teacher: What are some important things we couldn’t do without opposable thumbs?
Student: Texting!
The ortho Jewish school is tentative on the subject of evolution, but surely regardless of how we got these useful digits it was all part of Hashem’s master plan. And God said unto Abraham, “Text me after sundown.”
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