W00t w00t w00t!!!!

That's great!! I was hopeing he would come home soon. I've been checking your other post for an update but relized this was the right one. Congratts! :D

Oops, sorry about that! Yes, my little guy is home, hopefully to stay. :D

Very cool.

And no, the Prodigal Son is not named in the parable. In Hebrew, there are essentially two words for "son", though, "Ben" and "Bar". These are the "titles" associated with names, as in you'll see "Simon bar Jonah" and "David ben Levi". In the first case, it indicates that Simon is the firstborn son of Jonah, and hence the heir apparent, while David is the son of Levi, but not the firstborn or the designated heir.

Today's Hebrew lesson is brought to you by the letters Alef and Gimmel.

Thanks, Hoomi. I like to learn new things. I considered naming him "Prodigy" as a compromise, but woke up the next morning thinking about Little Bo Peep, so that's what I went with.

That's a very cool lesson, Hoomi! Thanks!