Trump administration shields Israeli official charged with child sex crime

A rabbi once explained to my Hebrew school class that Rivka was married at the age of 3 or 14. He explained that some people think she was a baby, others think she was 14, and some think she was 17.

Then, he told us that all those people were ridiculous because the truth as that she was a normal age for the time, but she had the beauty of a 14 year-old and the innocence of a 3 year-old.

Then, he explained what he meant about 14 year-olds being beautiful and talked about their porcelain skin, naturally red cheeks, how they're just starting to develop, and gestured to the girl in the class with the biggest chest. And 3 year-olds always tell the truth and are always waiting to learn what they should do.

We asked if 14 is kinda gross because teenagers are covered in acne. He yelled at us about how everyone was beautiful in the Torah because they actually bathed, unlike us who all smelled bad. And he said we were like pigs and oinked at us.

Of course, we all told our parents about how crazy the new rabbi is and how uncomfortable he made us and that he said he was better than all of us and our families. He never spoke to my class again.

Anyway, there's my one memorable interaction with Rabbi Kaye from his brief time subbing at my synagogue. It wasn't until I was older that I realized how amazing it was for our parents to have listened to us and protected us from such a horrible person.