86: To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth

86: To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth

NOTE: I've been having technical difficulties with Ghost, which is why you didn't get a play yesterday! So, even though Saturday is the day off in the project, I'm sending out yesterday's play today


The Book of Love of God
Laws of Circumcision

To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth (Lev. 12:3)


            the home of an Orthodox family

            the home is literally made of glass

            so you can see into all rooms at once

            in the nursery RIVKA holds and rocks a baby

            her husband YITZCHAK stands in the doorway to the nursery

            in the living room a MINYAN OF MEN wait expectantly

            the MINYAN watch RIVKA and YITZCHAK through the glass walls

YITZCHAK
the moyle is here

RIVKA
            rocking the baby
just a few more minutes

YITZCHAK
we’ve kept them all waiting

RIVKA
            rocking the baby
just a few more minutes

YITZCHAK
it will be quick and you can hold him after

RIVKA
            rocking the baby
just a few more minutes

YITZCHAK
his boyhood must begin

RIVKA
but it doesn’t need to begin for a few more minutes
his boyhood can wait a few more minutes

            RIVKA keeps rocking the baby

            the MINYAN keep watching her

            YITZCHAK looks helplessly between the MINYAN and RIVKA

            no idea what to do

            END OF PLAY