Rabbi's World Series Prediction: Anybody But the Cubs!Joe Eskenazibyline‚ Oct. 19‚ 2006The Book of Exodus dutifully records 10 plagues, but Rabbi Byron Sherwin knows there are really 11. Plague No. 11 is something of a mishmash of blood, boils and, of course, wild beasts: being a fan of the Chicago Cubs. "Calling my wife a Cubs fanatic would be an understatement. And during a Seder five or six years ago, she kept leaving the table and we could hear her cursing and yelling and throwing things. And one of our guests, a physician, asked if dinner wasn't going well and she was angry. But I said no, no, she's just watching the Cubs game. And, as usual, they're losing," recalled Rabbi Byron Sherwin, a Chicago religious scholar and author. |