The day a Sullivan helped complete a minyan
By adamg on Thu, 12/14/2006 - 10:32am
Jim Sullivan recounts that his grandfather delivered milk in Mattapan back in the days when it was heavily Jewish. People would ask him his name, he'd say "Sullivan" but they'd hear "Solomon" and assume he was a landsman. Came to a head one day:
... Anyway, one day while he was doing his route, some of the older Jewish men called for him to come down off of his wagon so that he could help them meet the required numbers for a minyan; that is, so that they could have enough for prayer service, which required at least 10 men.
They yelled to him, "Solomon! We need another for a minyan! You got time maybe?" ...
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I went and read the whole story and it is fabulous. Really whimsical. A good tonic for times of racial/ethnic strife among people. I love Grandpa Solomon!