Life, the Universe and Everything

October 25 - (HG baba's birthday) Lunch conversation - who am I?

Why are you called Ima?
Who am I? Why did you name me HG?
Ima explained who HG is named after. HG claimed that HG baba visited her on Simhat torah, played with her, read her stories and danced and sang with her. Ima explains this is impossible, HG asks why, why is HG baba a special lady, why did Hashem take her to with him etc.

Dinner conversation - life the universe and everything

HG was doing something dangerous and Ima explained how we have to look after our bodies, they are the only ones we get and Hashem gave them to us so that we could live and be well.

HG - why do we live? Why are we alive?
Ima - because that's how Hashem made us
HG - but why are we alive? Why do we need to be alive?Ima - that's the way the world works, that's how Hashem made us, so that
HG - Tell me the story about HashemIma - which story?
HG - About Hashem, Hashem is a special person
Ima - Hashem isn't a person, Hashem made all the people and all the world, He is much more powerful and wonderful than any person.
HG - Why?
Ima - because He is, He made everything.
HG - Tell me the story of how Hashem made the world (Note: this is one of HG's all time favourite stories)
Ima - In the beginning everything was a big mess, this is the first story in the Torah and it starts "Bereshit..."
HG - "...bara Elokim et hashamayim ve-et ha'aretz, veha'aretz hayta tohu vavohu"
Ima - That's right, that's exactly how the Torah starts.
HG - now tell the rest of the story
Ima - First Hashem made light and dark. Hashem can do anything, all He had to say was "Let there be light" and he made light. Next He made the different kinds of water, the salty water for the seas, the water in the sky for the clouds and rain, the freshwater for the rivers...
HG - and lakes and waterfalls!
Ima - That's right. Next Hashem made the plants and the flowers
HG - and the trees, and the trees with fruit on them and the grass!
HG - Ima why did he made the trees and flowers and plants next?
Ima - Because Hashem had made the light and water that they need to grow and be healthy.
HG - Why do plants need light and water? Ima, why did Hashem make plants that need light and water to grow?
Ima - Because that's how Hashem made them. Next Hashem made the sun to shine during the day, and the moon and the stars to give light at night.
HG - Why does the sun shine during the day and the moon at night? Why does the moon shine with the stars but the sun doesn't have other stars?
Ima - Because that's how Hashem made them. The sun is big and bright, but the moon isn't so bright, so the stars are there to help it give light, so it won't be lonely. The stars and moon are around during the day, but usually the sun is so bright that we can't see them.
HG - Why would the moon get lonely? The sun is also a star, why doesn't it shine at night? (Ima's note: need to think of more sophisticated answers on the spur of the moment!)