You should grow like an onion, with your head in the ground and your feet in the air.

A famous Yiddish curse. Before Yiddish curses, there was Tochecha in parshat Ki Tavo. In the Tochecha, Moses tells the Israelites, who are about to enter the land, the curses which will befall them if they do not follow the mitzvot. What does it mean to "fear God"? Zach Lipner, in honor of the 38th anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah, will lead our first Talking Torah session.  We might also cover a few Yiddish curses as well.