Schmutter: A Shabbos Walk in the Dark

  There comes a time in every marriage when your wife is going to want to go walking, and you’re going to want to go to sleep. That time is...

The Way It Is: Visiting Day, Recreated

  As I described a couple weeks ago in this column (“Visiting Day, Revisited,” July 19,) the experience I had during a camp visiting day many years ago was so...

Hay Is For Horses

As a child, if for some reason I called to someone by saying, “Hey,” my mother would say, “Hay is for horses!” Like many other expressions my elders used, I...

Smoke Point

One of my mother’s favorite expressions—and she had many—was “When it rains it pours.” Initially, I didn’t understand the meaning of those words but I eventually learned that it...

The Way It Is: Say ‘Cheese!’

  Recently, a seemingly normal young woman in Arizona decided to take a selfie with a jaguar. When the story first broke, my assumption was that the jaguar referenced was...

Humor: It’s In The Cards

Seeing as I made a bar mitzvah a couple of months ago, some of you have probably been wondering when I’m going to get around to writing about thank-you...

Hacked And Hocked

We often refer to people who annoy us as nudniks. Nudniks are those people who pester others by prattling on and on about foolishness. Yiddish speakers who are frustrated...

Some Like It Hot

My beloved husband (Hubby) and I had a fun marriage. We laughed a lot and our disagreements were few. But the major disagreement we did have revolved around the...

Having A Fit In The Shoe Store

There are more rewarding parts of parenting and there are less rewarding parts of parenting, but I would have to say one of the least rewarding parts of parenting...

Free Eggs! Plus, Maintenance

With Pesach approaching, you’re probably wondering, “What are we going to do about eggs this year? Should we raise our own chickens? It has to be cheaper.” Eggs are expensive...
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The Ultimate Way to Save Money on Kosher Food

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