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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community I caught up with Leah, who had just spent the last few hours running from fridge to oven, and sink to...
Welcome back to “How Should I Know?” – the only advice column that starts and ends with Barchu.
Dear Mordechai,
If in Yiddishkeit, the night comes before the day, why does every siddur start with Shacharis?
As a humor columnist, there are things that come up that you have to write about whether you want to or not, or else no one around you will let you hear the end of it.
As a humor columnist, there are things that come up that you have to write about whether you want to or not, or else no one around you will let you hear the end of it.
The thing I discovered, as a mascot at my kids’ day camp, is that all kids want to know is who’s inside the costume. Even though the whole point of the costume in the first place is that the character on the outside is more interesting to kids. Inside the costume, I’m just another adult, albeit a sweaty, dehydrated one. Who’s not wearing much under the costume, because it’s a million degrees in there, though he’s the only one who knows it.
So you’re getting married this month! Mazel tov!
Unfortunately, everyone’s getting married this month, baruch Hashem, except for the people who are already married, and all the halls are booked. So you have to get creative.
My shul is moving. To be fair, it’s been “moving” for about two years now. But it’s actually moving as I’m writing this. I’m supposed to be helping.
