Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community One of the trickiest Pesach minhagim that some families have -- my own family included -- is that we...
(WARNING: This column contains what people call, “leitzanus d’avoda zara,” not that the avoda zara needs my help making fun of it. It sort of takes care of itself. If you are for whatever reason sensitive to such jokes, this might be the wrong newspaper for you.)
We have to do something to improve the way we do Shalosh Seudos, because people aren’t taking it seriously.
Do you know any family that says, “Oh, we’re not makpid on the Friday night seudah”?
There are two ways to buy someone a Chanukah present:
I don’t know why dentists don’t give their toys out until right before you leave. They should give their toys out when you get there. That way, your kids have something to do in the waiting room.
When I was a parent of small children, whenever I’d have a hard time, people would tell me, “Just wait until they become teenagers!”
I don’t know what they were talking about. Teenagers are the best. They are literally G-d’s gift to parents.
Every year, I write about the Ig Nobel Prizes, which is a real ceremony that hands out awards for scientific studies that at first seem ridiculous, but then when you think about them, seem obvious.
