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Questions from my family as we celebrated = Passover over the years . . . Jeremiah: “Dad, why do we read from our = Haggadah at Passover?”Me: “So we can Seder right = words.” Josh: = “If we took ten Jewish buddies of mine to dinner and they ordered =…

[I hope = my gentile friends are catching bits and pieces of Seder = humor] Every family has one. We = assign my Uncle Herbert to the far end of the table with the little kids = so he won’t destroy the good company at the Passover Seder with =…

[“Don’t Sit on the Afikomen” (To = the tune of “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah”) for my children who = endured many Seders in public explaining the Jewish story of = Redemption/Deliverance to the parallels of Jesus’s life and = death.] My Dad at every Seder breaks a matzo piece in =…

A= son took his elderly father to a restaurant for = dinner. D= uring the meal, his father would continuously drop food onto his shirt = and trousers. And while other customers turned around = and gave the pair unpleasant looks, the son was calm and helped = his father clean…

During one of my many trips to London, I = became friends with a very wealthy, yet very modest, Jewish businessman = named Hyman.  On one visit, Hy told me that because of his large = donations to charities through the years, the Queen wanted to knight = him. He…

I was = walking the grandkids on a warm spring day when a fire truck zoomed = past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. = The children began discussing the dog’s duties. =        "They use him to keep = crowds back," said…

How do you irritate English teachers? Homophones! = Their easy two bother, butt the list is to long too post hear. = Inn case you do knot understand, bear with me.  Eye think its shore = fun to right a hole paper and let her pour over it, trying to…

More legitimate questions that make you wonder IF there = is an answer at all. When cat food is advertised as “new”, with = “improved flavor”, who tests it? Who copyrighted the copyright = symbol? Why are the numbers on a calculator and a phone = reversed? Do fish ever…

My daughter shared about her Spring Cleaning = method.  “I tried that Japanese decluttering trend = where you hold each thing you own and throw it out if it doesn’t = give you joy. So far I’ve = thrown out all the vegetables and the electric = bill.”   ~~…

[This has been around a = long time, but is based on truth and worth repeating] Recently, while = I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped = to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our = friendly conversation, I…

I just heard that the man who invented Velcro = has died. All I can say is RIP.   I just heard that a woman in Walmart wrote an = actual check. I assume she then boarded her carriage and returned to her = plantation.   I just heard my…

[F= or those of you still working hard on death and taxes, here is a simple = math question you can answer as a diversion to your mind-numbing = task.  You’re welcome.] I gave my son Josh 10 = cents.  I gave my son Jeremiah 15 cents.   Ca= n…

A pastor friend of mine who recently moved to a = retirement community is thinking about starting a church for senior = citizens.  He shared plans for preaching, activities and music for = the new church.  So I suggested CHANGING the words to some old = hymns slightly, to make…