January 14, 2025

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Mordechai Schmutter

Mordechai Schmutter is a freelance writer and a humor columnist for Hamodia and other magazines. He has also published seven books and does stand-up comedy. You can contact him at [email protected].

Articles by Mordechai Schmutter

*Cough*Cough*Cough*Cough*

This week’s article might be a little hard to understand, because I have *cough*cough*cough* a cough. I can’t get through one *cough*cough*COUGH*cough*COUGH* sentence without coughing.

Oil Soap

Today’s topic is “How to Clean Oil Out of Things.” Never mind why. Let’s get to work: How to clean oil off the laminated brachos

Enough Fuel for Eight Nights

A few months back, I wrote an article complaining about how many waking hours of Purim we spend in the car. It’s almost all of

Guess How Much I Paid?

I love how when you buy something for a good price, you’re so proud of it that you start showing off to people who are

See ‘Em Never

There is no day in school more exciting for kids than days when there’s a class party. Everyone gives out candy and you sing songs

There Are No Shortcuts

Welcome back to “What weirdo technology did Mordechai buy this week?”—the column where we talk about something I bought and ask ourselves why, and in

No Body Nose

From time to time, I write articles about expressions that people find annoying. And some time ago, I wrote an article that commented on how

Cooped in With the Chickens

When people ask me, “Mordechai, is there a good pet I can get that will actually give me something in return, but not nearly as

Lucky Ducks

I think the biggest issue with the Nobel Prizes is that it’s all for things that nobody understands. For example, this year, the Physics Prize

Mehadrin Is Relative

I feel like as much as men grumble about having to build a sukkah, we do enjoy the part where we get to figure out

Zeh Kaparasi

Of all the things that could be running through your head when you’re waiting in line for kaparos on a busy Erev Yom Kippur, I