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September 20, 2024
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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

It’s the Gesture

Have you ever seen someone making hand gestures while talking on the phone and you wondered why? After all, the other party can’t see it,

That’s Bananas!

If there’s one bad thing you can say about fruits and vegetables, it’s that there are no new products out there. Fruit is fruit. It

Musical Notes

Welcome back to “How Should I Know?”—the column that four out of five doctors recommend as a way of dealing with insomnia on Friday nights.

The Housework Workout

All right, enough pushing things off. We really need to start working out. Right after this article. My main issue is that over the lockdown

Flattening the Curves

Hopefully this pandemic is wrapping up by this point, again, and I have to say: I think we all gained a lot from this whole

Better Than ‘Sweetish’ Meatballs

Welcome back to “How Should I Know?”—the column that’s about 33% advice, 33% “Where did this minhag come from?” and 33% sugar. Dear Mordechai, Where

Not to Brag

The Yomim Noraim is a good time to work on our midot, and what better midah is there to work on than the midah of

I’m Not Mochel

One of the most annoying things about being a teacher around the yomim noraim is that my students keep coming over to me and asking

In Other News…

As someone who, when there’s not much going on in his own life, baruch Hashem, keeps an eye on the news for cute stories he

Yeshiva Packing List

So you’re sending your son away to dorm, finally, but it didn’t occur to you that you’re going to have to change your school supplies

Early Education

Welcome back to “How Should I Know?”—the column that more and more readers are turning to every day by accident. Dear Mordechai, Is it just