April 23, 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 MSchmutter@gmail.com.

Articles by Mordechai Schmutter

Votey McVoteface

Over the past few months, I’ve gotten a lot of requests from readers to write about the upcoming historic election for what will probably be

Quickest Diet Ever

One of the big things about having a month with 85 days of Yom Tov is that after all those weeks shopping and cooking and

I’m in the Parsha

We made it to Simchat Torah! I especially am excited, because for the first time ever I learned the entire Torah—Chumash and Rashi. (And Stone!)

Davening for Kavana

It’s Rosh Hashanah, and we have a lot to daven for this year. Me, I’m davening for more kavana. It seems like a worthwhile investment.

Making Up Words

I don’t know why, but people always assume that I’m good at Scrabble just because I’m a writer. I have a way with words, right?

Non-Cents

I’ve gotten into coin collecting recently. And by “into,” I don’t mean that I’m interested. I mean that I kind of got sucked into it.

Bulk Savings

Costco is awesome. My wife sent me to Costco today because we were low on tuna. Now we’re high on tuna. I also came home

What You’re Actually Learning

It’s time to go back to school, although if you’re a student (especially one of my high school students), you probably don’t even know why.

Rowing in Circles

I recently stood in as a chaperone for my son’s day camp rafting trip, and I’ll tell you—rafting is a great activity for building teamwork,

Aging Kids

You know what I noticed, as my children are hitting the double digits? Apparently—and get ready to fall over here—kids that are older are harder

Merry Old Bowl

Goldfish are pretty durable. People are always saying, “Yeah, we can’t kill this one. We’ve dropped it on the floor, left it in the sun,