March 25, 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

Beer With Me

There are basically two kinds of questions on a driving permit test. There’s “Yeah, that one’s obvious,” and there’s “How am I supposed to remember

Parenting Chickens

Ever since our kids came home with chickens, everyone we tell wants to know if they’re boys or girls. Like it really matters. I’ll tell

Having a Fit in the Shoe Store

There are more rewarding parts of parenting and less rewarding parts of parenting, but I would have to say one of the least rewarding parts

So What Didn’t We Pack?

One of the most stressful parts of going on vacation is packing for that vacation, followed closely by unpacking from that vacation. You want to

My Roof, My Rules

It’s weird: Many of us, when asked, will say that we don’t fully trust the medical community. But then we’ll go in for a procedure

Finding Yourself

I’ve never really been a big hiking person. The way I see it, most places you go are technically hiking. A zoo is hiking with

Chicken or Fish?

I got both. Okay, so remember how a few years ago I wrote about how kids bring the most random things home at the end

Everything Else

Have you ever sat at a bar mitzvah and wondered when the father was going to wrap up what he was talking about already? Last

Unsung Hero

There are a lot of interesting bar mitzvah minhagim that people have, and one of them is for the father to stand up and thank

Colonial Times

Now that summer is once again upon us, a lot of people are wondering, “Should I go to a bungalow?” And the answer is: It’s