April 6, 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

Pesach Gelt

We are living in a golden age of Pesach products — an age where there are products that our grandparents never would have dreamed of.

Ruining the Surprise

When I sort of challenged my wife a couple of years ago to make me a surprise party, it was because I was curious—I’d never

But Were You Surprised?

I always thought I wanted a surprise party, as I’d never been on the receiving end of one. I always wondered how it felt to

Making Early Pesach

Every year when you clean for Pesach, the same question occurs to you: “Should I start cleaning even earlier next year?” This is the only

Venahapoch Who?!

This week, in honor of Purim, I’m taking off. Why not? Who wants to work on Purim? So I handed off the responsibility of writing

Casual Presidenting

Every year, around Presidents’ Day, I write an article on one of our presidents in which I list some fun facts about their lives, or

Acting Like a Bunch of People

If there’s one thing we can all agree on in these tumultuous times it’s that, more and more, it seems people are acting like animals.

My Hashgacha Pratis

I can’t be the only guy who gets uncomfortable when people call me “rabbi.” People think it’s hilarious to call non-rabbis that, but you can’t