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Bar Mitzvah tips

Let the boy choose the battel. He’s the one who’s going to use it every day, so he’s the one who has to like it.
— Zevi T.
A cartoon girl with a distressed expression, wearing a black hat, white blouse, light yellow vest, gray pants, and black shoes, holding a purple bag with pink hearts and flowers against a pink background.
Bar mitzvah boys grow fast. Don’t hem the suit pants until two weeks before — tops.
— A mother who learned the hard way
When I arranged the seating, I left a place for myself at every table. This way I was able to circulate among my guests and spend some time with all of them. It worked out really well.
— Chevy

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Four women and one girl standing together, with one woman holding a pair of scissors and a paper, seemingly explaining or showing something to the group.
Do a dress rehearsal ten days before the simcha. Have every member of the family, including the parents, get dressed for the simcha from head to toe. This will give you the opportunity to see what’s missing or what needs to be fixed, with plenty of time to buy/find/mend what you still need.
— Esther Rivky
Drawing of a person wearing black dress shoes, black socks, dark pants, and standing on a pink surface.
A cartoon drawing of two women embracing. One woman appears distressed, with a worried expression and tiger slippers, while the other woman looks surprised and is partially hidden behind the first woman.
Teach your kids in advance how to comport themselves at the simcha. Teach them how to greet their relatives — especially elderly relatives. They should know to smile, make eye contact and say, “Mazel tov! Thank you for coming,” and offer a handshake. They should also know how to respond to a bracha. This is especially important for the bar mitzvah boy, but the older kids on both sides of the mechitzah should be taught these skills as well.
— Miriam
A cartoon illustration of a birthday party with seven women sitting around a table, one of whom is chained to a large ball and chain, with worried and laughing expressions, and a birthday cake in the center.

Pesach Fiascos…

Cartoon of a young girl nervously sweating and biting her nails looking at a smiling man dressed in historical clothing, holding books and a bag, on a dirt ground.

A story of a newlywed couple in 1925.

The girl is utterly shocked to find her erliche husband prance in with a loaf of bread erev Pesach, unbeknownst to the custom of hiding 10 pieces of bread.

A woman on her knees, holding a spray bottle, appears distressed, in front of a tall closet with neatly folded laundry and a hot water bottle on top. She is wearing a blue shirt and orange pants.

Oh! The sheer horror of discovering a Simchas Torah Pekel hidden deep in the linen closet… on Pesach.

A woman with a worried expression is pouring soapy water down the drain in a kitchen sink, with bubbles and foam spilling out.

Once again- a newly married girl. In her Shvigger’s house. Erev Pesach.

Not the best time to realize that your baby’s bottle is kitniyos

A cartoon man with glasses, wearing a white shirt and yellow pants, holding a gift bag with a bottle and a wrapped item inside, smiling widely.

How to tell your non-frum relative that his Pesach present of whiskey is not so Pesach’dig after all?

Cartoon illustration of an IV drip bag labeled 'WISHERY' with purple liquid inside, with the fluid hanging from a yellow and black tray, and a purple background.

A kallah pours an expensive bottle of whiskey, which was left behind by her Chosson, down the drain…

A cartoon clown sitting on the floor surrounded by flying household cleaning items and supplies, including a mop, laundry basket, spray bottle, pacifier, steaming pot, and sock.

Limericks:

Clothes overflowing from a green recycling bin, with some clothes on the floor nearby, in a laundry room or closet.
Woman shopping for summer clothes at a sale, wearing a purple hat and blue rain boots, with a large sign advertising a summer clearance sale 2025.

Wig sporting neither stripe nor curl
A once-upon flighty young girl
Many balls midair
Clown skills disappear
Worth exceeds a mountain of pearl

A girl holding a small pink candy and smiling, while a boy looks surprised and holds a black rock with red and pink inside.

If they deny there are piles -- not true
They're in the same situation as you
It may be folded just fine
For a moment in time
Before the piles start sprouting anew

To my wedding how I counted down

To at last don that regal fur crown

But my pride grew smaller

As shtreimlach grew taller

And mine is now the flattest in town

To my wedding how I counted down

To at last don that regal fur crown

But my pride grew smaller

As shtreimlach grew taller

And mine is now the flattest in town

You matched up the sock to the shoe,
The hair bow and yarmulke too,
They wore it - you blinked,
You washed it - it shrinked,
And now there's more shopping to do.

A cartoon man in a black suit with a worried expression, shown with a large hat of butter on his head, surrounded by multiple blurred ghosts of the same man.

Quirky Cartoons

A girl watching her mother get ready for mom's meet-and-greet with students, feeling bored and wishing to go camping instead.
Cartoon of a woman shopping for non-rip pants, sweating and struggling as she tries to carry a large stack of black pants in a store. A sign above advertises non-rip pants guaranteed to last one afternoon each.
Illustration showing the evolution of Dubai chocolate from chocolate bar to pizza, with stages including mousse, baklava, and cheesecake.
Cartoon of a man dressed as an astronaut on the moon holding a compass and a book, with planets and stars in the background, and a quote at the bottom reading "One small step for man, one big shaila for mankind - which way is Mizrach?!"
Cartoon of two men at a table with spilled milk and snacks. One man appears tired or hungover, and the other is cheerful, with a caption that reads 'I guess he's learning with a latte. Me for shhim this year.'