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Here’s a guide for the bewildered:

Yes, they had heard the Purim story. No, they would not be keeping Purim — at least not in the traditional way

I know right then and there that there would not be anyone else in this world who would give me that special blessing on Friday nights

I wouldn’t really do that. I know I wouldn’t. It was just a fleeting thought that I shoved aside because I am so incredibly curious

I see it in the drunk boys, the girls with caked-on makeup, both desperate for attention, searching, wondering, yearning for something they themselves are unsure of

The contractor made it very clear that this was a dumb idea. “You can’t fix a roof in the rain,” he declared