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The Generation Gaps

here are many things to be said for being
young. But, given a choice, I think I'll
stick with adulthood.
It was traumatic for both of my chil-
dren when their offspring outgrew naptime; the
adults became even more tired and drawn. I relish
that Shabbat afternoon nap time — and any other
afternoon that such a treat can be squeezed in.
Children have some unusual ideas about cloth-
ing. One, if the color is there, anything can go with
anything else: checks with plaids, stripes with plaids,
dots with — well, you get the
idea. The closet in a young per-
son's room is for hiding in;
clothes are to be left draped
around the room or piled, not
too discreetly, over the carpet.
Adults, on the other hand, are
quite particular about matching
items. We have also managed to
use up all the available closet space
in the house since the children
SY MANELLO
have moved out.
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As for food, we all have gone
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through the only-peanut-butter-
and-jelly years; or when the only
"green thing" a child might eat is Jell-O gelatin.
Speaking of the latter, if it can be picked up and
played with, it is surely a winner on a child's plate. I
love vegetables, salads and soups. Though I enjoy
eating asparagus, I really don't care to demonstrate
how wiggly a spear of it can be.
Our children were unable to have pets due to
allergies. Their indomitable spirits went through
daddy longlegs in a jar, a snapping turtle found in a
nearby drainage ditch, several hamsters and many
belly-up goldfish. As adults, we prefer not to be
bound by water changes, vet bills or pet sitters.
"Free-to-get-away" is our motto.
I'll put on my matching shirt and tie; then if you
give me ice cream first and a chance to nap — you
can have the idyllic days of childhood. ❑

WITH THE

By Goldfein

ow does the Hebrew spelling of sukkah instruct us how to
build one?

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A building inspector named Zeke
Said, "Vay iz mere* does this roof leak!
Your contractor's blind:—
With one gust of wind,
This sukkah won't last past a week."

— Martha Jo Fleischmann

* Woe is me!
** blind
**- temporary, open-roofed structure erected
for the week of Sukkot

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notables

"They wanted to talk to me about fashion.
how much they knew."

I was surprised by

— Italian actress Isabella Rossellini, on the Chasidic women she
met for tea in Antwerp while filming "Left Luggage," in which she
plays a Yiddish-speaking Chasid.

"I support her fight.
port her, period."

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I support her ideas and ideals. And I sup-

— Author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiese!, on his decision to
endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York's senatorial race.

"The action must shift from the street to the bargaining table."
— U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Israeli Foreign Minister

Shlomo Ben-Ami, in a post-Yom Kippur meeting.

FISHER
THEATRE

GLAPLIEWZ BY Mendel

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USED A GLUE
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EASIER TO USE

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DIDN'T THE
SAME THING

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to?.'

WELL HOW WAS
I SUPPOSED To
Kr\INJ THAT A
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