Ort Y \ For Openers `What Will You Have?' "The difficulty in life is the choice." — George Moore • "For here or to go?" Easily solved, depending on if you are in a hurry or not. • "Regular or decaf?" That depends if you want insomnia or not. • "Soup or salad?" Or, put another way, do you feel so lazy that you'd rather slurp than chew? • "Smooth or chunky?" Some peanut butter lovers really don't care. • "Popcorn with or without butter?" This will depend on your diet consciousness. • "Plain or peanut?" This can be decided if it's one of those times that you "feel like a nut" (sometimes you don't). • "Pizza with or without cheese?" To be determined by your diet or allergies. • "Regular or lite dressing?" This is not just a matter of diet. Do you want flavor or not? • "OJ with pulp or not?" If you like juice fresh squeezed, there's no question; otherwise opt for with- out. • "Rye with or without seeds?" Depends on your immediate supply of dental floss. • "Pie a la mode?" (This is a question?) That's like having to think twice about ice cream with or without sprinkles; it's a no-brainer. • "Regular or diet pop?" The latter choice means that you want the taste of metal or the off-taste of fake sweeteners. • "Meat: medium or well done?" Many menus now offer a warning about underdone meat and the dire results, which will scare off those who would order rare. • "Potatoes: mashed, baked or fried?" Don't sweat this one, just vary your answers. After all, variety is the spice of life and however the starch comes, let it come. e are always being faced with choices. But that is what makes our lives interesting, no? The choices started from the time we were small and people wanted to SY MANELLO know what we would be when we grew up, to being adults now and Editorial striving to answer the oft-repeated Assistant question, "What will you have?" During the course of our everyday routines, there are questions that plague us for answers. For instance, "Cash or charge?" Of course, this seems less often asked; I feel that many salespeo- ple would not know what to do if offered cash. Once that problem is settled, the shopper is then faced with the granddaddy of all dilemmas, "Paper or plastic?" (Since there are arguments from environmen- talists on both sides of that coin, we shall move on.) When we try to provide entertainment for ourselves, we are faced with another set of decisions. "VCR or DVD?" is often heard. It helps, I've found, to at least know what the letters stand for before venturing an answer; then it will depend on how electronically advanced you've kept your entertainment center. For enjoyment outside of the home, you may be faced with, "Orchestra or balcony seating?" and then, "Matinee or evening?" The flexibility of your finances and schedule will help settle those matters. Going on a trip? Then you must weigh choices of: car, bus, train, plane or ship? If you don't have fre- quent flyer miles, you may have to decide on coach, business or first class; non-stop or "milk-run," north- You see, life is made interesting by all the freedom ern or southern route, etc. As to destinations, would we have to choose. If you are unhappy about a choice, you mind a clothing-optional beach? I make a different one next time; but don't obsess about I have found that the majority of "heavy" choices I having to choose. am faced with seem to center on food and eating. By the way, "Do you want fries with that?" Give some consideration to the following: ❑ tSVE,s 4 'clia n't Know © 2002 ourners observe seven days of shiv- ah and 30 days of shloshim. What is the 12-month observance of mourning by sons for their par- ents known as? — Goldfein iff Quotables "It has been the attitude of intellectual elitists that they — only they — have a monopoly on morality. The silent majority in this country knows better. The silent majority in the USA supports Israel no less than they support the fight against terrorism." — Dr. Isaac Barr of Southfield, an ardent Zionist and proponent of a safe, secure Israel in the embattled Middle East. "Communal work is so rewarding, and although this has been said many times before, when you become involved in an organization that touches your heart like Yad Ezra does for me, you always get back more than you give." — Susie Pappas, who with her husband Norm, were honorees at the 12th annual dinner for Yad Ezra, Michigan's only kosher food bank. "We are looking to be more visible, to make stu- dents who otherwise would not consider Vanderbilt, to at least consider us. With some people, we're just not even on the map. One group for whom that has been the case has been Jewish students." — Mike Schoenfeld vice chancellor for public affairs at Vanderbilt Universi t y, as the Nashville, Tenn., campus tries to draw more students, in part with a new Hillel center and a Jewish studies program, as quoted by the Atlanta Jewish Times newspaper. Yiddish Limericks Shabbat Candlelighting "It reminds me that I'm Jewish and I have the special privilege of lighting the candles." Eliana Unger, 8, West Bloomfield I've made a decision this year When my anniversary's here ... Mamaloshen's* the way That I'm gonna convey, "You're my ain unaintsikeh,** dear. — Martha Jo Fleischmann " * mother tongue, i.e., Yiddish ** one and only Sponsored by Lubavitch Women's Organization. To submit a candlelighting message or to receive complimentary candlesticks and information on Shabbat candlelighting, Miriam Arnzalak of Oak Park at (248) 967-5056 or e-mail: [ Candlelighting Candlelighting Friday, Nov. 1: 5:08 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8: 4:59 p. Shabbat Ends Shabbat Ends Saturday, Nov. 2: 6:10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9: 6:02 p.m. Yiddish-isms Mavin An expert; a really knowledgeable person; a judge of good quality. (Source: The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten, McGraw-Hill) aenzalak@juno. corn 2002 11