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10 Signs That You are Stuck in Yom Tov Mode
On your first day back in the office, you spend 45 minutes on Instacart checking if they deliver Aravos. You still dip your tuna sandwiches in honey.
You see a Lubavitch teenager putting tefillin on someone in Manhattan and you say to yourself, “Hmm…I guess Chabad puts tefillin on Chol Hamoed.” Your kids ask why you’re not going to American Dream Mall on Motzei Shabbos at 3AM for the girls-only swim session.
You check if it’s raining outside every time you are about to sit down for a meal.
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You wake up on Tuesday morning and instead of making a coffee, you instinctively make gefilte fish. When your boss calls and asks why you haven’t responded to his emails for a month, you tell him, “Oh, I don’t work on Chol Hamoed!” You check in on your neighbors because you don’t hear them singing at 1:30AM.
After eating chicken, pasta, and potatoes for dinner, you exclaim: “Hmm, I can’t wait for the main course!”
You want to start your diet, but it makes no sense to start a diet on the 19th day of Sukkos.
You Gotta Be Kidding Me! Yankel and Shmerel are walking when suddenly it begins to rain. “Quick,” says Yankel, “open your umbrella.” “It won’t help,” says Shmerel. “My umbrella is full of holes.” “Then why did you bring it?” asks Yankel. Shmerel replies, “I didn’t think it would rain!”
