Ground Rules

Yonina is about to burst out laughing at Yitz’s exuberance over her perfectly ordinary chocolate-chip sticks, but she lassoes it in when she catches sight of Yisrael Moshe’s face.

Oops.

Her husband gives her A Look. There she goes again, reprimanded by the mashgiach. They may call her Rebbetzin, but it seems that with her husband, she’ll always feel like a contrite student.

She tries to smile at Yitz, but realizes her face is now contorted into a grimace. Sorta like Yisrael Moshe’s, actually.

She watches her husband as he deliberately coughs, then raises an eyebrow in Yitz’s direction. He’s stroking his beard, ever the wise mashgiach.