LIFESTYLE → TWO CENTS Issue 850 · February 24, 2021

Social Statement Mishloach Manos

Eleventh hour mishloach manos makers submitted their questions

Social Statement Mishloach Manos

 

What happened to the good old days of giving an apple and an orange in a cellophane bag? What happened to the good old days of stapling a paper plate at the corners to look like a hamentash and calling it a day?

No one remembers those days, but they must have been around if we can’t stop talking about them. These days, your mishloach manos are as much of a social statement as the costumes your kids wear, and it’s important to get it right.

Eleventh hour mishloach manos makers submitted their questions.

 

Every year I make the same mishloach manos (garlic knots and a can of soda), and the oilam has come to look forward to it. Of course, I always indicate that it’s pas Yisrael, milchig (but of course chalav Yisrael), yoshon, and bishul Yisrael. This year, I will obviously be adding that it’s parmesan free because it’s erev shabbos and people should know that they don’t need to wait six hours. Where can I find a label big enough to contain this information in a readable font size?

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