Someone gets engaged. The mazel tovs. The joy. And then the list. The list of what you need to buy to welcome the new addition to the family baruch Hashem.
The Rashbaum’s list for their daughter’s chassan went like this:
watch
esrog box
Shas
silver menorah
kittel
tallis bag
Kiddush cup
Mrs. Rashbaum — not being a specialist in wedding making and having gotten married with a pair of candlesticks and a used couch — almost faints when she hears all the things she needs to buy in the three months between the engagement and the wedding.
After the shock she gathers herself and begins to make a plan based on logic and budget.
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