GREAT READS → LIFETAKES Issue 1073 · August 6, 2025

The Package   

Who can take this package to my girls?

The Package   

It also has a hidden acai bowl and magazines. To top it off, since I want to make the package special and homemade, there’s my famous tzvibel kugel — the weekly treat I’d stopped making, since all the tzvibel kugel eaters were in camp — and my special glaze-topped brownie, which involved several trips to the grocery store with cranky children.

Finally, it’s ready. I make my way to my daughter’s friend, who is going to camp for Shabbos. But when I get there — two toddlers and my baby in tow — I discover that my wonderful daughter forgot to inform the friend that she wanted her to take a package. Said friend has already left.

Who can take this package to my girls?

I call my sister who is in a colony not too far from camp. Maybe she knows someone coming up for Shabbos, and I can send a package via her colony?

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