From Waste to Wonder

By Natan Margalit | July 1, 2004

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Fasting for Tom Zipper

I sent a text to my rabbi, asking whether I would have to give up coffee for Yom Kippur -- but my cell phone "corrected" my message, assuming that "Yom Kippur" was my typo-laden attempt to thumb-type "Tom Zipper." My rabbi texted me back, asking (reasonably enough) why this Tom Zipper fellow would want me to give up coffee.

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