LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,

I love the magazine! Keep up the great work! My letter is directed to the Jewish food manufacturers out there. Please print normal expiration dates on your labels. I cannot decipher your odd codes. Here are some examples of “expiration dates” I found on food packages in my kitchen:

Bloom’s Animal Crackers: 21096 20: 45

Leiber’s Potato Chips: 278 08:56 2

Mehadrin Ices: 1104 20:31

I’m assuming some of these are based off the Julian calendar, but even that is hard to figure out. Some of these companies don’t even have direct contact information, just a P.O. box.  

Thank you for allowing me this platform to express my concern. 

Y.I.

Dear Editor,

I commend Pinchos Shine for undertaking the great yet rewarding challenge of becoming a shadchan. The fact that he is doing this all for chessed and not for any monetary gain is further testament to his altruistic endeavors. I referred two singles to him and both were impressed with his professionalism and patience. For those who claim they do not have  time to talk to singles on the phone and transfer their information to databases, Mr. Shine points out in his column that we each know at least five singles. We should try to the best of our ability to network on their behalf and pair them up with a potential shidduch. 

Mrs. Klein

Dear Editor,

I always enjoy reading your Word on the Street column! I’m not sure which street you are getting your responders from, but I am curious to know how I, or other readers, can submit an answer. 

Esty K.

Editor’s Response:

Thank you for your interest! We will reach out to you with our next WOS question. If any other readers would like to know our next question so they can chime in, please email editor@thejewishecho.org.  

Dear Editor,

I passed by the JCC Simcha Hall recently and was pleased to see a dumpster outside indicating the start of the library construction.  Hopefully the process will not take long so the community can start benefitting from this needed resource. Please keep us posted on all library updates.

Simcha G.

Dear Editor,

There was a line in last month’s Mesila column that I feel really needs to be highlighted. The organization wrote: “Deprivation is not chinuch; it actually accomplishes the opposite, by teaching children to crave material possessions.” This is a brilliant line that I think many parents and mechanechim forget. Whether it applies to junk food, screen time, or money, kids resent when something is completely  restricted from them. It would be wiser to give them some access, albeit with set limits, and explain to them the dangers of excessive use of the item in question.  My parents severely limited screen time and junk food when I was growing up, and later, when I started living on my own, I struggled with managing those two things. My friends who grew up in less rigid households got it “out of their system” so to speak and don’t crave it as much as I do. 

B.M.