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What Exactly Can You Eat If You Keep Kosher?

SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: “There are levels of keeping kosher. For the non-Orthodox, the laws really aren’t that restrictive once you get used to it.”

MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “Ask me!” By offering an interactive response, you’re having a fun conversation, not giving a lecture, he says.

CONCISE COMEBACK: “We take pity on piggies and shrimp makes me faklempt.”

5. What’s with the two dishwashers? Aren’t you kind of taking it to the extreme?

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