.װאָס קען איך נאָר זאָגן? איך בין טאַקע פֿון דער צוקונפֿט

And I'll just add - Jonah Lubin is a former student! nakhes shep ikh, farshteyt zikh, on a shier.

It's a fascinating passage about different kinds of knowledge of the world (street smarts and book smarts) and how children share them with one another, expanding one another's horizons and also destroying one another's innocence.

I know where you can get some good tea, though, according to "a famous writer"...

Heartbreaking

I hope you can give yourself some grace. This is a horrible time, and no one should expect you to know how to do your job.

Thank God you are safe. I don't know what else to say but I'm thinking about you.

You're right - the Yiddish Shabesdik more broadly means festive or sacred - I wonder if Sunday has historically had this broader meaning in English?

🎵Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out!

English has it too, I think: your Sunday best