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Moishe Melnick was sound asleep when the telephone jarred him awake.
"Hi!" It was his mother-in-law. She proceeded to rattle on about the busy day she had ahead and what she planned to make for Shabbat dinner and all the things that awaited her the rest of the week.
"Mom," Moishe interrupted. "It’s five in the morning."
"Oy, what are you doing up so early?"