The Mazel Tov Slap: The Jewish Tradition You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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BY KAREN GERWIN When I told my mother I got my period for the very first time, she slapped me across the face and shouted, “Mazel Tov!” It wasn’t a punishment slap — more like the way you’d slap a person who fainted, or something out of the Marx Brothers — and it didn’t feel violent.
The Mazel Tov Slap: The Jewish Tradition You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Mazel Tov Slap: The Jewish Tradition…
The Mazel Tov Slap: The Jewish Tradition You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
BY KAREN GERWIN When I told my mother I got my period for the very first time, she slapped me across the face and shouted, “Mazel Tov!” It wasn’t a punishment slap — more like the way you’d slap a person who fainted, or something out of the Marx Brothers — and it didn’t feel violent.