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Catching up on a busy week

 This has been a busy, busy week. Sunday began with the lovely task of tying tzitzit with Benny and his family. We met outdoors because Benny's mom is a wise woman and didn't want to risk Benny possibly getting exposed to Covid a week before his bar-mitzvah and turning the celebration into a super-spreader event. Before a client comes to pick up a project I am always a wreck worrying if they will be happy with the piece. Just because I am pleased with a tallit doesn't mean that my client or his parents will be pleased. I expended some of my anxious energy setting up a table and chairs in my building's courtyard. I wanted benny to see what the tallit looked like--normally I would drape the tallit on my dressmaking dummy. Benny's father served as our model. Benny was really pleased.  We sat down to tie the tzitzit. each family member took a corner. Benny was at first a little anxious if he could manage the knots. Benny's mom reminded him that he was familiar with...