Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?

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& Sarah: Mom, what is that stuff?
    Shelly: Mustard, sweet ’n low, stirrers.
    Sarah: Jesus, mom, I got that at the house. You didn’t have to bring it.
    Shelly: Just in case.

& Ali: That’s a sparkly star of David you’ve got.
    Maura: Thank you.
    Ali: Since when are you into judaism?
    Maura: Oh, for a while now.
    Ali: Oh. Who knew?

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& Ali: I read this thing that it’s an old Jewish tradition to cut your tie at the funeral, but I don’t really...

& Ali: So why do we cover the mirrors? What does the Bible or the Torah or whatever say about it?
    Raquel: Whatever. It’s not in the Bible. It’s a... it’s a tradition. It’s about being free from vanity, about being free from that extra layer of being seen. Just letting us be.

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