FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- There is an old Yiddish folklore in which a man lives in a tiny hut with his mother, wife and their numerous children. The quarters are tight, the meals are sparse, the nights are long during the winter months, and the arguments are plentiful, the married couple's quarrels all that is consistent in their relationship.

The man cannot handle it anymore, so he seeks the advice of a Rabbi, who tells him to take an account of his animals and slowly but surely bring them all inside the hut to live with his family. Already a crowded space, he agrees. One by one, he brings them under his roof -- first some chickens, then a rooster, a goose, a stubborn goat, and eventually, a cow comes along as well.

Chaos ensues. The man learns fast that he can not live like this, and neith

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