FOX POINT, Wis. — The Lord has smiled upon the Levin family, blessing them with a true Hanukkah miracle. The $25 Steam gift card 13-year-old Jordan received from his Nana, expected only to be enough to buy one game, lasted for eight full games.
“Frankly, I’m kvelling,” said Rabbi Moishe Lipman. “When Jordan was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah just months ago, I saw in him a great love of family, respect for his teachers, and a desire to reap from life whatever he, with the guiding hand of G-d, should see fit to sow. It comes as no surprise to me, then, that he harvested ‘Black Mesa,’ ‘Darkest Dungeon,’ and six more games from just one Steam gift card.”
A humble young man, Jordan gives ample credit to the Steam Winter Sale for his ability to make the most out of his bubbe’s generous gift.
“I love my Nana. I love her more than anything,” said Jordan, beaming. “That I could celebrate the Festival of Lights with her was all I needed. She made her famous latkes – that was more than enough. But to be able to grab ‘Mass Effect: Legendary Edition,’ ‘Party Hard,’ and ‘One Finger Death Punch 2’ on Steam was the applesauce on top.”
Jordan admitted that he considered selling his ‘Team Fortress 2’ items to accumulate a couple more bucks so he could afford the discounted ‘Cyberpunk 2077.’ But seeing ‘Portal’ and ‘Portal 2,’ which he had foolishly long ignored, in a dirt-cheap bundle, he felt it would have been a shande to put his entire gift card into just one game.
“My husband and I are just relieved that my mother bought a gift card because we told her to, not because someone on the phone told her to buy some at Target to repay an ‘accidental’ deposit to her bank account,” Devorah Levin said. “And ‘Civilization VI’ should alone be enough to take the sting out the stinker presents he’s about to get the next couple nights, at least until Civ VII comes out.”
At press time, Jordan planned to take the $1.53 he had left over and put it toward tzedakah at Sunday School.
