Oy vey

To set the stage: This past weekend, my better half and I were walking in the Slope when I spotted a series of abandoned toys up the block.  While I was photographing some of the toys, Mr. Abandoned Toys wandered ahead, at which point I heard him say say "Wait, is this one... Jewish?!?"

Indeed - spotted in the Slope on 10th Street and 6th Ave (and just in time for Rosh Hashanah!):

Wait - what do we have here?

OMG (Old Testament) - It's Mitzvah Bear!

I have so many unanswered questions:

1. Why is there a blue stool taped to Elmo's left paw?

2. Why are Mitzvah Bear and Elmo holding paws?  Did we catch Mitzvah Bear in the midst of performing a mitzvah on Elmo?  Or is he trying to convert Elmo?  Or... is Elmo Jewish already?

3. This one is a bit esoteric, but how does abandoning the Mitzvah Bear correlate with the concept of a mitzvah generally?

Religion is SO COMPLICATED sometimes.

Off Roadin'

Spotted in the Slope on 11th Street and 7th Ave:

Trash or the aftermath of an extreme tricycling incident?  You decide.

Sad studies in asphyxiation

Abandoned Toys is taking a poll (yay - our first interactive post!)

The question is which is worse for the critters in question:

1. Suffocation by plastic bag and inevitable trip to the dump?

Note the critter all up in Valentine Bear's business

Query: How did Taz escape? Or was he spared - why the favoritism?

OR...

2. Trapped in a glass horror box outside of an abandoned grocer across from the Green-Wood Cemetery?

The saddest orgy ever...

My vote is for the latter - I can almost guarantee that in 20 years, you could take the exact same photo, with the only difference being some fur fading due to sun exposure... :(