an initiative of AIC
share a sighting
you found one!

shalom!

You found a kosher duck.

Mitzvahs that float — a little Jewish joy, passed along to you. Keep it or hide it for the next person; either way, you just made someone's day. Now tell us where it turned up.

Ducks have already turned up here

From Jerusalem to Yellowstone — 67 sightings and counting. See them all → Yours goes on the same map.

Where were you, what were you doing there, and did you keep it or hide it again?

This one's just mail — it needs the email above, and your sighting goes on the map whether you tick it or not. Read past issues (opens in a new tab) ↗

We review every sighting before it goes on the map — no invented sightings, ever.

Here's what happens next: your photo, your headline, where the duck turned up, and your story get a quick look, then land on the sightings map for the whole flock to see. If you left your email, we'll be in touch to say thanks. Then it's your call — keep the duck, or hide it again for the next person. Either way, you kept it floating.

while you're here

Things to do with your duck.

found a duck?

Now what?

I found a kosher duck — now what?

Mazel — you've been ducked! Scan the QR code on its tag and it brings you to the page where you add your find. Tell us where it turned up — a photo, a headline, the city — and your find joins the flock on the map. Then keep it, or hide it again for the next stranger. That's the whole loop.

Do I have to give the duck back?

Never — the duck is yours now. Set it on a windowsill, hand it to someone who needs a smile, or hide it somewhere new so a stranger gets the same surprise you did. However it goes, you kept it floating.

Do I need an account to add my sighting?

No account, no sign-up. Add a photo, where you found it, and a line about the moment, and send it over. We give every sighting a quick look before it lands on the map — no invented sightings, ever.

What if a kid found the duck?

Wonderful — that's often exactly who does. If they're under 13, a parent or teacher submits the sighting for them (our rule, and a good one).

What makes a good story

Every duck that turns up gets written about in one of a few ways, and the difference shows on the map. Some people tell us only where they found it — a gas station in Kansas, the information desk at Pearson's Terminal 3, the grass beside a waterfall. Some tell us what they were doing when it happened, which is almost always the better story: a 6am flight, a hike that turned into something else, a bottle of whiskey bought for Shabbat. Some come from the person who hid it rather than the person who found it, and we want those too — just say so, and say who you were hoping would pick it up. A few tell us what the duck meant to them, and those are the ones people stop and read all the way through.

So: where you were, what you were doing there, and whether you kept it or hid it again. What we don't need is a line telling us the duck spread joy. The duck did that. Tell us the part only you were there for.

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