Tag: baal teshuva
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Jewish Life
I finally heard an inspirational BT story firsthand
As a certified conspiracy theorist of the frum community, I generally doubt the validity of inspirational stories, especially the ones that seem to be…
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Jewish Life
BT Mussar is an abomination
I can't think of anything much worse than having a newly indoctrinated Baal Teshuva giving you mussar. As if several beautiful and inspiring shabbos…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
An Atheist and a Baal Teshuva walk into a bar…
I have this love and hate relationship with Atheists, it just so happens to be that Atheists are almost always interesting and smart people,…
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Jewish Life
Stop trying to make Off The Derech people frum again
I'm not a big fan of kiruv, as many of you know, I believe that the FFB master race has become diluted with Baalei…
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Jewish Life
Dear Heshy: Hating on BT’s will not solve any problems
Dear Heshy, I follow you on facebook fairly regularly and noticed your post on what you hate about baalei teshuva. Now before all of…
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Jewish Life
The Nut List
By Charles Zucker Anyone who believes less than me is a heathen. Anyone who believes more than me is a nut. I’m a patchwork…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
Why Baal Teshuvas are bad for the frum community
I already know this post is going to disliked by some of you, but I hope that some of you will be open minded…
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Jewish Life
The latest in frummy hocks: BT Insurance
by Chaya Miriam Fried I used to joke that every beis din should have insurance, kind of like errors & omissions, for cases in…
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Yeshivish
21 ways not to be a Harry
A Harry is one of those terms you hear in the yeshiva world that you don't hear anywhere else. For someone to even call…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
Matisyahu gets heter to eat on Yom Kippur for Parnassah purposes
It seems that Matisyahu is trying to stick it to the frum world by going off the derech in a very public manner. First…
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Jewish Life
If an FFB goes OTD and then comes back on the derech is he considered a BT?
Dear Heshy, I have a predicament which I'm sure you can help me with. I grew up frum, fairly yeshivish by some standards and…
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Shul Life
Attention BT’s: Shuckling like a madman won’t get you any closer to God
Have you ever been taken out by a BT throwing down some crazy shuckel? I don't think so, but you should know that I…
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Jewish Life
I’m more off the derech than you are
I was recently at a meetup of a bunch of folks who are off the derech and I could have sworn that if you…
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Dating & Marriage
Frum society’s approach to frum girls is stiffling
Hi, I wrote this. I don't know if its any good. What do you think? I am so irritated. I am trying to pick…
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Jewish Life
Aish uses boy band breakdancing video to reel in those BT’s
I'm not too impressed with the stuff Aish puts out for it's baal teshuva indoctrination video channel on you tube that shows you can…
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Yeshivish
Off the derech community affiliations
One of the things I like most about folks who are off the derech is seeing the differences between their views and how they…
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Dating & Marriage
You know you’re a BT in seminary when…
I love flattery, especially when it comes from seminary girls who spend their days learning how to be good balebustah's and their nights reminiscing…
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Shul Life
The flagship shul of the American Kiruv Industry
I was bored in shul this past Friday night, so I decided to do a statistical analysis of the people in attendance. I first…
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Jewish Life
BT’s versus FFB’s
I am in love with this rant and the fact that I could just jump into making videos again and it's so much fun.…
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Jewish Life
Maybe I’m losing my edge in observing frum folks
I love when guests come to shul in northern California because I get to observe them on my home turf, it's like having tropical…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
The Baal Teshuva’s guide to shidduch dating
As much as we kiruv industry professionals like to think we have prepared the baal teshuva for the real (frum) world we really haven't.…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
Baal Teshuvas love bacon
One of my favorite pastimes is getting baalei teshuva to talk about the forbidden things of their former lives that they miss so much…
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Jewish Life
Hi you don’t know me – can I come for shabbos?
I was chatting with a blog reader the other day over Gchat and I was telling him that I could hook up with folks…
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Lag B’Omer, Tu B’Shvat & Friends
So you think you can shomer?
So You Think You Can Shomer? by Anshel M. Shomer negiah is a fine institution and all that, don’t get me wrong, but you…
