Tag: chumras
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Tznius is an issue, but threatening letters are just as bad
Jacob Da Jew has an important post about the state of Tznius in the frum community, the problem is not that people aren't adhering…
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Food & Kashrus
Its official: Strawberries are kosher
Is it just me who sees the irony in this news title? I guess the only thing funnier than bans, is when someone tries…
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Israel
Why don’t women ever notice the tznius problems?
The latest in the Charedi push to ban women from basic freedoms kind of looks like the 1960s civil rights movement, but in reverse.…
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Pesach
Pesach is the time to show off how frum you are
Since I was coming to Santa Fe, New Mexico for shabbos I asked the people who hooked me up with the people I stayed…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
I hope the Rabbis ban some of these items
The Rabbis love to make bans, it proves they are keeping frummies insular, it looks good on their resumes and it helps them retain…
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Pesach
Rabbis in Brooklyn finally make a good ban
Vos Iz Neias is reporting that 30 leading Rabbis in Brooklyn have signed a religious ban on price gouging for Pesach items. Sounds like…
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Food & Kashrus
What food item will they find bugs in next?
First it was lettuce, Then it was all leafy veggies, Then it was strawberries, Then they said screw it and said all berries had…
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Food & Kashrus
Company has 4 kosher certifications on its milk – one just isn’t frum enough
Why on earth a milk company would bother to put 4 hechsherim (kosher certifications) on their packaging is beyond me. But Machmirim (what a…
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Israel
Rabbi in Israel: Returning lost cell phones is assur
I would like to thank the Yeshiva World News once again for providing me with fodder for yet another post that shows that Charedim…
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Purim
Charedim ban the story of Esther
Vos Iz Neias reported earlier in the day that many folks in the Charedi "frummer than you" movements have decided to stop telling the…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Facebook is banned by Gedolei Yisroel
I received this letter in my email inbox - I always knew Facebook would be banned, but I assumed since the Gedolim had already…
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Food & Kashrus
Israeli company steals my idea for Kosher GPS
I wrote about GPS for frummies back in December and as with everything I write about someone stole my idea. Or to put it…
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Music, Movies & Pop Culture
Why do the rabbis hate Lipa Sheltzer so much?
So a few weeks ago there was a another scandal or controversy involving Lipa Shmeltzer, I didn't writer about because I didn't find it…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Why I love Yeshiva World News
Yeshiva World News is a love hate relationship, I know many of you may think I hate them - but I don't, I understand…
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Dating & Marriage
Passaic Bans Bat Mitzvahs
I have always wondered why the Chumra Patrol or Tznius Police never took on bat mitzvahs or shall I say bas mitzvahs. They are…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Tznius policed in Ramot want separate grocery lines
I was reading Yeshiva World News this morning and yes I read them even though they suck, mostly because I have to be up…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
GPS for frummies
It seems like there is a whole economy that runs on chumras, whenever something gets banned or made stricter, someone comes out with a…
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Dating & Marriage
Childrens games help end shidduch crisis and promote tznius
Hat tip to fellow blogger Sara who gave me the idea over facebook From the beginning of time one of the ways to give…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Man posing as YWN editor tries to get me to shut up
I guess last weeks post pissed people off enough to make someone create a false email address and email me posing as a Yeshiva…
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Israel
Are you pissed that some events have mixed seating?
Then you can bring tear gas and stab someone... Vos is Neias reports that a man in Israel showed up at a birthday party…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Anti Indulgence Chassidim in Williamsburg ban Choice!!!
I have always had some existential angst when it came to the whole concept of choice. All those theories about freedom of choice and…
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Israel
Charedim in Israel Ban Tzipi Livni
If they could I am sure they would- but blotting out her face and not mentioning her name is the next best thing. I…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Chassidim in Willaimsburg say bike lanes are not tznius!!!
When the bans and chumras start affecting me they have gone too far. While reading Vos Iz Neias this morning I cam across an…
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Dating & Marriage
Jewish Music Hechsher: What exactly is Jewish music?
For all you people with ADD: The first half of this post is serious, second half is hilarious. So the Charedim in Israel have…