Tag: kiddush
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Shul Life
Nebbachs and kiddush hoppers on high alert after missionary is ousted
This past week, an upstanding member of the nebbishe community in Baltimore was ousted as a closet missionary. The nebbish community has been put…
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Food & Kashrus
I miss the Cholent Moshpit
There are certian things I miss about the east coast, shoving matches at kiddush is one of them. In my shul, everyone waits for…
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Dating & Marriage
I used to just go to shul just for the girls
Being married has its advantages, laundry more than once a month, home cooked meals, and not having to get tested for STD's every time…
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Food & Kashrus
Parve Cholent Sucks: At least we can all agree on one thing
Parve Cholent is a crime against humanity and I'm pretty sure that it's one of the few things that a bulk of the frum…
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Food & Kashrus
Frum Feeding Frenzies
Frum Feeding Frenzies by Chaya Miriam Fried Jews clearly have a something attached to their Jew Gene that makes them lose their minds whenever…
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Food & Kashrus
Are you a JFK-Jew (just for kiddush)
I’m not sure popular the term JFK-Jew is but it means Just For Kiddush. For the record I have never been a Just for…
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Shul Life
Notes from the First Annual Kiddush Nazi Convention
I just returned from a wonderful conference sponsored by Kiddush-Nazi International (also known as KNISH). They recently got together at a swanky resort in…
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Food & Kashrus
The White Shul knows their herring
I think the only good thing that came out of my recent trip to Far Rockaway to visit the old man and fulfill my…
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Food & Kashrus
Dreaming of a heimishe kiddush
Every once in a while I actually remember my dreams, rarely do I have great ones, but this past Friday night I dreamed of…
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Food & Kashrus
The cholent sucks here
When I first moved out here I didn't mind the green kiddush much, some chips and salsa, veggie sticks, guacamole and several varieties of…
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Food & Kashrus
Are you a kiddush hoverer?
Once in a while I ask for post ideas on Facebook and someone actually has a good idea, rarely does this happen, it's almost…
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Food & Kashrus
Want to see violence? Go to a sushi kiddush!
Kiddush can be a violent place, this is mostly because frum Jews have a minhag to forgo breakfast on Saturday mornings due to halachos…
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Food & Kashrus
Kiddush Food Guide
Kiddush is one of my favorite Jewish specific events, and it doesn’t happen often enough. Today’s uncertain economy has brought down the quality of…
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Food & Kashrus
Californian Jews are too peaceful at kiddush
I was armed with a fork, flimsy plastic plate and a strategy before the rest of the congregants even walked through the door. I…
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Dating & Marriage
Mechitza Guide
I love mechitzas, I really do, especially the kind that give you a small opportunity to check out the ladies, if you’re clever enough.…
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Dating & Marriage
Best of Shul Awards
I was sitting in Adath Israel in San Francisco this past shabbos afternoon in their weekday shul and it came to me that they…
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Food & Kashrus
Shabbos at the Shul on the Beach in Venice California
Typically when you walk out of shul for a break, you find the bulletin board and check if there’s a hot Kiddush, look through…
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Food & Kashrus
Shabbos in Far Rockaway: The White Shul
For the first time in moths I stayed in Far Rockaway for shabbos, I figure I live there so I don’t have to put…
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Dating & Marriage
Comprehsenive Guide to Jewish cakes and cookies
I am sure I missed some, it seems I always do, but the following list seems to be pretty complete. Jews love food, and…
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Shul Life
Observance level has nothing do with the friendliness of a shul
Some folks express dismay that shuls aren’t as friendly as they could be, but I kind of expect shuls to be unfriendly places where…
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Food & Kashrus
Communal cup sharing on shabbat is gross and dangerous
The latest in WTF - Facebook clubs comes from the Germaphobes of Facebook in the form of anti "sharing the wine cup" on shabbos…
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Shul Life
Kiddush Clubs Observe Siyum HaShots
Kiddush Clubs Observe Siyum HaShots - sent to me by Yo Robbins on Facebook On Saturday morning in synagogues around the world, Kiddush club…
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Food & Kashrus
I love Moscato Diasti in the blue bottle
There I said it, it takes a real man to say that you know... Moscato Diasti is one of longest lasting fads in Orthodox…
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Shul Life
Another shabbos in Dallas
I am in vulture mode, the carrion awaits, in this case the cholent, and I am extending my claws, in this case my fork…
