Tag: minhag
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December Dilemmas
Eating Chinese Food on Christmas is not frum
I didn't know from this Chinese Food Christmas minhag until I first met non-religious Jews. All I can remember from the Christmas of my…
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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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Jewish Life
Minhagim Busters discovers that you do gain weight on shabbos!
The folks from minhagim busters have just confirmed, after a long grueling process, that frum Jews do gain weight on shabbos. It's a common…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Kol Koreh against flying – it’s not mentioned in any seforim
From YWN: I, along with many prominent and well-known askonim, am currently circulating a kol koreh among many rabbonim, gedolim, and roshei yeshiva to…
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Sukkos & Simchas Torah
How do you shake your lulav?
So there you are standing in shull about to shake your lulav and boom you notice the guy in front of you shaking it…