Tag: money
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Jewish Life
What can we do about the tuition crisis?
Dear Readers, H-E-L-P! I may sound like a broken record to Matzav readers, and yes it is always an issue every year around this…
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Dating & Marriage
Make her wedding night good!
by Chaya Miriam Fried Let’s face it: the cost of a wedding is obscene. Ours was out of town, super low-key AND made possible…
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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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Purim
Money Making Faux-Mishloash Manot
The president of my shul called me this evening, furious that I did not participate in the shul's mishloach manot program. "Reb Telz" he…
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Jewish Life
What’s the deal with frummies and their gaudy furniture?
I had no idea what chargers were until it came down to figuring out what we wanted to put on our wedding registry. Apparently…
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Dating & Marriage
Weddings are about the simcha, not the money!
The natural progression of wedding planning dictates that somewhere along the way you should register with some big box store to take the fun…
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Dating & Marriage
Weddings are darned expensive
Did you pay for and plan your own wedding? In general, the frum world places very little responsibility on the actual folks getting married…
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Dating & Marriage
My friend needs your advice: He really doesn’t want to get divorced!
I got a call from an old friend the other day and he started it off by asking me in a very distressed voice…
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Jewish Life
Frum reading material doesn’t come cheap
I was thinking of getting my chabad "in middle of nowhere" friends a subscription to Mishpacha Magazine because they are always starved for frum…
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Shul Life
Shul honors only mortgage holders
Guest post by Telz Angel There’s a bit of a kerfuffle at Shaarei An-Daron in Iberia, Missouri. As it turns out, the shul has…
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Jewish Life
Why do many orthodox Jews think it’s ok to cheat on their taxes?
A new study is out that finds an overwhelming number of Jews thinks it’s ok to cheat on your taxes, pay workers off the…
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Dating & Marriage
Money doesn’t buy happiness and marriage doesn’t make your problems go away
My friend has a problem, he hates his job, he hates his single life and he hates New York - when I tell him…
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Dating & Marriage
Help – I need a new car so I can get married
This is not Satire: I went on my first northern California date the other day and guess what? My car almost died. It overheated…
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Yeshivish
Yeshiva Tuition Reform Bill Passes: Critics shout socialism
Black Hat groups are rejoicing over the Yeshiva Tuition Reform Bill that was passed by the United States Beis Din earlier today. The YTR…
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Dating & Marriage
Ebay listing: Pay me to wear tznius clothing – no joke
This is such a good idea - I kind of feel like posting an ad that says - I will make z'man krias shema…
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Dating & Marriage
Schwartzie Visits the Upper West Side
I don't do well on the Upper West Side. Now, I know what you're thinking- you're asking yourself how it could be possible that…
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Israel
Bar Mitzvah boy gives $40,000 to…
Get some head!!! Nah just joking, I couldn't pass it up and its a pretty big Kiddush Hashem for a kid who got $40,000…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Fraud in the frum community: My thoughts and experiences
I am not shocked at all by the recent cases of business and money related fraud, its too bad I kind of expect this…
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Dating & Marriage
Shidduch moves: the half wallet pull
I am sure many of you have been on dates when the girl tried the half wallet pull, this is at the point of…
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Jewish Life
Get a $20 gift card for free
This is an unpaid advertisement for a friend Lootpig.com is trying to get new customers and they have decided that offering a 100% FREE…
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Jewish Life
Mac vs. PC
Apparently laptops aren’t supposed to last as long as mine did, due to an ever improving technological environment, normal people buy a new computer…
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Dating & Marriage
Meshulachim have started using portable credit card machines
Years ago I pondered if homeless people or meshulachim would ever have the bright idea to whip out a portable credit card machine. If…
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Israel
Hire a Part-Time American Virtual Assistant – In Israel!
This is a favor/paid advertisement. A fan of mine (who also tried to introduce me to a friend of hers to date, which I…
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Jewish Life
Judging people based on the type of stroller they have
I apologize for my site being down all of yesterday - simple hosting issues were all it was. I found myself eying strollers this…