Tag: observations
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Why do frum girls always slouch?
Hey Hesh, I'm sure you can help me out, as you are my go-to for all things that have to do with the frum…
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Shul Life
I found some yeshivish people in the Bay Area
Upon finishing shemona esrei I saw something that I haven't seen in a long time. There was a fellow with his hat pushed back…
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Jewish Life
Why do some frum people click their tongue before making a point?
I am noticing a growing trend in what I like to call "palate clicking." (This was obviously written by a BT, because it is…
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Shul Life
Closeted orthodox guy attends reform minyan
A few years ago my friends took me to my first Reform service, in fact it was the first non-Orthodox davening of any type…
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Jewish Life
What??? They served milchigs on shabbos!!!
I bet you didn't know that one of the worst things for a families reputation is to serve milchigs (Dairy) on shabbos. I also bet…
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Dating & Marriage
Wedding benchers suck – give me something useful
I wonder when the wedding bencher madness began, I know that it's been a minhag yisroel for at least 70 years or so because…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Chabad may be Chassidic but it aint Chassidishe
When most people talk about chabad, they usually don't get lumped in with chassidim, although this pisses off diehard chabadnicks, for the most part…
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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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Jewish Life
Poor frummies with expensive leather couches
If you hang out in the frum community long enough you will notice some strange things, like the fact that many frummies who are…
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Shul Life
The longer your shul takes to put away the Torah, the less frum
I was in Berkeley a couple shabbosim ago and thought about how much time it took for them to take out and put away…
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Yeshivish
The things I didn’t learn in Yeshiva
Someone was talking about this thing called Oregon Trail tonight and she was aghast that I had no idea what it was. She said…