Tag: sex
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
Can a woman blow the shofar?
The following is a conversation that happened at kiddush this past shabbos - I tried desperately to keep from laughing and spitting my cholent…
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Lag B’Omer, Tu B’Shvat & Friends
Post shomer negiah philosophy
Dear Heshy, Let me start off by commending you on creating one of my favorite websites and a place I can go to escape…
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Dating & Marriage
Unconsummated Marriage
I found this woman's blog a few weeks ago and it makes me feel pretty sad, but I understand her need to let people…
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Jewish Life
Keeping Niddah is pretty insane
I think I've been conditioned to think that taharas mishpacha (family purity laws) is the greatest thing in the world. Two weeks of no…
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Dating & Marriage
Japanese lab invents internet kissing machine
I'm not sure how I feel about kissing a machine that allows you to kiss folks over the internet, but I'm sure someone will…
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Lag B’Omer, Tu B’Shvat & Friends
So you think you can shomer?
So You Think You Can Shomer? by Anshel M. Shomer negiah is a fine institution and all that, don’t get me wrong, but you…
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Jewish Life
Jizz in my pants – the frum edition
Jizz in my pants is an insanely popular SNL skit (99 million views I think) about guys wasting seed and the dangers of not…
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Jewish Life
Halachic questions for the gay man
Believe it or not, some gay folks actually keep halacha (besides for the better to die than sleep with another man thing - but…
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Dating & Marriage
Tachlis with benefits
I'm not gonna lie, I had a friend with benefits situation once, we would hang out, but everything ultimately led to the back seat…
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Lag B’Omer, Tu B’Shvat & Friends
Just because you’re shomer negiah, doesn’t mean you’re tznius
The other day when I wrote about the awkward shomer negiah moments in that proposal video one of the commenters posited that it was…
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Dating & Marriage
Are you hot for frummies?
Once in a while when I ask for ideas on facebook I actually get a good idea, the other night this girl who's in…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Brief history of mechitza’s
Mechitza literally means to divide, but did you know there is no where in the Torah where it says that men and women cannot…
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Jewish Life
Do platonic relationships work?
When Harry Met Sally is definitely up there in my favorite movie list - this scene is classic, I agree somewhat. Hat Tip -…
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Jewish Life
Why we wear clothing with Rabbi Fingerer
Big yasher koach to Devora for finding this hilarious sign for an upcoming shiur and thanks to all her great finds that she posts…
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Dating & Marriage
The real reason why movies are assur
I was joking tonight with a friend of mine who lives in a small town and will be hosting a girl he’s shidduch dating…
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Dating & Marriage
Speed dating for kohanim
Just got a facebook spam message for a speed dating event for kohanim and eligible women. Here are some sample dates. Date 1 Girl:…
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Chanukah
Chanukah Pickup Lines
Just because pickup lines are corny doesn't mean they can't be fun, actually as lame as these are, I was smiling and laughing to…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Dvar Torah Vayeshev II: Teeth, legs and Yahoo.com
In apology for my somewhat lame Vayeshev Dvar Torah, I'd like to provide an explanation: I had been suddenly worried that my original post…
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Dating & Marriage
Do women go on tefillin dates?
I’m sitting in my car and an idea for a post comes into my head just as the Beastie Boys Sabatoge goes into its…
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Dating & Marriage
The orthodox woman who went to a mikvah once and sells her own milk
We recently met with a woman who has managed to stay away from the mikvah waters for her entire marriage, how did she do…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Attention: Please don’t ask Niddah questions at the table
So I'm sitting at this Rabbis table one week and he's got some guests and all of kids are sitting at the table and…
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Jewish Life
Platonic relationships are possible – just not in the frum community
At one point in my life, I was convinced that platonic relationships weren't possible, of course this was when I was young and surrounded…
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Lag B’Omer, Tu B’Shvat & Friends
How did keeping shomer negiah become a choice?
How did it happen that keeping the laws of shomer negiah became that one thing that many frum people like to brag about picking…
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Yeshivish
Yeshivish Pickup Lines
I doubt most yeshivish people even know what a pickup line is but this was still super fun anyway. This is more of a…