Tag: shabbat
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4368Joke no. Classic joke · No. 4368
Shin and Sin
This is the story of the good Sephardic Jew (a Jew of North African or Middle Eastern descent) who pronounced every shin (the Hebrew…
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Music, Movies & Pop Culture
The muktza song
It escapes me as to who sent me this, I like it and I finally found the time to share it with you folks.…
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Jewish Life
Shabbos Toilet Paper
For the first time in my life I was assigned the task of cutting toilet paper for shabbos. In my modern orthodox youth we…
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Jewish Life
Has anyone ever tried to steal your shabbos guests?
I had a run in with shabbos guest theft for the first time this past shabbos, one of the fellows staying at my house…
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Jewish Life
The secrets of frum hospitality
By Chaya Miriam Fried I don’t know if you ever got a chance to stay at a Marriott Hotel, but they have their signature…
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Jewish Life
Shabbat shalom vs. Good Shabbos
I like to consider myself a Jewish profiler. I remember when everyone was going nuts over racial profiling in airports. I used to do…
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Jewish Life
Hi you don’t know me – can I come for shabbos?
I was chatting with a blog reader the other day over Gchat and I was telling him that I could hook up with folks…
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Jewish Life
Eruv deemed offensive
Recent attempts to place an eruv in a small town in Tennessee have backfired as residents both Jewish and non-Jewish come out in full…
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Food & Kashrus
My first shabbos in Berkeley
The aron was open and three women were standing around it. They had just placed the torah back after the drasha; if I would…
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Food & Kashrus
How do you behave at kiddush?
How do you behave at Kiddush? Everyone does different things at Kiddush, I myself look like a wolf, scouting out the offerings and planning…