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Last week we introduced the notion that, unlike all other prophets, Moses received revelation in Dolby Digital TrueHD. In other words, the reception was so clear that Moses was able to transcribe the data with ultraprecision, providing the basis for our exacting attitude towards biblical exegesis based on such things as choice of vocabulary and grammar, as well as even the most subtlest variations in normative sentence or word structure.
But there is also another way in which we can see a difference between Moses and all the other prophets, and that is in how Moses was an innovator. [click to continue…]
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At frum engagement parties, commonly know as Vorts and L’chaim’s the couple makes sure not to touch in their pictures. Most frum couples typically lean in toward each other, almost touching but not quite, this pose as officially known as The Lean. At my engagement party this Saturday night I hope to take some good leaning pictures (In June we will be able to hold hands like normal couples at last) The picture below is the Extreme Lean, because God forbid the couple feel each others sexual tension or body heat. Notice the girl’s hair style – AKA the Bump.
Hat Tip Dani Klein
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Now that I’m engaged I’ve started to think about life after marriage and naturally my thoughts have wandered to that seldom spoken about subject of wife swapping in the frum community. I am marrying a chabad girl after all and everyone knows that the chabad community provides the best wife swapping out of any frum sect. Those chabad women remain hot even after multiple children and they live in places where there aren’t many other frum people around, so chances are they may not have any other folks who know the halachos of kosher wife swapping. [click to continue…]
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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 that I had attended and I felt pretty awkward going. Growing up Orthodox you hear some pretty nasty rhetoric about anyone who isn’t Orthodox and so I figured they must think the same way about us. [click to continue…]
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I got into Jewish internet dating pretty early. Back in those days it was not something you bragged about and almost everyone said the same thing about online dating “it was creepy and best to be avoided”. Times have changed, the increasing amounts of older (24 is considered old in the Orthodox world) singles and the ability to stalk your potential dates on Facebook and Google has made online dating a must for any Orthodox person trying to find their mates. [click to continue…]
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We have all seen it before, your next door neighbors kid, fresh off the boat from his year in Israel. The different yarmulke, maybe the longer tzitzis, that kissing of his hand after he shakes yours (maybe it’s an immunity thing), his harder more violent kavannah filled shuckeling and the talk of Hashem’s beauty and trying to convince everyone to move to Israel. Or what about the girls who back in skirts and throw all their pants, tank tops and secular music in the garbage without thinking twice. [click to continue…]
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Crown Heights is on the road to becoming the next Williamsburg and it’s chassidic residents feel the need to fight back. A recent letter to the famous mud slinging chabad website called COL, blamed landlords for being too open with who they rent to. Basically, the author of the letter is demanding rental profiling to keep goyim out. I wonder how those chabadnicks would feel if, non-Jewish landlords started profiling to keep Jews out of certain neighborhoods, though this is besides the point. Profiling is wrong and if you’re Chassidic stronghold isn’t really that strong, you shouldn’t be blaming good coffee shops, cool bars and fixed gear bicycle shops for your spiritual woes. I responded to the letter below, which, if you change a few words, sounds awfully similar to a KKK rally speech. [click to continue…]
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A Guest Post By E. Fink
Originally posted on DovBear: Here
An intrepid reader sent in this horrible violation of tznius rules at Rockland Kosher in Monsey. This is the same place with a sign prohibiting anyone from shopping if they are not wearing socks.
It seems that either the censor forgot to cover this pornographic display of female anatomy or a lustful man was unable to control himself and ripped off the tznius coverup in testosterone fueled curiosity.
I hope this situation is corrected as soon as possible.
HT and Photo Credit: Motti Yaniv
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