I got back to Dallas on Tuesday night, but like most people I waited until last minute to make shabbos plans. I was debating what to do, and decided to call the “cool” chabad Rabbi who deals with the younger crowd here in Dallas, he either didn’t understand the true purpose of my call, which [...]
An interesting shabbos in Dallas
December 27th, 2008 · 49 Comments
Tags: Lubavitchers · shabbos · shul · texas
Being called to make a minyan and they already started
December 11th, 2008 · 14 Comments
This is sort of a continuation to the previous post to this- maybe it was a good thing to go because I thought of two posts.
I attended a hardcore BT minyan tonight, bu hardcore I mean that the Rabbi and I were the only people who could finish shmona esray in under five minutes [...]
Tags: davening
Silach Lanu thoughts
December 11th, 2008 · 22 Comments
While at this beginner BT minyan I realized something very interesting. This was the type of minyan that the people are just learning Hebrew and the ways of yiddishkeit. They take forever for everything and you are mostly sitting around and waiting.
While waiting for shmona esray to finish I noticed a man who was [...]
Tags: davening
My first shabbos in Dallas
November 23rd, 2008 · 36 Comments
For those of you with ADD I warn you that this post is over 5 pages long- but I love it because this type of writing is my favorite to do- enjoy!
To describe the Dallas frum community would simply be impossible based on my one shabbos spent within it so far, however I would like [...]
Tags: BT · Rabbis · Yarmulkes · davening · shul · texas · yeshivish
Poking fun at Hockers and BT’s (video)
November 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments
This was filmed on the deck of a ski house that my friends rented for the weekend, it was pitch black and they really didn’t want to be seen anyway, the dialog was great. If you understand hockers and yeshivish culture in general I think your going to love this video.
Best ways to mess with BT’s during the High Holidays
October 27th, 2008 · 32 Comments
Sequel to the original Best ways to mess with BT’s post.
Tell them that you cannot eat anything on succos resembling an etrog for fear of eating the actual etrog;
Tell them that they must not sleep at all on Rosh Hashanah;
Tell them to bow 5 times each time we do Alenu on Yom Kippur;
Tell them they [...]
Tags: BT · Rosh Hashanah · Yom Kippor · shul · sukkos
How do shake your lulav? (video)
October 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
For all of you who don’t already know- I have an extensive collection of my own videos as well as my favorites on You Tube. To see my most popular videos- go to You Tube page and click on “most viewed or “most discussed”.
Tags: stand up · sukkos · video
Guest Poster: Funny thoughts about my conversion to Judaism
October 5th, 2008 · 39 Comments
Received via email from Kay Ariella McKown, who is one of the first people who actually wrote something good when I asked if she wanted to be a guest poster. I know that everyone will enjoy what she has to say- especially the folks who are in the process of converting, becoming frum or those [...]
Tags: BT · Converts · Guest Writer
How frum must one become to be considered a Baal Teshuva?
September 10th, 2008 · 35 Comments
A couple weeks ago I was Rochster for shabbos and decided to hang out with a random fan of mine who goes to U of R, mid conversation I found out that she speaks fluent Yiddish, amazing simply amazing. We had loads of fun, anyway I got her to do this rant in Yiddish and [...]



