I remember in high school we learned this one gemara about “the hair down there” that told of women having to shave their pubic areas so that the hair should become hardened and cut the penis or ervah as the Rebbe referred to it. There were a couple kids who would just keep asking the [...]
What words did your Rabbis use to teach sexual topics?
October 22nd, 2008 · 53 Comments
Tags: Yeshiva memories · sex
What was the dresscode in your yeshiva?
August 12th, 2008 · 45 Comments
“In du Hoisen” was said at least 10 times a day to me and almost everyone I attended high school with. Any time that term was said, it meant one thing, no it didn’t mean the Rabbi wanted to get in your pants- you sicko, it meant to tuck in your shirt. I used to [...]
Tags: yeshivish
Part of a Rabbis job should be to welcome guests
July 30th, 2008 · 22 Comments
I have been a guest at many shuls around the country, the farther you get from the Tri-state area the friendlier they are, usually. Why should it be like this? Why shouldn’t every shul try and be as friendly as possible? I just don’t understand it. At least the Rabbi who probably knows who is [...]
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