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Kupat Ha Ir claims that Rav Kanievsky will still daven for Iphone users
By now it is well known that one of the greatest Torah giants of our time has put Iphones in cherem, I find it terribly unfortunate that anyone who considers themselves a Torah Jew would even have the hava minah…
Dear Rabbi Hoffman: Please don’t ban leggings
I think that many of the men here can agree that leggings is one of those rare gifts from Hashem that we don’t thank him enough for every day. Like our eyesight, or caffine, leggings provide utmost joy on a…
What chumrah or ban would you like to create?
Thanks to Rachmuna Litzlon (the OTDer Rebbe) we can now create legitimate chumras and bans to our hearts desire. I’ve always wanted to ban vegetarian cholent, children singing anim zemiros,and Asian women from driving. Now I can do that and…
Metzitzah B’peh is banned in Flatbush
I thought Ave-J was banned years ago, it hasn’t been really happening since the late 90’s. Find more bans on 4torah.com
The Asifa is done: I was fooled
Guest post By Eliyahu Fink originally posted on his blog Let’s make this short and sweet. The askanim I spoke with assured me that the Asifa would not ban the Internet. I explained that there is plenty of reason for…
First post from someone who attended the Internet Asifa
I’ve asked folks to send me their reactions to the Internet Asifa held today in Citi Field. If you can send me what you saw, heard, experienced or any pictures you may have from the event I would greatly appreciate…
With all due respect, Gedolei Yisroel, YOU are a greater danger to children than the Internet.
Is the Internet Asifa a scam?
I went to Shul in Ditmas Park (near Flatbush) this past shabbos and the related over a horrible story about a 15 year old bais yaakov girl led astray by her friend who pointed her to an unmentionable website. Her…
Rabbis in Israel force restaurant without mechitzas to close
Charedi Rabbis in Israel, backed by Agudath Israel have decided that certain restaurants without mechitza’s who serve women should lose their hashgacha. Warm Eating, is at the center of the controversy. Not only do they not have a mechitza in…
Is THIS what they’re teaching our children?!
(Jerusalem) The oilam hatorah is in an uproar following revelations at a recent gathering of veteran educators, community activists and Rabbonim. “It’s really quite shocking nobody has made a fuss about it until now,” said one askan, “this is our…
Shabbos Goy Union on strike after tap water banned on shabbat
The Benei Brak Shabbos Goy Union is out on strike after a controversial ruling by a rabbi yesterday. Now that tap water is banned on shabbat, many union members fear that they will have to do a lot more work…
The chumra crisis: We need more chumras
You may have also noticed this trend, but I have been alarmed by the fact that no new chumras have been created by the gedolim or their funders for some time. Back during the mid 2000’s it seemed like there…
Vizhnitzer Rebbe bans contact lenses
The article reads like satire, but unfortunately it is not… Rabbi, how do you like my glasses? Vizhnitz Hasidism decides spectacles must meet modesty rules too. Yeshiva students urged to give up on metal glasses andcontact lenses. Ari Galahar •…
Haredi ads claim internet causes cancer
I’m not feeling well enough to write satire honestly, but news like this couldn’t wait. Thanks to Gila who sent me the following piece from Ynet News, which really makes me wonder if these people aren’t crack. I completely understand…
Shidduch Market goes wild after OMG ban
The shidduch market has been taking a wild ride this week after Rav Ovadia Yosef announced that Jews should never say “oh my God”. The ban sent shidduch markets around the world into a wild downturn as folks in shidduchim…
Gedolim warn of the dangers of Wikipedia
A guest post by Philo KOL KOREH A GRAVE WARNING FROM OUR GEDOLIM, SHLITA, ABOUT THE ENTRY “GADOL” ON “WIKIPEDIA” BS”D The danger of the Internet has long been known and publicized, that through it one could easily reach places…
Is Facebook or Smoking more assur?
It’s not another satirical piece by me, it’s actually a fairly lengthy discussion in one of the yeshiva world news coffee room forums and it’s a pretty hot debate. The basic premise is that smoking will cause you physical harm,…
New RCA siddur twists the mesorah
Matzav.com has got one thing going for them, they love writing long attacks on people who aren’t frum enough for them and I love it. Who would have imagined such vitriol for a revised siddur, I wonder what they will…
Why is texting assur?
Whenever I hear about kosher phones, I hear about them not allowing the owner to text and I am a bit troubled by this, I am not bothered to the core because anyone who knows me – knows that I…
Bans are like Terror Alerts – no one really cares
I remember the days right after 9-11, I was honestly excited that the world was going to come to an end or be forever changed, unfortunately the only thing that proceeded 9-11 was high gun sales and even higher gas…
Rabbis discover that there are bugs everywhere
After a Reditt user uploaded photos containing microscopic bugs found in New York City’s water supply, Rabbi around the country gathered around high powered microscopes and came to the shocking discovery that there are bugs everywhere, word in the shtetl…
Haredi girls protest driving ban by going go-karting
In order to keep the morals of society from spinning downward like the rest of the world, many ultra orthodox groups in Israel ban women from driving. Women simply drive like maniacs according to most Rabbis and driving like a…
1996 meeting on the dangers of the internet
1996 Asifa on the World Wide Web: Our children are in grave danger, there is a monster lurking behind a screen and we must put a stop to this fad before we lose more neshamas. Rabosai, our children have fallen…
Rabbis in Israel may ban fish because of worms
It’s been a long time since the Rabbis banned a food product, it seems they have been quite busy this year with scandals that they forgot to ban anything. The last couple of years have been filled with so many…