Every once in a while I get a message from someone who obviously dialed me by accident while their cell phone sat in their pocket, commonly known as a butt-dial, many people receive these long messages of white noise or…
Tag: cell phones
Texting on shabbos becoming more common
The following article was sent to me at least a dozen times today because the author Steve Lipman mentioned Frum Satire andif that many people were interested I figured you folks might be interested in the piece as well, see…
Using cell phones to look through the mechitza
There was a time not so long ago when looking over the mechitza meant merely turning your head, pretending to do a neck stretch or merely delaying your lecha dodi turn a bit, but alas those days are over. A…
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…
Bais Yaakov expels 9 girls for using non-kosher cell phones
BJJ is known as the top seminary, what this means is beyond me, but in the frum world, girls who go to the top seminaries get the top shidduchim. I always found seminary to be a little hypocritical considering the…
MO Rabbis say texting on shabbos is better than talking in shul
In a shocking move, modern orthodox Rabonim have begun to consider allowing texting during shul on shabbos to curb talking. For years modern orthodox shuls have tried dozens of things to curb talking during shul to no avail. Some shuls…
How many text messages do you send per month?
I was talking to someone a while back when the topic of text messaging came up, I just recently added 200 text messages to my phone bill for $5, because prior to this people thought I was reciving their messages…