If you read kiruv books you will notice some reoccurring themes. The most famous have to do with the complexity of citrus and how it couldn’t have been made by anyone but God, and those folks who missed their flights…
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Chabad women will start asking other women to put on tefillin
One of the biggest complaints that the Orthodox Jewish world has against chabad is that they are too open minded with regards to the roles of women. No other group within ultra-orthodoxy (we can argue all day along about whether…
Put on tefillin
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Is your chabad preschool run by meshichists?
Hey Hesh, I have a chabad question for you. I saw a poster at my son’s chabad preschool that has a picture of the rebbe and the yechi adoneinu line on it. Does that mean these particular chabadnicks are meshichists…
Chabad leader claims he’s a cult buster
There is this little fight going on in Chabad these days about cults. Apparently, one of the best ways to maintain your cult is to call out other cults. I had no idea that Orthodox Jews of any stream, especially…
Chabadnicks put tefillin on Santa Clause
Every year, the chabad propaganda machine spews out some picture of chabadnicks putting tefillin on someone you wouldn’t expect. Last year it was the Buddhist monk, this year it’s Santa and I love it. Hat Tip Shmarya Find out more…
I am not Orthodox: Chabad propaganda
If you ever ask someone who’s of chabad stock if they are chabad, they will generally respond to you that they’re just Jewish and that they don’t like labels. No one likes labels, but for the sake of deciding where…
10 reasons why I would to be a meshichist
There is obviously something compelling about being a rebel, it’s not too hard in this day and age, but being a rebel in the frum community is a bit harder. Sway too much to the left and you won’t be…
People claim that one kotel stone looks like the Rebbe
Let me first say that this is not satire and not a joke, the fact that one of the major crown heights websites would even post such BS means they must want to believe that this is true. I looked…
Chabad: The best of both worlds
If you weed through all the negativity and Chabad bashing that permeates the Jewish world and beyond, you begin to realize that Chabad is the most practical sect within Orthodoxy. People love to point out the negative cult like traits…
How to tell if your local Chabad Rabbi believes that the Rebbe is Moshiach
I get asked by a lot of folks if there’s a tried and true way to tell if their chabad shaliach or rabbi is a meshichist, unlike most snags (misnagdim) I’m not one who thinks (or believes) that all of…
There’s no such thing as mainstream Judaism
Guest post by Pop Chossid The summer before I left for Israel to study in Mayanot (a baal teshuva yeshiva in Jerusalem) for the first time, I had gone to a Shabbos lunch at a rabbi’s home in St. Louis,…
I’m fond of chabad on my campus, have I been brainwashed?
If you wish to send letters to the editor please email them to me at [email protected] – they can be published with any name you wish. “I am a relatively long time admirer of your blog and I really enjoy…
Will Lipa Schmeltzer be put in cherem for featuring Hot Chanies in his latest video?
I watched the latest chanukah video from Lipa Schmeltzer and I could swear that he’s going to be the next off the derech musician, just like the Matisyahu beard-gate fiasco, Lipa has gone where no “frum” or “heimishe” artist has…
What do you think of public menorahs?
My wife I were out in San Jose last night and there happened to be this Holiday carnival going on last night. We squeezed our way through this invasion of Mexicans to find some decent San Jose territory to walk…
5 years ago I was an atheist, then I was brainwashed by chabad!
A few weeks ago there was an article on a chabad website titled 5 Years Ago I was An Atheist and it ticked a whole slew of people off. Now being the pot stirrer that I am, I read through…
Streimel Viking: Ex-Chabadnick Death Metal
All I have to say is oy my ears are shvitzing.
Chevra Ahavas Yisroel Shul Review
Every time I hear about someone doing a Carlebach Shabbat (I think I may need a post to describe such things) or opening a Carlebach imitation shul I roll my eyes. What they usually mean to say is that a…
I used to hate chabad, but then I needed a mikvah in the middle of nowhere…
I understand chabad hatred, I really do. If it’s justified or not is hard to tell. I’ve heard dozens of stories on the both sides of the fence, about the community that modified their mikvah according to chabads standards and…
Another persons experience at the Asifa
By: Reverend Larry Kleinschmeckle They told me Reb Nachman would get me out of gehenom no matter how much internet I use. The Na Nachs one upped Chabad and actually showed up at CitiField. I looked high and low…
Old footage of me making fun of Lubavitchers in Crown Heights
I was laughing my butt off last night when I found this old yet long (31 minutes)video in my folders. Youtube now allows longer videos. This is some of my best content ever.
Rebbe Hologram coming to a chabad near you
Los Angeles – What are the ramifications of recreating the Lubavicther Rebbe in hologram form? Many local chabadnicks have begun to ask this question after seeing the history making performance of Tupac Shakurs gilgul, also known as the Hologram. Many…
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…
Tzfatim, Tzfatim and more Tzfatim
This post continues my letter to a disenchanted Litvak and describes the many different possible Mishechist options. I debated including these in my letter to you, Reb Yid, but judging from the customs you described in your letter and the…
Everything you wanted to know about Mishechistim, but were afraid to ask
As my long-time readers know, my purpose in life is helping my fellow humans improve their lives spiritually, physically and occasionally metaphysically. Today, I share a letter I received from a distraught Litvak and the advice I shared with him.…