Ever since my boss/rebbe/only real friend besides my wife moved to New York last month there’s been an insatiable void in my life. Instead of talking shit all day and being yelled at for doing stupid shit, my job requires…
Tag: ffb
The funniest kiruv speech ever made
Thanks to Rachmuna for posting this on my wall, it’s brilliant and it encapsulates the real problem that FFB’s have with BT’s. This problem is that after years and years of ritual we just can’t seem to get excited like…
Oh no the black hats are coming
I can see the fear in people’s eyes, when I mention that I counted 10 black hats this past Friday night in shul. As if these people didn’t realize that they belonged to a community known for it’s fervent baalei…
Dear Heshy: Hating on BT’s will not solve any problems
Dear Heshy, I follow you on facebook fairly regularly and noticed your post on what you hate about baalei teshuva. Now before all of your fans jump me for being offended by something you wrote, I read your site and…
Marrying a convert has its pluses: Christmas with the in-laws!
Let’s face it, as an FFB I’ve been deprived of some pretty pivotal moments in life. My father never told me to use protection, I never got to go to prom (I still have no idea how to dance with…
If an FFB goes OTD and then comes back on the derech is he considered a BT?
Dear Heshy, I have a predicament which I’m sure you can help me with. I grew up frum, fairly yeshivish by some standards and then during my year in Israel I decided to go off the derech. I have since…
BT’s versus FFB’s
I am in love with this rant and the fact that I could just jump into making videos again and it’s so much fun. I can give over so much stuff on video that I can’t do with writing and…
How to Spot FFB’s
In the Bay Area I am constantly the only FFB (frum from birth) person at meals and other Jewish events I go to. So in my search for FFB’s I have developed several techniques to spotting and weeding out the…
Frum Acronyms you should know
We frum folk are constantly using acronyms, on this here blog you may read terms like BT and FFB dozens of times before you actually figure out what they are (lots of non-religious Jews ask me. Even after you figure…
Some frummies think a BT spouse will be better in bed
The first time I heard this one, I was talking to a girl whom I was dating, she told me that her Rabbis wife had told her that she had specifically looked for a Baal Teshuva when getting married so…
Baal Teshuva Finishing School
Welcome to BT finishing school. Most of you are here because your friends, family or in some cases Rabbeim have paid for your tuition. They feel you are ready to integrate into normal frum society. Many Baalei Teshuvos like yourselves…