My Rav is a nice guy, but he’s firm in his p’sak and although I don’t always like the answer I usually abide by his rulings. My motto is that if you’re going to violate your Ravs p’sak, don’t ask…
Tag: goyishe
Chukas Hagoyim is nothing to be proud of
Dear Frum Satire, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend lately and it seems that the yetzer harah himself has disguised it as some sort of kiddush Hashem. In the past few years, frum Jews have started to be portrayed by the…
Interview with an Off The Derech community leader Part2
The interview was too long for one post and so here you have it, part two of the interview with Rachmuna Litzlon, one of the Off The Derech community leaders. We don’t need another long introduction. I should mention that…
Is Matisyahu’s music kosher?
Hey Hesh, Been loving your responses to some of the “fan mail” you get and I was wondering if you might have any insight into whether or not Matisyahu’s music is kosher. You’ve mentioned before that many frum people consider…
99 really goyishe things
I’m not the hugest fan of making lists, but every once in a while I like to bust them out and this came to mind late Thursday night when I opened an email from a fan of mine who attends…
Yeshiva Memories: Goyishe Music
The door flew open and I immediately took the tape out of the deck and hid it under my covers. I was lying in bed listening to Dream Theater’s Images and Words Album, I was blown away by it, it…
How did “ish” make it into Yeshivish?
If people are from the yeshiva community why are they called Yeshivish, it really makes no sense, you would think modern people with black hats would be called yeshivish, because they weren’t all out yeshiva – but they were a…