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Tag: lag baomer
Bonfire of the Frumities
Seems like every community I’ve lived in suffers the same problem every year at Lag B’omer — who really owns the holiday? Chabad or the Community Kollel? It’s fair to say that Chabad got there first. They’ve been doing these…
I’ve broken my personal omer record
I cannot honestly remember the last time I actually made it this far in the omer counting, like most post yeshiva types who don’t attend shul too often – I’m usually on top of the counting until Pesach ends at…
Frummies burn Slifkin books, rainbow flags and denim skirts in lag baomer bonfires
Environmentalists have decided to attack the Jewish tradition of bonfires on Lag Baomer, so many orthodox Jews have decided to scrap the bonfire tradition this year. Jewish public relations have taken a big blow this year and they don’t need…
Lag Baomer is a time for exercise
While riding my bike around Prospect Park tonight I realized something very interesting, it is the only time during the year when exercise is encouraged in the frum community. I ride my bike around Prospect Park almost every night and…