If you’re frum, there’s a pretty good chance that you live in a constant fear of many things. I was consistently taught to be afraid of the goyim, because secretly they want to repeat what the Nazis did to us.…
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30 of the most important things I learned in yeshiva
Let me preface this post by saying that I probably would have learned most of the things had I not gone to yeshiva, but going to yeshiva definitely provides an education that is seldom matched elsewhere. Yeshiva graduates are definitely…
10 things that could lead to mixed dancing
A modern, Orthodox, Jewish couple, preparing for a religious wedding, meets with their rabbi for counseling.The rabbi asks if they have any last questions before they leave.The man asks, “Rabbi, we realizeit’s tradition for men to dance with men, and…
I’m so frum I…
The funny thing about lists like this is that we all sit around laughing at our own stupid ideas and then one day, some guy, like the infamous bag-man shows up and some of these items become a reality. Actually,…
Top 10 reasons Intermarriage may be good for the Jews
This mornings post generated a lot of interest, dare I say it was a Kiddush Hashem, for suddenly my inbox filled with thank you notes, requests for more reasons, and a general happiness rarely seen amongst the non-Orthodox when dealing…
10 evil things that some shuls do
Evil is a word reserved for things I truly dislike, things I think that will bring klal yisroel down if we continue to practice. Evil is reserved for sex abusers, jarred gefilte fish, and Niturei Karta parades. I guess hate…
What are the most offensive things in Orthodox Judaism
Like any skeptical guy I like to troll all of the off the derech sites to justify missing z’manim and not full submitting my emunah to Judaism. I also like to focus on the negative parts of frum Judaism to…
The most screwed up things we do as Orthodox Jews
I used to love it in high school when the Rabbis would go on tirades against the all the other religions, they would talk a lot of smack about how Judaism made the most sense. Admittedly Judaism makes the most…
Hand Sanitizer and other things that Heshy Fried hates
Hate is a powerful word and being the super crunchy liberal I am, I rarely use the term. So the following list shouldn’t be taken lightly, because I’m about to list a whole bunch of things I hate. There’s a…
Top 20 Frummy scare tactics
If we spent some serious time we could collectively come up with a very long list of scare tactics used by our parents, friends, Rabbis and peers to get us to lead lives devoted to Hashem and his strange ways.…
50 ways to make people think you’re frummer than you really are
Making people think you’re frummer than you really are is actually a great way to make friends, get places to stay and find out community politics. Generally you want to make people think you’re frummer than you really are when…
Eight Worst Mikvah Ladies.
Guest Post by Mrs. Telz Angel. In honor of the marriage of Heshy and Chaya I wanted to share with you my top eight worst Mikva Lady experiences. 1. The Talkative Town Yenta. Lady, please stop talking! I show up…
21 necessary evils of the frum community
They say that government and taxes are two necessary evils whether we like it or not. The frum community also has a lot of necessary evils and I just wanted to touch upon a few of them today. I’m sure…
72 frum things that make me cringe
I know a lot of you are going to agree with me here, but for those of you who aren’t into cringing – I can pretty much admit that I’ve set myself up for a sequel to this post called…
10 Things I hate about being frum
Now that Deborah Feldman has the limelight, I know a post like this may get overlooked, so I can finally come out of the closet and talk about my own issues with being frum and why I have contemplated going…
My facebook wall rocks
When you have 5,000 friends on Facebook you have a lot of power, almost every link I post gets clicked numerous times and I can be assured that status updates will create some great discussion and hilarious comments. Every once…
99 things I do even though I know they are wrong
I literally just thought of this post as I watching this hilarious video of Wanda Sykes talking about gay marriage, it got me thinking about how many videos I watch on a daily basis which are halachically questionable, I’m not…
44 reasons to go off the Derech
At some point in the near future I should do a serious list of the things that make people go off the derech, not that this isn’t serious, but it’s just for fun and not detailed. There are a lot…
Fun things that piss off frum people
Thinking of the lists that Heshy and other contributors are making, I thought of another one — things that piss of frum people, but the items themselves might not really be all that bad. And these are fun to orchestrate…
50 ways to appear really really frum
50 Ways to Appear Really, Really Really Frum By Avi Stavsky (never got back to me whether he wanted it to be anonymous) 1. Separate your garbage into milchig and fleishig garbage bins. Never mix the two. Parv garbage can…
70 modern orthodox things
I’m kind of having fun with these lists and as many of you know I’m not one to settle for just 1 list, when I make lists I make them for every sect of Jew and ironically this is the…
The things I didn’t learn in Yeshiva
Someone was talking about this thing called Oregon Trail tonight and she was aghast that I had no idea what it was. She said “didn’t you use Oregon Trail during computer class in school” to which I responded “huh, you…
61 really frum things
When I asked for ideas on Facebook (click the link to add me as a friend) for the following list people got it all wrong, they suggested long sentence type of things and I was really looking for one word…
What are your favorite Jewish loopholes?
The Westhapton Eruv video got me thinking about loopholes with Judaism, I have written a comic piece about possible shomer negiah loopholes such as using a stick or wrapping yourselves in latex before engaging in some hard core premarital hand…
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…