I’ve said before, but I just read something so disturbing that I think I need to reiterate the fact that the BT movement is destroying our community from within. I’m not just talking about polluting the pure blood yichus and…
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Help a kollel guy out
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Wave money not chickens!
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What can we do about the tuition crisis?
Dear Readers, H-E-L-P! I may sound like a broken record to Matzav readers, and yes it is always an issue every year around this time, but so many of us are suffering and nobody is helping us. Please, there is probably…
Make her wedding night good!
by Chaya Miriam Fried Let’s face it: the cost of a wedding is obscene. Ours was out of town, super low-key AND made possible by the assistance of many very kind people, but just seeing the bills (even though they…
The latest in frummy hocks: BT Insurance
by Chaya Miriam Fried I used to joke that every beis din should have insurance, kind of like errors & omissions, for cases in which they convert someone whose observance level goes south as soon as they come out of…
Money Making Faux-Mishloash Manot
The president of my shul called me this evening, furious that I did not participate in the shul’s mishloach manot program. “Reb Telz” he says “Why are you not on the list? We are packing the bags, reviewing the mailed-in…
What’s the deal with frummies and their gaudy furniture?
I had no idea what chargers were until it came down to figuring out what we wanted to put on our wedding registry. Apparently they are plates that you don’t use, except to put under the large dinner plates when…
Weddings are about the simcha, not the money!
The natural progression of wedding planning dictates that somewhere along the way you should register with some big box store to take the fun out of gift giving. The first time I heard about wedding registries, I really didn’t believe…
Weddings are darned expensive
Did you pay for and plan your own wedding? In general, the frum world places very little responsibility on the actual folks getting married to do much besides pick out some clothing and attend their sex classes. In most cases…
My friend needs your advice: He really doesn’t want to get divorced!
I got a call from an old friend the other day and he started it off by asking me in a very distressed voice if I knew anyone who had been divorced twice and was under 30. To make him…
Frum reading material doesn’t come cheap
I was thinking of getting my chabad “in middle of nowhere” friends a subscription to Mishpacha Magazine because they are always starved for frum reading material and I heard it was pricey, so I figured I would be willing to…
Shul honors only mortgage holders
Guest post by Telz Angel There’s a bit of a kerfuffle at Shaarei An-Daron in Iberia, Missouri. As it turns out, the shul has started to formally segregate between members who are home owners and those who rent apartments. This…
Why do many orthodox Jews think it’s ok to cheat on their taxes?
A new study is out that finds an overwhelming number of Jews thinks it’s ok to cheat on your taxes, pay workers off the books and pull other scams when it comes to their money and the government. “Do you…
Money doesn’t buy happiness and marriage doesn’t make your problems go away
My friend has a problem, he hates his job, he hates his single life and he hates New York – when I tell him to leave his job and leave New York, he says that he has a steady paycheck…
Help – I need a new car so I can get married
This is not Satire: I went on my first northern California date the other day and guess what? My car almost died. It overheated and we had to stand around picking blackberries on the side of a dirt road before…
Is Orthodox Judaism about the sex, the money or both?
Is Judaism about the sex, the money, or both… Someone once told me that everything was about sex and money, but in my opinion it’s all really about the sex and money andI am going to attempt to prove that…
Yeshiva Tuition Reform Bill Passes: Critics shout socialism
Black Hat groups are rejoicing over the Yeshiva Tuition Reform Bill that was passed by the United States Beis Din earlier today. The YTR Bill, passed by an overwhelming majority, seeks to combat the Yeshiva Tuition Crisis which has wreaked…
Yeshiva dinner thoughts
After three phones calls from a former rebbe asking me to attend my yeshiva dinner, I decided to go. I was in New York for a wedding that weekend, and figured I should at least make an appearance and decide…
Ebay listing: Pay me to wear tznius clothing – no joke
This is such a good idea – I kind of feel like posting an ad that says – I will make z’man krias shema or stop telling loshon horah for a week. I could use the money, besides, isn’t this…
Schwartzie Visits the Upper West Side
I don’t do well on the Upper West Side. Now, I know what you’re thinking- you’re asking yourself how it could be possible that a man like me isn’t the toast of the town over there in the epicenter of…
Bar Mitzvah boy gives $40,000 to…
Get some head!!! Nah just joking, I couldn’t pass it up and its a pretty big Kiddush Hashem for a kid who got $40,000 for his bar mitzvah to give it to Sderot to build a playground. Talk about giving…
Fraud in the frum community: My thoughts and experiences
I am not shocked at all by the recent cases of business and money related fraud, its too bad I kind of expect this type of thing from the frum community, I am totally used to fraud, hearing about it…
Shidduch moves: the half wallet pull
I am sure many of you have been on dates when the girl tried the half wallet pull, this is at the point of paying when they pretend that they have your back and make one of those half assed…
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