Hey Hesh, I’m sure you can help me out, as you are my go-to for all things that have to do with the frum world. Ever since I became religious I’ve started to notice that frum girls rarely stand up…
Tag: observations
I found some yeshivish people in the Bay Area
Upon finishing shemona esrei I saw something that I haven’t seen in a long time. There was a fellow with his hat pushed back high in his head, doing the full on fist pump shuckel. It appeared that he was…
Why do some frum people click their tongue before making a point?
I am noticing a growing trend in what I like to call “palate clicking.” (This was obviously written by a BT, because it is not a growing trend, palate clicking has been around for centuries, we practically have a mesorah…
Closeted orthodox guy attends reform minyan
A few years ago my friends took me to my first Reform service, in fact it was the first non-Orthodox davening of any type that I had attended and I felt pretty awkward going. Growing up Orthodox you hear some…
What??? They served milchigs on shabbos!!!
I bet you didn’t know that one of the worst things for a families reputation is to serve milchigs (Dairy) on shabbos. I also bet you didn’t know that serving milchigs on shabbos is something that automatically reduces your yeshivish rank…
Wedding benchers suck – give me something useful
I wonder when the wedding bencher madness began, I know that it’s been a minhag yisroel for at least 70 years or so because I remember seeing a wedding bencher from 1929 when I was a wee little one. When…
Chabad may be Chassidic but it aint Chassidishe
When most people talk about chabad, they usually don’t get lumped in with chassidim, although this pisses off diehard chabadnicks, for the most part the stereotype is pretty true. Some of you may blame it on the fact that unlike…
Off the derech community affiliations
One of the things I like most about folks who are off the derech is seeing the differences between their views and how they label themselves depending on their backgrounds. As the unofficial frum community sociologist, I like tp study…
Poor frummies with expensive leather couches
If you hang out in the frum community long enough you will notice some strange things, like the fact that many frummies who are below the poverty line have a very expensive leather couch, go check it out for yourself,…
The longer your shul takes to put away the Torah, the less frum
I was in Berkeley a couple shabbosim ago and thought about how much time it took for them to take out and put away the Torah. They take it out, walk it around and everyone kisses it,the women put it…
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…