Just like the shidduch crisis before, the OTD crisis is hitting the frum community pretty hard. There are seminars, chinuch round tables, asifas, and a lot of discussion behind the scenes amongst gedolim and rabonom as to how to fix…
Tag: rabbi
I don’t trust Orthodox Rabbis don’t have beards
I received this disturbing comment the other day in response to this post: While I agree with you on the gay marriage issue, I can tell you that some of the greatest Orthodox rabbis of the 20th-21st centuries were clean…
Dear Telz Angel: My rabbi is strange.
Sometimes I get emails from readers asking me about Hashkafa questions. Here’s one that I could not answer, so you have to help me out. I know you can. He’s somewhere on the east coast — here’s what he telz…
The Orthoprax Rabbi: What it’s like to be an atheist rabbi of an orthodox shul
Someone sent me the link to a new blog called Orthoprax Rabbi. It is written by the supposedly atheist rabbi of a modern orthodox congregation that claims he keeps his true beliefs under wraps in order to keep his job.…
Too much tolerance seems to make people intolerant
At what point does tolerance make people intolerant?This is a question I have been pondering more than ever as I am exposed to some very “open minded” individuals here on the left coast. These open minded individuals tend to remain…
New Heter: Blind people can touch their dates
Besides for a heter for male masturbation, eating meat during the 9 days and not wearing tzitzis when it goes over 70 degrees – I think what all us single guys want is a heter for touching the opposite sex.…
Different ways to respond to shul talkers
How can one respond to non-stop shul talking? Is there really any way to stop it, or will it go on through all the pauses and bimah clops forever. Here is a list of the different ways that shuls have…