It seems like ages since someone decided to put something funny and frum on Craigslist, I can’t say this didn’t cause me to puke in a my mouth just a tad, but I always wondered whether Rabbis were selling used…
Tag: Rabbis
How can I be frum when our leaders support fraud and corruption?
One of the questions I receive most often is about Rabbis and community support for frum fraudsters, many people think that the frum community’s support of those engaged in fraud is one of incredible hypocrisy and this can often lead…
Finally a Charedi Rabbi we can all respect
It’s rough out there in Charedi land, too many Rabbonom get mixed up in affairs they shouldn’t be involved in and end up being caught up in the hypocrisy that leads to so many crisis of faith. I’ve been getting…
Rabosai it’s Elul!!!
I thought when I left yeshiva I would never have to hear those words screamed at me again, yet every week for the entire Elul (and during the week too if I make it to shul) I’ve been getting Elul…
Rabbis who don’t believe in God
A couple of years ago, a blog surfaced that was written anonymously by an Orthodox Rabbi who didn’t believe in God. It was called the Orthoprax Rabbi and created an interesting conundrum, since your job as a Rabbi is intertwined…
Do you really need to ask a Rav?
Do You Really Need To Ask A Rav? By Esterina Seto The purpose of this article is to challenge the firmly entrenched idea within the Torah community that rabbinical counsel should be sought in all crucial life decisions or halachic…
Just because he’s your gadol, doesn’t mean he’s my gadol!
Matzav.com is stealing all of my ideas, only they take themselves way too seriously. If the gedolim were being respectable, I’m sure they would be getting some of that coveted respect, but just because they’re “your” gadol, doesn’t mean they’re…
10 step guide to becoming a Baal Teshuva
The flaming BT is one of the most interesting and talked about phenomena in the kiruv world. I’m certian that there are whole seminars devoted to the subject of people becoming too frum, too fast, and within the frum world…
Ben and Jerry’s introduces Gadol themed ice cream
Thanks to my old yeshiva mate Moty Raven for coming up with this piece of brilliance, so brilliant, yet possibly offensive to most folks including me who hold much of the alter daas Torah in high esteem. My favorite pieces…
Leib Tropper is trying to clear his name
Rabbi Leib Tropper is back and he’s frummer than ever, if I hadn’t known that he tried to get a woman who was converting through him to have sex with him and his wife, I would have thought that Leib…
Unfiltered Internet will cause you to sin
This is not a typical Frum Satire article, and quite frankly, I don’t even know if they’ll publish it. Unlike some other “frum” news sites, Frum Satire truly prides itself on being above base gossip and vile news that comes…
Gender Bending
Gender Bending by Chaya Miriam Fried I, like everyone else, pretended to be shocked when the halachic ruling was released today allowing select couples to choose the gender of their burgeoning babies with the help of a rav, of cour$e.…
From the Search Committee
Dear shul-goers of America, As you know, the Young Israel of Brooktown, MA is looking for a new rabbi. Our current marah d’asra is making aliyah after nearly 30 years of dedicated service to the community. We have an active…
The Asifa is done: I was fooled
Guest post By Eliyahu Fink originally posted on his blog Let’s make this short and sweet. The askanim I spoke with assured me that the Asifa would not ban the Internet. I explained that there is plenty of reason for…
Chinuch Roundtable: I can’t live through sefira without music
Dear Chinuch Roundtable I cannot live through sefirah without listening to music. It’s mammesh a sakonoh for me since I’m addicted. I understand that we have to give up music, but why can we listen to Acapella? and why davka…
Chinuch Roundtable: Is it worse to talk to girls online or in person?
Dear Chinuch Roundtable, I recently noticed that my teenage son was spending more time online than usual. The computer is in the living room, so I’m sure that he wasn’t chas v’sholom looking at anything that he shouldn’t. When I…
Molestation may be kosher, but Incest is more of a gray area
I once mentioned that one of the reasons molestation is covered up in the frum community is because it’s really not mentioned in the Torah or halachic responsa. There is no halacha against touching that little boy in the mikvah,…
Link of the day: Diary of a Rabbi and a Hooker
Someone sent me the link to a new blog called the Secret Diary of a Rabbi and a Hooker and I immediately noticed two things, first that the author is probably European and two, that the author is probably not…
Withholding conversion papers is just as bad as withholding a get
For some reason many Batei Dinim feel the need to withhold conversion papers that prove someone has completed the conversion process. I find this to be incredibly wrong and it bothers me to the core. Why should someone who just…
“Frum Week”
A Guest Post by E. Fink Originally posted on Finkorswim.com. In a fascinating religious and social experiment, a young Jewish woman named Emily Langowitz, who was raised as a committed reform Jew lived as an orthodox Jew for one week.…
Gadolatry in Orthodox Jewish discourse
By Rabbi Josh Yuter I first heard the term “gadolatry” attributed to the late professor Arthur Hertzberg. A portmanteau of “gadol” and “idolatry,” the word “gadolatry” refers to a perceived phenomenon in Orthodox Judaism where select rabbinic leaders are treated…
Is your rabbi in prison? Don’t worry it’s frum there!
So your Rabbi was arrested for stealing millions of dollars, selling kidneys on Ebay or molesting his talmidim, shul may never be the same without his fiery mussar filled sermons, but that doesn’t mean he wont still be religious –…
Rabbi says girls should cut themselves in order to wear long skirts
“What should a girl do if she wishes to dress modestly but her parents won’t let her? According to Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein she can injure herself in order to use it as an excuse for dressing modestly.” In all honesty…
Kiruv Skills
I was talking with a buddy of mine who works in the kiruv industry about the different set of skills you need to make it as kiruv rabbi in the bay area and we both agreed that it would be…
JTS ordains first openly frum gay female rabbi
“I wanted to lead a halachically observant community so decided it was best to transfer to JTS where it would be far more likely I’d be working at a congregation that kept kosher, was more Shabbat observant and had more…