One of the biggest complaints that the Orthodox Jewish world has against chabad is that they are too open minded with regards to the roles of women. No other group within ultra-orthodoxy (we can argue all day along about whether…
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What would you do if you caught your wife wearing tefillin?
Hey Hesh, Been reading your blog for years, biggest fan, love your work, etc, etc…I’ll save the ass kissing for another time. Since you’ve written a bit on the women wearing tefillin crisis that has suddenly hit the frum community…
The fallout from allowing women to wear tefillin
While the entire frum community is in up in arms over whether or not women can wear tefillin without hurting their chances at a good shidduch, I have moved on and am alarmed at the possible fallout from this weakening…
5 reasons why girls should be able to put tefillin on
I’m pretty sure that the frum world is on high alert at the possible infiltration of Open Orthodoxy to our heimishe institutions such as SAR and Ramaz, who have decided to allow women to don tefillin. Ramaz took it one…
Chabadnicks put tefillin on Santa Clause
Every year, the chabad propaganda machine spews out some picture of chabadnicks putting tefillin on someone you wouldn’t expect. Last year it was the Buddhist monk, this year it’s Santa and I love it. Hat Tip Shmarya Find out more…
The worst thing about being married so far…
I know it’s only a week in, but I already have a complaint. Sure, a lot of my miserably married friends told me not to go through with it, but I didn’t take heed and so I’m now faced with…
Going to shul in the morning sucks
I’m sitting in shul slumped in my chair. I look like a drunk with a bad hangover. By this juncture, I’m wondering what on earth possessed me to get out of bed this morning. Sure, my guilty conscience, ahem the yetzer tov…
Buddhist putting on tefillin with chabad
It’s not as good as putting tefillin on Santa, but here we go with another “not sure if it’s real” promotional campaign from the chabad viral headquarters somewhere deep underneath 770. Find more chabad pictures on 4torah.com
Santa puts on tefillin
I’m sure that most of you have seen the picture of Santa putting on tefllin, but since I keep getting emails about it I might as well post it. Is it just me or is Chabad willing to go where…
Off the derech garage sale: Tefillin, hats, tzitzis, etc
Hey Hesh, I’m a long time reader of your blog and I have a bunch of interesting stuff for sale that you or maybe someone you know may be interested in. Most of the items I have are religious items…
Indian Tefillin
Once in a while someone sends me the link to a blog that entertains enough for me to feel competent in posting one of their posts on this here site. To be honest, I’m not much in the writing mood…
Women who say shema should put on talis and tefillin
Looking for an open door by Shira Salamone A few days ago, I took some flack for the following comment of mine to Heshy’s “I don’t understand feminists” Shira Salamone June 24, 2010 at 6:19 PM 110 comments, and not…
What non-Jews may think of some Jewish rituals
I wrote this post last night and just this morning I received word that a flight was diverted from New York to Philly because some kid decided to whip out his tefillin, and some folks thought it was a bomb.…
My first Lubavitcher
Guest post by Jeremy Shadow Despite currently being a neo-pagan, I was born and raised a Conservative Jew in South Orange New Jersey. South Orange is a friendly little community somewhat close to Newark. After the Newark Riots, when Jews…
Do people wash their yarmulkes?
Someone told me that its something I have never written about, but when you think of it the yarmulke is a pretty dirty article of clothing that rarely gets washed. It sits on your head all the time through sweat…