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…
Tag: weddings
Expensive Bar Mitzvah’s and weddings need to stop
Back in high school I remember when it seemed that everyone in the frum community was coming down on expensive weddings, pesach vacations and summer camps. The classic liberal slogan of “how can we spend so much on this, when…
The Wedding, a review.
Readers of this blog know that Heshy and Chaya got married this Sunday, but many of you were not able to be there. If you were not there, you’ll never know if this is accurate. If you were there, you…
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…
Yes the rumors are true – I coerced someone into marrying me
This past Thursday night I coerced a hot chabad girl (she’s too tznius to be a Hot Chani) to marry me, I cornered her in a shul and gave her a nice necklace. Did you know that chabadniks don’t do…
10 perks of being in an arranged marriage
I always find it super cool when I realize that chassidim are reading my blog, I know they are because it’s quite rare for me to walk around Williamsburg or New Square without being recognized, but I don’t think I…
Why I hate onlysimchas.com
Guest post from brand a new blogger who goes the name Blox Populi Not because I’m jealous. While I’m not married, I’m also not really looking at the moment, so I don’t resent your evident success at life. And it’s…
May you be zoche to build a bayis ne’eman b’yisroel together
Just me ranting at my brothers vort…
Chuppah boners, shtetl sex and more
For some reason I won’t allow myself to merely write little tidbits that have entered my mind at one time or another, because I usually find them too short to write as a full post. Recently I looked at my…
Comprehsenive Guide to Jewish cakes and cookies
I am sure I missed some, it seems I always do, but the following list seems to be pretty complete. Jews love food, and we love our cakes and cookies – we have them at kiddush, weddings, those yertzeits at…
Frum weddings suck and are a ripoff
I personally love weddings, the food, the girls, the shtick, the dancing, the bloopers, but that’s mostly because I only attend weddings once every couple of months, my good friends are mostly lifelong bachelors – so only once in a…
Only simchas pictures: The Lean!
I love awkward frummie engagement pictures, they really do rock. I as well as many of you call it “the lean” which is when the couple leans awkwardly to a center pont but is rarely close enough to denote the…
Does God ever really hook you up?
This past Sunday I drove straight from Toronto to New York, Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t do something like this, its not that it’s a long drive, its more that I don’t drive straight and opt for back roads and…
What gets people to go out on dates?
People within the frum community date primarily to get married, but I hear more and more of people who date for other reasons, date because they are told they want to get married or because someone has the “perfect girl”…
Smorgasbord comedy tour
I went to a pimp wedding last night at the Sands in Atlantic Beach, it was well worth the $4 it cost to go over the bridge from Far Rockaway. Either way, I was not fully prepared for the smorgasbord,…
Non-observant Jews demand more rights at orthodox weddings
The NAAJP (national association for the advancement of Jewish People) announced a lawsuit against several orthodox wedding halls around the New York area today, citing that the segregation of secular relatives and guests at ultra orthodox weddings at what is…
Are you annoyed when people ask – what do you do?
What do you do? You can always tell someone is a New Yorker when they pop that question before they even ask for your name. It is quite rude according to many, although I do not share these same views.…
What is the deal with hair bumps on frum girls?
Am I the only one wondering what’s going on in the yichud room?
I wonder what is going on the yichud room? This is what I am thinking after the glass is smashed and we are finally ushered out of the chupa, my least favorite part of the wedding mostly because the women…
Would you get engaged without meeting your in laws?
The differences between modern orthodox and frummie weddings
With the recent push to the right, modern orthodoxy is beginning to look like black hat Judaism, luckily its not too crazy yet and you still have distinctly modern orthodox weddings and yeshivish or frummie weddings. Even though many black…
Meshulachim have started using portable credit card machines
Years ago I pondered if homeless people or meshulachim would ever have the bright idea to whip out a portable credit card machine. If you think about it, its quite smart, no excuses, “I don’t have any money” just doesn’t…
Guide to frum wedding dances
Once you have attended an orthodox Jewish wedding no one would argue with the statement that frum Jews cant dance, although we think we can and this can be witnessed at any frum wedding. Weddings are a time for us…