I love Kol Nidre, I love the emotion and the tune is an especially good one that I tend to hum when hiking alone in the high Sierra to ward off the bears. It also happens to be one of…
Tag: Yom Kippor
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…
My first meaningful Yom Kippur
For many people including me Yom Kippur is one of the most dreaded days of the year. As someone who can’t even sit through all of shul on shabbos, Yom Kippur is one of the closest things to hell on…
I actually paid for my Yom Kippur tickets this year
There are just some things single frum guys aren’t expected to do like, buy their friends wedding gifts, become members of a shul, host pesach seders or buy high holiday tickets – at least in my mind – I am…
Have you ever eaten on Yom Kippor?
No I didn’t break my fast, but as any person who can’t concentrate on davening will tell you, you think about the most insane things during davening. I also needed a catchy headline to take advantage of the constantly updated…
The problem with using chickens for kapparos
Taken from the “chumra of the week” Facebook club. Not sure who exactly wrote it- but its amazing I don’t hold by kaparot/ss with chickens COW (chumra of the week) members have truly been blessed with an opportunity to differentiate…
Ever do teshuvah on the plane?
I used to fly back forth from yeshiva quite a bit, flights were cheaper then the train and every time we had an out shabbos quite a few of us yeshiva guys- sometimes filling more then half of the small…
We only bang three times a year…
So I am sitting at my hosts on the west side of Denver, Colorado and we get into this discussion on why we eat creplachs on erev Yom Kippr. So the discussion is going at a regular yeshivish pace until…
Should people have to pay for high holiday services?
I will start this post with a story: Two friends of mine spent Rosh Hashanah last year by this girls house in Long Island. These guys aren’t really the shul going type, so they got up at 12 and went…
I can never find my place in Slichos!!!
You know how I can tell the high holiday season is upon us? Besides for the fact that I just clopped my chest a million times asking forgiveness for sins that I don’t even know the meaning to. What the…
When BT’s aren’t quite there yet: Ohr Someyach Memories
For those of you fortunate to witness my comedy show in Bet Shemesh on the second night of the frum satire Israel comedy tour you would have witnessed the following post in all of its madness. For everyone else you…