Way back in my heyday I wrote a series on the halachos of yeshivish dating. I’ve long since abandoned most of them. The first one is about kavanah in dating . Or, actually, who knows about what when. Rereading it, my favorite line is the following: “…But for the rest of us, it’s a surprise, like a second birthday. Read More »

HT Dude in the Black Hat Let’s face it: most dates are boring artificial stretches of time in which you attempt to extract information from your partner mostly because there’s nothing better to do while sipping coffee in a crowded shop to avoid the slush in the gutters outside. Read More »

Here is where I reveal myself to be a narrow-minded misnaged. I expose myself because I have a feeling that there are many more like me out there, and I’m trying to help the naive newcomers who don’t seem to have a feel for the topography. Read More »

Here is where I reveal myself to be a narrow-minded misnaged. I expose myself because I have a feeling that there are many more like me out there, and I’m trying to help the naive newcomers who don’t seem to have a feel for the topography. Read More »

Hat tip to O for a laugh that needed muffling during work hours. . Read More »

Right through this way , ladies and gents. . Read More »

From: Bad4 To: ColdFeet Subject: Rated to -40 Message: You should have bought these boots: http: //www.zappos. Read More »

From: Bad4 To: ColdFeet Subject: Rated to -40 Message: You should have bought these boots: http: //www.zappos. Read More »

Oh you’ll find someone. It’s just taking a little longer because you’re very special and need a very special person. That’s a segula for getting married. *Crash* Mazal tov! It means you’re getting married this year. Read More »

Oh you’ll find someone. It’s just taking a little longer because you’re very special and need a very special person. That’s a segula for getting married. *Crash* Mazal tov! It means you’re getting married this year. Read More »

Some people took issue with my Da’as Torah post, because it seemed to suggest that men are prone to handing their minds over to their rabbeim for safekeeping. This is hardly my position on the matter. Read More »

Some people took issue with my Da’as Torah post, because it seemed to suggest that men are prone to handing their minds over to their rabbeim for safekeeping. This is hardly my position on the matter. Read More »

Just another day in Touro College . Oh, those were the days… . Read More »

When I was in college, I would inevitably received a rash of redts during the most inconvenient times of the year: midterms and finals. When I graduated I worried that I would no longer receive any matches. For a while it looked that way. Read More »

When I was in college, I would inevitably received a rash of redts during the most inconvenient times of the year: midterms and finals. When I graduated I worried that I would no longer receive any matches. For a while it looked that way. Read More »

Shimmy is a divorced ba’al teshuva with obviously nerdy tendencies. His five-page introspective dossier describes everything remotely important about him and his dream future spouse, qualified anything about him that might seem unbecoming, and apologized gently for his shortcomings. Read More »

Shimmy is a divorced ba’al teshuva with obviously nerdy tendencies. His five-page introspective dossier describes everything remotely important about him and his dream future spouse, qualified anything about him that might seem unbecoming, and apologized gently for his shortcomings. Read More »

The title doesn’t mean what you think it means. Go read the post about not begging… because of shidduchim . . Read More »

Longest date I’ve been on – Also the hottest date. It was the summer. I wore a white trenchcoat over my clothes because I don’t like walking out all dressed up without a jacket. Read More »

Longest date I’ve been on – Also the hottest date. It was the summer. I wore a white trenchcoat over my clothes because I don’t like walking out all dressed up without a jacket. Read More »