To All~ For the past year and a half or so, Heshy has given me the great opportunity of expressing my thoughts relating to the weekly parsha and perhaps providing what could be described as much appreciated insight into some of the deeper and behind-the-scenes notions that form the basis of Torah Judaism. Read More »

It sounds pretty crazy as home remedies go, but according to one very excited Yeshiva World News reader it has worked many times. Read More »

Someone posted this on facebook with the following question: What can we learn from this photo? Now that you’ve had a chance to digest this awfully untznius picture I’ll tell you what I learned from the picture. That showing your elbows can and will lead to sex. That women should not ride buses at all. Read More »

A friend of mine who considers himself a frum nudist posed the following halachic question to me that me thinking about the growing numbers of frum nudists around the world. He asked me what to do about making a bracha when he has no clothing around. Read More »

Up until a few years ago, I had no idea there was even a Jewish Valentines Day let alone the exact date of Valentines Day. In yeshiva I do remember all the candy sales right afterward and how the stores suddenly switched their attention to Easter, as if Valentines Day was another holiday invented solely for Hallmark and Nestle. Read More »

By now, unless you’re living under a rock you’ve probably seen the NY Post interview with a young Satmar woman telling her story about growing up and then leaving the path. Read More »

I hope to continue to say all sorts of shit to singles, but I sure as hell hope I don’t start telling people they are picky or what segulas they should do to help them find their mate. I found this very good post on Bad For Shidduchim about this very subject. Read More »

My friend Eitan gasped when he realized I had no idea what the Stern Hump was, of course it was some random word that some douche invented on Urban Dictionary which is a site devoted to people who decide to make up offensive terms and words. Almost every word and term on the site is devoted to something sexual, racist, antisemitic or homophobic. Read More »

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Dear Editor, I am greatly shterred by all the attention paid to the Suber Bowl. It is not a Yiddishe event. If some people can’t be gover their yeitzer and feel they have to watch and listen to the game, b’seder, it’s their own gesheft. That’s their cheshbon . Read More »

I think a dozen people must have sent me this email titled “this is the funniest thing you will read today” and I only opened it because I decided that some of the people sending it may not actually have a virus, it wasn’t the funniest thing, but it was pretty funny. Read More »

What would happen if the internet shut down? I’d go biking, but for the rest of you sorry souls, here’s a peak at what may happen. Read More »

It’s a darned fine question posed by an anonymous letter on Crown Heights info and the answer is probably not. Read More »

Dear Telz Angel You were my favorite roommate in Telz, so I just had to share this news with you. I just know you’ll be interested in this, I’m so sure of it. All our old Telzer friends are super excited about the new Artscroll Gay Edition Siddur. It’s purple, with a soft leather cover, and I just love love LOVE the design. Read More »

This post is going to be depressing and probably offensive, but it will be real, which, of course, will make it more entertaining for you. (Smiley face goes here to pretend I’m just joking.) For the past few years, I’ve been living a lie. Most times, other people have believed it. For a long time, I tried to believe it too. Read More »

It’s pretty revolutionary that a right-wing orthodox paper like the Jewish Press would publish anything even remotely supportive of the frum gay community, yet this past week they published a nice piece by Chaim Levin in defense of his YouTube video “It Gets Better “. Read More »

I would hesitate to call myself a foodie, but being in the profession for a couple years now I’ve definitely an appreciation for good food and wine. Read More »

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Last week we introduced the notion that, unlike all other prophets, Moses received revelation in Dolby Digital TrueHD. Read More »

At frum engagement parties, commonly know as Vorts and L’chaim’s the couple makes sure not to touch in their pictures. Most frum couples typically lean in toward each other, almost touching but not quite, this pose as officially known as The Lean . Read More »