Recent Posts Tagged With 'jewish customs'

• Orthodox Jewish Boxer To Vie For Crown

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 07:31 in sports, halachah, jewish music, shabbath, jewish customs

  5 d'Hol HaMo'ed Sukkoth 5770Here is an example of the Jewish Warrior image and status we must regain, if we are to survive as a people....Ha'Aretz: Orthodox Jewish boxer 'Star of David' to vie for crownOren Kessler, Oct. 7, 2009Orthodox Jewish boxer ...

• The "In" Siman (Symbolic) Foods For Rosh HaShanah 5770

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 03:13 in food and drink, jewish holidays, tongue-in-cheek, jewish customs

  26 of the Sixth Month 5769The "In" Siman (Symbolic) Foods For Rosh HaShanah 5770 were created by yours truly!You have all heard the one about having lettuce, raisins, and celery on the table on Rosh HaShanah, right? "Lettuce have a raisin celery." ...

• Jerusalem Day Victory?

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 12:58 in jerusalem, jewish holidays, jerusalem day, mamlakhtim, jewish customs, shavu'oth

  Yom Yerushalayim 5769Sorry to put a damper on your Yom Yerushalayim celebrations, but Jewlicious posted a photo on twitpic, on which I just couldn't resist commenting, not on Jewlicious's post of the photo, but of the concept. (Photo Tip-off: Occiden...

• Video Interview With Rabbi David Bar-Hayyim

  Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 08:40 in video, torah, halachah, life in israel, machon shilo, jerusalem talmud, jewish customs, ramba"m, rabbi david bar-hayim

  20 of the Second Month 5769Vos Iz Neias? sent New York Rabbi Yair Hoffman out to interview Rabbi David Bar-Hayyim.The two-hour interview is spread out over 12 video clips, and can be found by clicking here, or by clicking on the first installment bel...

• Machon Shilo: Sephirath HaOmer & Lag b'Omer Links

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 06:03 in torah, halachah, lag b'omer, jewish holidays, life in israel, machon shilo, jewish customs, rabbi david bar-hayim

  16 of the Second Month 5769Check out Rabbi David Bar-Hayim's audio shi'urim on Sephirath HaOmer and on Lag b'Omer by clicking here, or download them directly by clicking on the links below.Sephirath Ha Omer: The Bar Kokhba connectionThe Misswah of Se...

• The Most Un-Jewish Things Of All

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 12:25 in halachah, authentic judaism, jewish customs, israeli elections, jewish not jewish, un-jewish threat

  10. Calling New York a holy city9. The Meretz Party8. Uncovered Married Women's Hair7. Black, Brimmed Hats6. Neckties(Croatian origins)5. Hyphenated surnames4. Surnames period3. Inviting Christians to live in Israel2. Mens' Wedding bands1. MustachesL...

• Some More Thoughts On Israeli Independence Day 5769

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 03:48 in Current Events, jewish holidays, erev rav, jewish customs, israeli independence day, jewish not jewish

  Erev Shabbath Qodesh Aharei-Qedoshim 5769CelebrationsThe drunken debauchery, spring of shaving cream, the bonking on heads with hammers, albeit with plastic ones, hail back more to Roman practices than to anything even remotely Jewish. (Yes, that goe...

• Some Thoughts On Israeli Independence Day 5769

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 09:47 in Current Events, halachah, jewish holidays, jewish customs

  Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Tazri'a-Metzora/Rosh Hodesh HaSheni 5769A piece by Tzvi Fishman, blogging on Hollywood To The Holyland, prompted me to write the post below. He begins...People occasionally ask, where is it written in the Torah that we ...

• Holocaust Prevention Day

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 15:32 in Holocaust, assimilation, intermarriage, jewish customs, jewish not jewish

  28 of the First Month 5769Last night and this morning Jews commemorated those who fell during the Holocaust of World War II. Various events and observances took place through the day, some with a basis in Jewish tradition, such as saying Qaddish, lig...

• Jealous?

  Posted on Monday April 13th, 2009 at 13:55 in food and drink, passover, jewish holidays, life in israel, jewish customs

  5 Hol HaMo'ed Pesah 5769Kosher lePesah Doritos,..."Fire Hot" flavor... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.......Jealous? I'm not even talking about the whole qitniyoth issue, believe it or not. I'm talking about the variety of cool, albeit unhealthy, snack options w...

• Cleaning For Pesah

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 11:40 in jerusalem, jewish holidays, jewish customs

  Erev Pesah 5769I spent a few days helping my friend "Aharon" (not his real name) clean for Pesah (Passover). I'm glad to help him out. But, it's also only fair, as he will be feeding me and giving me a place to sleep for a few days during Pesah."Ah...

• Machon Shilo: Pesah Links

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 14:26 in torah, halachah, jewish holidays, machon shilo, jewish customs, rabbinic rulings, ramba"m, rabbi david bar-hayim

  Mossa'ei Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Wayiqra 5769P'saq Din:Permissibility of All Jews in Eretz Yisra'el to Eat Qitniyoth During Pesah (Hebrew)For English, click the title to read the response to the following question from a recent oleh (immigrant to Is...

• Poll: Should I Go To The Depeche Mode Concert?

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 13:00 in video, poll, depeche mode, tel-aviv, jewish customs, jewish not jewish

  27 of the Twelfth Month 5769I have been a Depeche Mode fan for over 25 years. I have not seen them in concert since 1988, and my last opportunity would have been Motza'ei Tisha b'Av 5766, when it would have been assur (prohibited) to go to a concert...

• How Frum Are You?

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 04:18 in pet peeves, tongue-in-cheek, jewish customs

  23 of the Twelfth Month 5769How frum are you?Are you as frum as the guy who starts yelling "Ahrei yoshvei veitecha..." at the top of his lungs, and feigning annoyance at all those not davening minhah with him before a wedding, when he almost never da...

• Purim In Hevron 5769

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 16:50 in purim, jewish holidays, hevron, k'far tapu'ah, judea and samaria, in memorial, jewish customs

  Hag HaPurim 5769Well, my sources (my neighbors) report that this year's attempt to read Megillath Esther at Dr. Baruch Goldstein's HY"D grave was anticlimactic. It was declared a "closed military zone," and that was that.One a year, the guys from K'f...