The History of Wales by the BBC is a really beautiful and moving story of the history of the Welsh people, a group of hill tribes in western Britain who tried for 1000 years to establish an… Read More

I don’t know what the fuck is going on with people today. We used to have awesome comment discussions on blogs. Facebook, the great blog killer, has killed discussion too. It’s t… Read More

This is a chesed shel emes because this site is barely alive, but sign the petition so that in the future, your own kids have a chance to make interesting posts for baalei teshuvah, sexuall… Read More

כי שבע יפול צדיק וקם ורשעים יכשל… Read More

A man came to the Mezriche Maggid and told him he had emunah problems due to his current tzaros. He said he found it difficult to be happy for the bad things God did for… Read More

Submitted by some random dude who, like every good kollel yungerman whose wife works full-time to support him and comes home exhausted at the end of the day then cooks dinner, bathes the kid… Read More

Halacha states that one must turn away a ger or giyores a few times before we finally open up our arms and embrace them in the loving embrace the frum community is so famous for; after the g… Read More

As some of you smart commenters have figured out by now, Heshy is dead. And while myself and Shragi do our best to fill his cold dead shoes, sooo very cold, we are just too lazy to keep the… Read More

Every facebook girl who posts pictures of their kids as props for their selfies and secretary who tapes fortune cookie papers on their computer screen’s favorite spiritual guide… Read More

Hi Rabbi Posse, I used to be pretty Jewish, and then I got mad at Judaism because of the people who often times represent it poorly like the following bright , and pure young man I&rsq&hellip…Read More

By Shmilka Bernstein I watched videos of Satmar children participating in make believe demonstrations against Israel. The English accents were excellent, even better than their teachers… Read More

Ed: Readers are encouraged to share their thoughts. Dear Shragi, I have been following your blog since my orthodox Jewish ex-boyfriend dated me, and with all the intentions to convert after… Read More

by Shmilka Bernstein I am upset by the decision of Yated Ne’eman to show the hand of Hillary Clinton. Where did their seichel go? Now there will be pressure on them to treat Trump the… Read More

For the past 4 years people have been asking Heshy: “Who’s this Shragi guy and why do you have an OTD writer on Frum Satire? Or is it just your angry side coming out, n… Read More

11:00-12:00           Shlep out meal as long as possible 12:00-12:05           Pre learnin… Read More

The good thing  about the awesome dor yeshorim rap that came to light last week is that there’s no music, just beatboxing, so you can listen to it during sefirah. The problem is… Read More

Pesach is about gratitude. When nobody cared, someone looked out for you. That’s why we remember it every year, even though they’re haven’t done anything cool in a re… Read More

Pesach is about gratitude. When nobody cared, someone looked out for you. That’s why we remember it every year, even though they’re haven’t done anything cool in a re… Read More

In honor of Pesach, a yom tov that brings anxiety and longing to frum and OTD alike, I present to you a vort from Mar Gavriel, the author of a fabulous haggada which, due to my blogger&rsquo&hell…Read More

All these klutzes and yentes rushing to NY for votes certainly have campaign staff doing Wikipedia research on Jews and how to get their vote. Thus we get Cruz baking matzah Hillary will pr… Read More

I was never the rabbi type. When I’d listen to the tired old lessons drawn from the parsha, usually illustrated with the old king and prince trope, I’d wonder where the rabb… Read More

After Shloime had fasted for 12 hours, put the half-shekel in the pushka, davened mincha, took a nap so they would have energy to dance all night, ran to the liquor store before it closed so… Read More

No one’s celebrating the FBI raids in Monsey, Kiryas Joel, Williamsburg and who-knows-where-next. No one with a heart, that is. The fact is that frum schools simply cannot survive on t… Read More

It’s curious but I’ve never heard anyone invoke that saying while touting the great things Jews do. Conversely, while the saying “don’t judge Judaism by the Jews&rdqu&hell…Read More

Regular person: “My life isn’t measured by how much money I can gather.” Everyone: Block this person’s posts but stay friends? Random person: “Here’s… Read More

I checked out a certain otd organization which shall remain nameless that offers you help in transitioning from a stifling conformist frum world to a stifling conformist slightly colder worl… Read More

Guest post by BJJgirl666 I was recently shmoozing with my chavrusa, Shmuli Grosshmeckel, and (unsurprisingly) we ended up complaining  about our struggles in shidduchim. I was complain… Read More

Every morning before the Jewish people would get there to sacrifice, a priest would light the menorah in the Bais hamikdash. Every morning he’d get up early to light it and every nigh… Read More

The Klal Perspectives Jounal is always a treasure of ancient wisdom, repackaged, with its expiration date carefully erased and rewritten. The Fall 2015 issue is no exception. I find it funny… Read More

A few weeks ago I wanted to do chazara on the sugya of mesirah, specifically in cases of frum child molesters, because it’s inyana d’yoima here in the Catskills; Elya Ber Wachtfo… Read More

Agudah’s new HQ Last week Agudas Yisroel took a cue from none other than the prestigious Partido Comunista de Cuba. Five years ago in the vaunted halls of Edificio del Comité Ce… Read More

Like all frum communities, New Square assures the world that it takes crime seriously – if only there was any crime inside it’s borders, but there isn’t any, as is proven b… Read More

The following is a response to Rabbi Avi Shafran’s Op-Ed piece about why B’allei Teshuvah in the Chareidi Community have not published their own counterpoint stories to the now m… Read More

It’s chol hamoed and the Agudah offices are closed, so Ignorant Avi has too much time on his hands. When Ignorant Avi has too much time on his hands does he read books? No. Does he do… Read More

I was schooled last night by my wife who told me that makeup and cosmetics have to be kosher for pesach, whether or not this is the halacha or the social halacha determined by kashrus organi… Read More

While the debate over whether or not the internet is good or bad for the frum community can take on many sides. Many of those fighting and threatening to boycott major internet companies for… Read More

It seems like within every shabbos drash that my Rav, a U-Penn educated, gives over contains a story about a king and his son. The king and the son story is meant to be a rallying cry for th… Read More

Hey Hesh, Interesting thing came up in my community and I was wondering what your take on it would be. My community is going to have someone who is transgender speak about her/his issues in… Read More