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• More Observations from the USA (Chicago)

  : * I don't see runners anywhere. In Israel no matter where I go (running or driving) I see runners and bikers. I did see a few people that looked like they wer... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Blogcation

  this blog will be going on vacation starting Sunday morning for about 10 days. There might be the occasional post, but definitely nothing on any sort of... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Hassidic-designed Bikini

  About a year ago I posted about some frum women who had founded a company making modest swimwear for women. Frumqinis, as some might call them. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Legalizing Professional Sports on Shabbos

  Minister of Economics Chaim Katz has decided that he is going to find a way to make it legal for professional sports to be played on Shabbos. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Bracha on Olympic Athletes

  Rav Eliezer Melamed has issued an interesting psak when questioned about the appropriateness in saying a bracha upon seeing an Olympic athlete, specifically... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Yehuda Greibes on Coercion to Not Learn Core Curriculum (video)

  

  so when will they ban his videos for saying this? though he mostly blames the Misrad Hachinuch for not providing support for the schools that do want to teach i... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Amnon Levi Expose on Yavniel's Breslav Community Part 2 (video)

  

  this is part 2 of Amnon Levi's expose on the Breslav community of Yavniel.. (part 1 can be found here) such crazy drama!... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• 'I'm Here to Tell the World the Truth' (video)

  

  'I'm here to tell the world the truth' Fox News journalists visit Israel in effort to get to the 'ground truth' of the reality as it really is, not as... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• If It Looks Like a Duck, If It Sounds Like a Duck, It is Ketchup

  About a year ago Osem successfully got Heinz ketchup declared in Israel as "tomato dressing" rather than ketchup, due to some ancient regulation of how much... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• If Only We Could All Get Our Taxes Covered by the Government

  If only. If only. Minister of Sport (and Culture) Miri Regev decided that the honor brought to Israel by our Olympians has been so great that they must be justl... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the Seller of the Illness Died

  Baruch Dayan HaEmes. Sadly, and it is being reported much sooner than expected, the fellow who recently sold his illness to a non-Jew for 600nis has passed... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Orthodox Jewish All Star, The Honorable Norman Eisen - US Ambassador (video)

  

  President Obama appointed Norm Eisen to serve as US Ambassador in the very same country where his mother's family was decimated in the Holocaust."The house in... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Kitchens Are Not Just For Cooking (video)

  

  chazzanut from an unexpected source... kol isha warning: ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Pashkevil of the Day

  

  I stopped posting interesting pashkevils a while back, largely because I stopped reading them, along with the local Bet Shemesh newspapers. And, I have to admit... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: 555,555nis Against Ayin Hara is Only Symbolic

  A recent divorce in Jerusalem has brought about an interesting psak regarding the payment of the money promised in the ketuba. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Avi Dichter Planning to Run Against Bibi for Head of Likud and PM? (video)

  

  interesting thought.. I dont see him as being popular enough, but let's see where this goes... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Facebook Status of the Day

  Translation: The Admor Rav Levi Yitzchak Horowitz zt"l put forth great effort to help childless couples with funding for various medical treatments. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Chassidish Yungerman Deals With Neturei Karta In Manhattan (video)

  

  kol hakavod to them for defending Israel like that. though it does make me a bit uncomfortable to have Jews fighting with each other in public in front of... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• "Old Bet Shemesh" Feeling Threatened by Sale of Building to Extremist Haredi...

  The news broke a few days ago that the old Bezeq  building in "old Bet Shemesh", very close to the Neimi shopping mall, was sold to an "extremist Haredi yeshiva... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Proposed Law: Raising the Minimum Threshold Again

  

  The Likud is putting together a new plan to reform the elections, presumably for their benefit. The proposal they are preparing, according to Maariv Online, is... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY