May 2013
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“Just because it’s halachically permissible-doesn’t mean it’s classy.”
– ♥
May 21st
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Sooooo
There was this one time today at work(a boutique) when I saw a Satmar woman(Williamsburgians tend to come shop in groups) helping another Sephardi woman zip-up her red sleeveless dress. As they chatted merrily away remarking on eachother’s clothes my thoughts were along the lines of “jewish women are all kinds of awesome”, “how about that for ahavas yisroel” and “if only people really knew…”....
May 20th
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Laziness
I think of my best post topics on shabbos. Come Havdalah time however I’m pretty much like “yeah… How about I not and say I did?” A Gut Voch Tumblr!
May 19th
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A gut chodesh!
This morning in Yerushalayim thousands of religious women went to daven at the kosel for Rosh Chodesh Sivan. Days like this I deeply feel the longing effects of being in chutz laaretz instead of eretz yisroel… G-d willing we will all be back soon enough! Now I’m off to finish getting ready for shabbos and journey to my hosts-so a gut shabbos! May we all use it to find the clarity to...
May 10th
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May 9th
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Unimportant GOH-Tumblr News
A)I decided to give the page a makeover. I’m not sure if it is complete but certainly in the final stages. B)Check out my sideblog for extended reblogs and more random posts courtesy of yours truly.
May 9th
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May 6th
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Jewish Summit Urges Orban Action on Hungary... →
Jewish leaders from around the world called on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to do more to stem rising antisemitism in the country as the premier urged “zero tolerance” for hatred. Reason to read this article in the form of an excerpt: “Jobbik is the third-biggest party in the Hungarian Parliament. One of its lawmakers, Marton Gyongyosi, on Nov. 26 called for a list of Jewish...
May 6th
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How About Some Respect? By Ronit Peskin →
lazersjewish: Growing up in the small Modern Orthodox contingent in the larger Cleveland Orthodox community, most of whom were Yeshivish (the American version of Chareidi), my family was one of the few in my neighborhood in which the girls wore short sleeves and pants. I’ll be honest- I sometimes wondered why we wore short sleeves and pants when most of my neighbors didn’t, but my parents...
May 3rd
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May 2nd
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“In summary, Torah and Mitzvot are the guiding lights which lead man to the...”
– Excerpt from R. Shaya Karlinsky’s translation of the Maharal’s Derech Chaim via Torah.org
May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2013
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bashefierce: girloverhere: bashefierce: girloverhere said: They are already pretty opaque… DONT TEMPT ME. mwahahahaha. We can make this a thing. Frum leg selfies. I would but…. I don’t have instagram. We can only be frum image trendsetters with Instagram. My leg selfies might have to stay underground… *sigh* we’re clearly just too cool for instagram. Clearly.
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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Lag baomer brooklyn style
Friend: Singing "REBBE SHIMON BAR YOCHAI" in the middle of the street blocking traffic seems like a bad idea...
GoH: The motto here is 'BP: We forgot we live in America.'
Friend: I mean they can't wait half an hour til they shut down the streets?
Apr 28th
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“WHY DID I LEAVE ISRAEL!?!?! CAN I GO BACK TO SEM?!? I NEED Yerushalayim!!!!”
– all the recent chutzniks I know and probably okay me too just a little
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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HBH"C Ploni Ben Nistar: Lag B'Omer (part 1): Share... →
bennistar: As many of you might have realized already, Lag B’Omer is coming soon! It is one of my favorite, together with Purim, minor holidays of the Jewish calender. Lag B’Omer (the 33rd of the Omer) is a joyous day in the middle of a long mourning period. Chazal teach us that in between Pesach and…
Apr 25th
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Russian Antisemitism 101: The Pale of...
your-red-rose Asks: Why did the imperial Russians move Jewish people to the pale? And was their faith damaged by the government? Like the soviets did to other Jews. My family lived in st. Petersburg and worked for the royal family, then were forced to move to Kiev. We don’t know anything else. This was asked to Bennistar however I’ll add onto his answer as suggested. Note: I could...
Apr 23rd
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Odd things learned on Shabbos
There is this particular grassy area in central park MO people hang out on shabbos. There is also a turtle pond. #random
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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The misogyny of the Women of the Wall →
zaatarwitholives: girloverhere: I was born in the most feminist of societies, the Soviet Russia. For the past 100 years, it…… This is pretty much how I feel. Take it or leave it. No, the Women of the Wall have no interest in telling any other women that they need to pray the way they do… My opinion differs. Regardless of this I find it sad to turn the Kosel into fighting grounds(on...
Apr 19th
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The misogyny of the Women of the Wall →
I was born in the most feminist of societies, the Soviet Russia. For the past 100 years, it…… This is pretty much how I feel. Take it or leave it.
Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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Bar HaAm-The Heretical Jew: Baalei Teshuvah and... →
barhaam: girloverhere: Please tell me more about the TWO people you found who are obviously lacking education and how they obviously represent the rest of both  baalei teshuva and geirim. I apologize if my post makes it out that ALL Baalei Teshuvah are overly strict gossipers, as it seems I’ve implied. Not all Baalei Teshuvah are in any way like them, and I hope they are in the...
Apr 19th
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If you possess virtue, you are its victim: Even... →
ravavram: firefly-in-the-dark: Even before… The dirt method is a folk custom.  It actually has no halachic standing.  My family did it also… A knife used on cold items actually can be kashered stabbing them into the earth ten times… Source I’m aware of being the Tur in Yoreh De’ah 89:4.
Apr 19th
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Bar HaAm-The Heretical Jew: Baalei Teshuvah and... →
barhaam: …seem to become incredibly religious incredibly fast sometimes. There are two people at the synagogue that I go to that recently found Rabbinaite Orthodoxy, and have pretty much searched out and clung to every stringency that Rabbinism has to offer. How stringent are they? Let me count the ways… Please tell me more about the TWO people you found who are obviously lacking education...
Apr 19th
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Apr 16th
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Mentos or Bust- Posted in honor of new kosher...
GOH: I love how all the markets here have an oddly large assortment of kosher products. The ability to find edible mentos everywhere makes the chutznik transition slightly less traumatic.
Brooklynite: What do you mean edible mentos...?
GOH: Israeli (kosher) Mentos, they are everywhere!
Brooklynite: Mentos are always kosher...
GOH: You're kidding right? Until recently we couldn't get them back home. Nooow though they sell stale Mentos with an absurdly large price hike.
Brooklynite: Oh; are you sure? I don't think I've ever seen treif mentos.
GOH: Dear friend, I think you need to get out of Brooklyn more often.
Apr 16th
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Shabbos in BP: Locked out at 130am
Friend: Okay so obviously we are missing something about this lock...
GOH: That was the combination! I remember exactly what they told us...
Friend: I see a guy over there. Maybe he is more familiar with the lock type if he lives here!
GOH: *looks over* Ha him? Yes please go ask the poor lone hasidish bochur to help us. This is going to go over well...
Friend: Um... Excuse me.
*No response as he is about to pass*
Friend: Excuse me! EXCUSE ME CAN YOU HELP US!
Bochur: Voz!? *looks down*
Friend: We are staying by this family for shabbos but we aren't sure how to work the combination. Can you help us?
Bochur: But... I don't know the order. *super confused face*
GOH: Well we know that! We just can't get it to work! We don't know the locks here.
Bochur: *goes over* okay... What order? *trying* Are you sure this is it? Oh sometimes you have to hold two...
*door creaks open*
Friend: YES! Thank you!
GOH & Friend: GOOD SHABBOS!
Bochur: *laughing* a git shabbes...
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Friend: See that? He was happy to help us!
GOH: Yeah; I'm sure he will be haaapppy to tell in yeshiva about the two silly Litvish girls who couldn't figure out how to use a lock...
Apr 14th
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Apr 12th
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Breaking
eretzyisrael: RABBI YAAKOV YOSEF, SON OF RAV OVADIAH YOSEF, HAS DIED. Arutz Sheva baruch dayan ha emes
Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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Reasons to declare Instagram "issur" part 2
Kind of awesome though. Can I just give a shout out to the guy who didn’t get the thumbs UP memo?
Apr 11th
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השבעתי אתכם: Immodesty multiplies →
shomermitzvah: girloverhere: “What I mean is, are we sure that distancing oneself from bad thought is the actual aveirah, rather than putting a fence around the Torah?” Yes. Sources see Here *Note I was referring in the previous posts to the Satmar Rebbe whose words are in question. I am not in any way affiliated with Chabad nor actually terribly familiar with their teachings. Oh, okay....
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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השבעתי אתכם: Immodesty multiplies →
shomermitzvah: girloverhere: shomermitzvah: Far be it from me to paskun, especially in the name of Rashi, but it is my understanding… Basically I really like how you put this. You should note though bad thoughts actually quite a major aveira… BH for teshuva! Source to be edited in. If so, I apologize for the wrong info, which is kinda bad considering which mitzvah that is being...
Apr 9th
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השבעתי אתכם: Immodesty multiplies →
hishbati-eschem: girloverhere: Thank you for clarifying your source. The Satmar Rebbe is learned indeed though I must humbly say that I am not of the medraga to comment in my own right about his statements. However it is my understanding if we are to follow the Rebbe’s words on this matter then we must establish to what extent we can hold a person accountable for aveiros. If I had to make a...
Apr 9th
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השבעתי אתכם: Immodesty multiplies →
shomermitzvah: girloverhere: hishbati-eschem: With modest dress, the risk of being drawn towards inappropriateness is minimised. Immodesty, in contrast, inevitably leads to negative thoughts and sins, both for the wearer and for all eyes that behold her, r”l. Every inappropriate thought is prohibited by the Torah, as mentioned by the Beis… “Rashi [Bamidbar 30:16] teaches that one who...
Apr 9th
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השבעתי אתכם: Immodesty multiplies →
hishbati-eschem: These are the words of the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoilish זי”ע. Is such a ‘layman’ ‘qualified’ to make such a statement? It’s pretty obvious from the Rashi. If you cause someone to sin, you receive their punishment. An immodestly dressed woman will cause some men to sin, so will thus receive their punishment. Thank you for clarifying your source. The Satmar Rebbe is learned indeed...
Apr 9th
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השבעתי אתכם: Immodesty multiplies →
hishbati-eschem: With modest dress, the risk of being drawn towards inappropriateness is minimised. Immodesty, in contrast, inevitably leads to negative thoughts and sins, both for the wearer and for all eyes that behold her, r”l. Every inappropriate thought is prohibited by the Torah, as mentioned by the Beis… “Rashi [Bamidbar 30:16] teaches that one who causes his friend to...
Apr 9th
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ninininny asked: How did you start your BT process? Do you have any resources you'd recommend?
Apr 8th
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I arrived in Jerusalem at 1am on Yom HaShoah last year… Seems like a lifetime ago.
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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The Truth About Jewish Bloggers →
Important post basically about using your blog as a Kiddush HaShem… Something we all need to be reminded of on occasion.
Apr 5th
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Nechama's Space: bashefierce: fixed-frequencies:... →
nechama-the-first: girloverhere: nechama-the-first: bashefierce: nechama-the-first: bashefierce: bashefierce: fixed-frequencies: bashefierce: fixed-frequencies: nechama-the-first replied to your post: what is this vegan chinese place in rockville you speak of How is that restaurant kosher, though? I’ve heard that it has a mashgiach, but… well that’s it then,...
Apr 5th
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Nechama's Space: bashefierce: fixed-frequencies:... →
nechama-the-first: bashefierce: nechama-the-first: bashefierce: bashefierce: fixed-frequencies: bashefierce: fixed-frequencies: nechama-the-first replied to your post: what is this vegan chinese place in rockville you speak of How is that restaurant kosher, though? I’ve heard that it has a mashgiach, but… well that’s it then, we’ll have to shut down his blog and...
Apr 5th
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