Hilchos Outer Space

It will happen eventually: frum yidden traveling to outer space. While I definitely don’t think Chabad will get there first, I still think other people who care as much about the Torah as they do will get there. So….I’m going to save the veldt a bunch of trouble later on, as I will be the first Jew to compile a list of FAQ’s to be answered (hopefully) by the Rabbis. I’m going to ask questions that deal with being on the moon because that’s probably the first place Jews will go.

St. Patrick’s Day – The Jewish Connection

Now before you all jump on me the classic “all special Christian days involved some kind of massacre or pogrom against the Jews” rant, just keep quiet and enjoy this little ditty I found here: http://tiny.cc/1ku9aw

Have you ever wondered why the Irish celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a meal of Corned Beef and Cabbage? I mean, isn’t corned beef a stereotypically “Jewish” food?

I recently learned that we tribesmen actually did have something to do with the Irish tradition. Back in Ireland, St. Paddy’s had been celebrated with bacon and cabbage. But, when the Irish arrived in the New World, they found that bacon was expensive and hard to find. So they turned to their Jewish Lower East Side neighbors who introduced them to corned beef as an inexpensive, tasty alternative.

Leave it to us to show the newbies how to save a buck in NYC.

Okay… Now that I’m done being cute, y’all can begin calling me a hypocrite

May the green beer you drink tomorrow be lichvod shabbat.

We’re too busy learning Torah to post. Not.

We’ve all been pretty busy of late and that’s why we haven’t posted anything for a while. It’s not a hiatus – that would imply that we either hate each other or we’re sick of blogging and we wanna stop for a while. Nah… We’re just busy. Trying to live/survive/depends on who you ask.

Never fear…לֹא לפַחֵד כְּלָל… We’ll be back.. And when we are, you’ll know it.

Now stay out of traffic! Bathurst is clogged enough as it is…

The Ultimate Kiddush

You know that starving feeling after shachris on Shabbos? It’s especially severe if you are a guest somewhere. I’ve been so hungry during davening so many times that sometimes I think about food during my davening; I fantasize about the kiddush. I also plan on how I am going to beat about the rest of the chazerim at all the different tables. When you’re a kid, you can take a plate and stuff it before or during kiddush. When you’re in your mid-30′s like I am, it makes you look like a chazar. If you are a guest and you pre-plan your plate, they will think you are a Major League schnorrer.

Either way, I’ve prepared a post which outlines my PERFECT kiddush.

Dvar Torah Parshat Bo: The Metallica Midrash

In all honesty, this site is probably the last place you’re going to find a legit/direct dvar torah. Perhaps we’ll shock you with a curveball of intellectual insight, but for the most part that kind of material is just not our cup of tea. And besides, there are plenty of sites and publications that will provide you with a healthy dose of divrei torah – aka every single Jewish publication in existence.

Which is why we’ve decided to give you a different take on what’s going on in this week’s parsha. And the source, you might ask? Well… Just read the title.

It’s from none other than Frum From Bathurst’s favourite heavy metal band: METALLICA!