Shababneek: the short little guy who hangs around the pizza shop. Basically, a little guy who needs to know everything and get involved.
Aars: The equivalent of a real California dude. Talks real slow, thinks he’s real cool, and has a permanent dumb look stamped on his face.
Frecha: A Frecha is the Aars’s girlfriend. She wears […]
Someone gave me a book with the above title. The book had no foreward or description about the author so I decided to do my own research. What I found out fascinated me.
The author’s name is Yossef Cohen who is more commonly known as Yossef Chaifa because of the city he comes from. He worked […]
Going on the internet is like eating pig. (I never knew pig was kosher.)
Movies in Hebrew spells maves- death.
It’s better to stress tznius than middos tovos because automatically when a person grows up they mature and most of the time it’s no longer an issue. But tznius only gets worse.
A girl who listens to the […]
There is no English transalation for the word friar. I’ve heard the word often when I was young and I always assumed it meant stupid based on the context. Friar doesn’t mean stupid, but to Israelis it might be the most hard hitting definition.
Here’s one extreme example of a friar- it’s a bit of hyperbole […]
It is not considered so acceptable for yeshiva boys to work in Israel, but what yeshiva boys are allowed to do is “deals.” So the whole day you’ll see guys making deals.
These deals are all done in the black and are done in a way which is scarily very similar to the drug industry. There’s […]
1. The hard mattresses. The beds here are half the size of an ordinary US bed but are about ten times better for your back.
2. The hashgachos in all the restaraunts which say that all the chairs must be taken out after 8 pm to prevent a hangout.
3. The fact that in Benei Brak no […]
I’ve come to the conclusion that people almost never do or don’t do things regarding matters of secular culture because of religious reasons.
Most people I know who claim not to read any non Jewish books are illiterate.
Most people who don’t watch movies don’t because they have no interest in them, and the reason why they […]