In Greece, Romaniotes hold the sword fish is kosher as it has scales in the first months of its life, while Sefardim disagree (from Greek cookbook ( Read more... )

Mati finally had a dentist appointment. We were supposed to wait for September but BH a slot was freed ( Read more... )

They have opened a glatt sandwich shop near the hospitals LOL!

I found ONE restaurant serving chicken soup, but it is in winter (American style restaurant).

I found a second restaurant serving meat and fish together. Basically all pizzerias serve fish and dairy together, too.

This shabbes I re-read Straight from the heart (Tehila Abramov) and I remembered all the questions I had on this book at first reading!

The babies spotted among the guests at [smachos] are almost surely the ones who nurse. I have never seen any such difference.

Baby going straight from nursing to sippy cup. What? Forget dates with your spouse, the ( Read more... )

• 17:30:48: So late on updates... if you're not on FB you have missed my Switzerland trip and my Italy trip! here they are!
• 17:34:55: Just gpt into the train alteady fed up of people pushing & yellin in german lol
• 17:36:15: Controleur a tronche deSS, voisins bruyants detraques qui bouffent de la daube moisie, repas qui naura pas l air bien different ( Read more... )

About the little MO girl who meets the big wide weird yeshivish world ( Read more... )

I knew some women still did it, but had to find a pic! It's done! The lady is a psychology teacher, so much for stereotypes :)


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• 14:56:32: Apparently the new trend on Imamother is getting massages at home "completely undressed". I wonder who has money for that and why...
• 18:55:30: What a pleasure to run doctors with a bored kid because school decided she's out after catching lice there! appt was way old and now spoiled
• 19:31:45: kalaya 330g, lamai 340g

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Just so you get an idea about Europe (yes, not just France), here is my translation of a part of an interview of a French rav who calls himself MO (Hirschian). Brand new interview, rav is young (28) and very educated (had a law and politics MA in public university before going to yeshiva then rabbi school and now starting a PhD in same course ( Read more... )