I recently had news from a girl I taught some time ago. She is very very very very out of town (think no kosher meat etc), and still she tells me since I taught her, she stayed kosher, and often thinks of my teachings to stay strong! I'm so so so proud. I really needed uplifting news like this.

Hi America, Sweden, Netherlands, New Zealand, England, Canada!  - Courtesy of MixMap ( Read more... )

While inquiring about a possible Chabad house in Pushkar, India, I discovered a new concept... the non-Chabad Chabad. Here are the dangerous rebels, scary indeed. ;)
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In the mean time, I'm happy to see we will have kosher food all ready in Delhi, Pushkar and Varanasi. Oh, and in Katmandu, Nepal.

I keep wonder, are all the Israeli named ( Read more... )

French and keep kosher? Crossing the frontier to buy in France?

http://www.lakarte.com to save money!

Worked like crazy again. That thesis is sucking my life up ( Read more... )

I’m translating for you the “best” parts. It is really, really interesting. The lady is the rabbanit/rebbetzin Mireille Warschawski (née Metzger). Her husband R’ Max Warschawski was the chief rabbi of Strasbourg. Like most French rabbis he was just plain frum/Orthodox (not modern, not ultra). They had 7 children.

It covers sooo many topics… ( Read more... )

My Canadian chassidish cousin is a chosson. Except I didn't hear about it because he doesn't talk to women. Yay ( Read more... )

Mal connue des non-juifs, la shehita (abattage rituel juif) est une technique décrite et codifiée de manière très précise dans la Torah (Loi), et imposée au peuple juif comme seul mode possible d’abattage des animaux.

La shehita est fondée sur un principe constant de la Torah: le respect de la vie animale. Elle implique la nécessité de ( Read more... )

To forget the bad mood of the morning, we decided to finally visit the park of the Guermantes Castle. This castle, belonging to the Rothschild family (I once saw the lady of the manor when she was still alive). It’s a gorgeous place. We once spent a New Year there and it was magic. I will post pics asap.

We’ve discovered a new cool shop that ( Read more... )

infos about the rabbis and hair covering
http://houseofhock.blogspot.com/2004/11/here-is-answer-to-my-question-by-r.html
http://www.ottmall.com/mj_ht_arch/v30/mj_v30i35.html

The Ben Ish Chai on headcoverings
One of the greatest Sefardi acharonim, Rabbi Yosef Chaim was Hacham (Chief Rabbi) of Bagdad and lived from 1832 to 1904. He is ( Read more... )