Wint…errrr…Pesach Is Coming!

But don’t fret!  Pesach does not have to be as scary as everyone makes it sound. Really, truly… preparing for Pesach is not that hard. If you don’t have children and regularly sorta-clean your house, you should be able to clean for it in an hour or two. (Kashering the kitchen may or may not take significantly […]

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UPDATED: The Hidden Costs of Orthodoxy

Everyone agrees that living an orthodox life is expensive. However, it’s more expensive than you imagine it will be. (Keep in mind this post does not take into account conversion costs.) You know the regular expenses: Keeping kosher is expensive Start-up costs to turn your kitchen kosher by nearly tripling your kitchen supplies Kosher meat Kosher

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So Much Can Change in Two Years

Being unemployed, my life often feels like Groundhog Day. I don’t always keep up with the date, and I count myself lucky if I know the day of the week. (And that’s probably only because of Shabbat.) Because of this, I almost missed the significance of Sunday, March 3. Two years ago, this day changed

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A Milestone: 500,000 Blog Views!

Yesterday morning, the blog hit a milestone I never thought I’d see: half a million views (not including feed views). Half a million. Do you guys have nothing better to do with your time than read my rantings and ravings and speculation? Guess not. I hope you’ve found something that helped you, since I started

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The Quinoa Debate of 2013

It’s back. The terrible quinoa debate from last year (and maybe years before that, I don’t know). I wasn’t following the debate last year until during Pesach, when Jewish housewives everywhere lamented the horribleness of the quinoa insanity at every Pesach meal I attended: Is quinoa “allowed” on Pesach? Is it kitniyot? Is it covered

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“Funny, She Doesn’t Look Druish.”

Erika, the always insightful and clever blogger at BlackGayJewish, wrote a very interesting post recently about her friend’s decision to consider getting an orthodox Conversion 2.0. The post was very honest and raised good questions for a person considering “upgrading” their conversion (I hate using that word, but it often conveys the feeling the candidate

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A Blessing for Converts

Just a quick thought before Shabbat this week. Reading this week’s parsha, Yitro, I was hit with the desire to read Ruth. The story of Ruth has never struck the same chord in me as it seems to with other converts and conversion candidates, but today something did strike me. Boaz, in his first conversation to

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