Archive for January 21st, 2010

For want of a nail the baby was lost,

For want of the baby the tzaddik was lost,

For want of the tzaddik the generation was lost,

For want of the generation the Messiah was lost,

For want of…

He came to her house, and they played with her little daughter. She was a little hyper, and seemed excited at the sight of the stranger. When the little girl fell asleep, the man came to her bed, and kissed…

Yeshiva boys turning into druglords; a new book advises that attacks on non-Jews will "curb their evil inclination;" a $3 million lawsuit over a beard; and a tefillin bomb-scare causes an emergency landing.
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Overheard at Shomrei Shabbos after last minyan ma’ariv:

Man in oversized yarmulke without a hat: “Gleib nisht ales vus men farkoift dir; di vest noch veren an apikoires.”

(Trans. Don’t believe everything you’re told. You might yet end up a…