tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post7934322484841840547..comments2024-02-26T18:18:55.644+02:00Comments on Esser Agaroth (2ยข): How Frum Are You?Esser Agarothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-28539956162484151572009-04-13T14:57:00.000+03:002009-04-13T14:57:00.000+03:00My comment had nothing to do with shaitels or elbo...My comment had nothing to do with shaitels or elbows or any other particulars of observance. My point was that there is a continuum of "frumness" and you have picked a point on it that is just right and proper, that is probably where you are. Anyone to the frum side of it is fanatical to the left side is an apicorus.Istavnithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217755166340518414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-25442150243278520842009-04-13T11:28:00.000+03:002009-04-13T11:28:00.000+03:00Just being sarcastic.Thanks for your comment and s...Just being sarcastic.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment and story.<BR/><BR/>BTW, we don't hold by sheitls.Esser Agarothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-51220445449153517702009-04-13T08:21:00.000+03:002009-04-13T08:21:00.000+03:00I don't get a meaning of your post. Are you some s...I don't get a meaning of your post. Are you some sort of a "real thing" and everyone puts on a show? Self-proclaimed guardian of Yiddish, proper behavior and a warrior against pseudo-frumness?<BR/><BR/>Of course YOU are for real and do never do anything to project a certain image. Reminds me of a cute story my wife told me:<BR/>She was at a shaitel store and one of the customers was chatting with her saying how immodest certain shaitels are because of their length. So my wife asked her "what is the maximum length that the hair can be to remain modest?" Women did not think for a moment and pointed to hair from her shaitel on her shoulder saying "anything longer that mine would be immodest".<BR/><BR/>Apparently you, my friend, know exactly how long the hair should be and how much of the show-off is making someone disingenuous.<BR/><BR/>Best regards ;)Istavnithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217755166340518414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-69130832342824098842009-03-23T10:59:00.000+02:002009-03-23T10:59:00.000+02:00Good ones, triCat...Although, please do not flash ...Good ones, triCat...<BR/><BR/>Although, please do not flash your elbows at me.<BR/><BR/>;-}Esser Agarothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-73363804967847820892009-03-23T09:29:00.000+02:002009-03-23T09:29:00.000+02:00Are you frummer in your tight shirt that covers yo...Are you frummer in your tight shirt that covers your elbows than I am in my loose one that doesn't?<BR/><BR/>Are you frummer in your thousand dollar shaitel than I am in a bandanna because some of my hairs might poke out the back?Leah Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546935038863589318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-81970529199994410882009-03-20T12:28:00.000+02:002009-03-20T12:28:00.000+02:00CT, Thanks for your comment,...worth more that two...CT, Thanks for your comment,...worth more that two cents. ;-}<BR/><BR/>JDJ, lol<BR/><BR/>LB, yep<BR/><BR/>Batya, just ranting, and being "negative." I hope to post something "positive" one of these days.Esser Agarothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-77478147076972948152009-03-20T06:40:00.000+02:002009-03-20T06:40:00.000+02:00Ya'aqov, what's the point?Ya'aqov, what's the point?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-39344652259521071242009-03-19T18:59:00.000+02:002009-03-19T18:59:00.000+02:00"Better yet, who cares how frum you are?"Exactly."Better yet, who cares how frum you are?"<BR/><BR/>Exactly.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03246649908259127942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-58089783772148960512009-03-19T14:39:00.000+02:002009-03-19T14:39:00.000+02:00not "Frum" as any of the mofos listed.not "Frum" as any of the mofos listed.Jacob Da Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181930948956094882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32118121.post-48168688493222442452009-03-19T14:18:00.000+02:002009-03-19T14:18:00.000+02:00Good post. I'm a baal teshuvah myself, 13 years r...Good post. I'm a baal teshuvah myself, 13 years running, and I remember when I first became observant, there was this other kid, about 19 who was constantly trying to prove to me how frum he was.<BR/><BR/>He would say something in Hebrew or talk about something in halacha I hadn't learned yet, and then ridicule me for not knowing it. (this kid was a kohen too)<BR/><BR/>He was a train wreck.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, one day I ran into him at the local mall, and he was eating chilli cheese fries in the food court! I walked up to him and said his name, and he just went completely pale.<BR/><BR/>I didn't have to say anything, our mutual silence was enough. From that day on, his yiddishkeit competition with me was over (actually it was hard to get him to show up for a minyan after that, sadly enough)<BR/><BR/>Long story short, we should lift each other up, and help one another in daily observance. Observing the mitzvos is not a competition, but a kiddush Hashem.<BR/><BR/>If we lose sight of that, we are also in danger of letting our guard down--because once we turn observance into showboating, we actually have forgotten the reasons for why we observe halacha to begin with.<BR/><BR/>That's my 2 cents.Comrade Tovyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019592563743822585noreply@blogger.com