Here's one: The indoor temperature in Jewish homes must be of a certain tempurature (no less than 69) degrees so women don't get "cold". But it can't be too hot because men aren't allowed to get "warm"

this should be fun.

not only to see what people come up with, but also to see how many people say, "that's made up? i thought that was halacha!"

Married couples are not allowed to have yichud together, ever, since people who don't know them may think they are not married and it's maris ayin.

I actually thought of a good one the other day. Although, I am not sure if this would be a chumrah or a "sensitivity."

When a woman goes to the mikvah she should always pay in cash (as opposed to a check) so that no one will know her name.

Also she must drive with her lights off so no one sees her going to or coming from the mikvah.

You shouldn't wash your wife's clothes because you might have bad thoughts.

Yes, such as "Dagnabit why do I have to be the one doing the laundry around here!?"

Pinchas, this one's for you:

You're not allowed to talk lashon hara about EY. Therefore, if it's 115ºF and the economy is lousy, you're supposed to say, "we all have free saunas and are learning the value of ruchnius as opposed to gashmius."

Oh and lest I forget...

ETA: Frummy people in Meah Shearim are supposed to stand in the mid-day summer sun for long hours to make sure that they've killed enough neurons to have an IQ below 80.

Oh, and people who live around the Pacific Rim might actually be halachically upside-down, so a second mezuzah needs to be placed on the left hand side a foot from the floor (and evidently upside-down)

That's a chumrah???


Wow, now you've really crossed a line. Many of your posts are more than mildly offensive and often have no basis in reality. This is one of them. Be bitter all you want, but these baseless attacks are getting old and slightly annoying.

I thought that was the point of this thread...

Whatever. I still stand by what I write.

And I had to go down to the laundry (no husband to [not] do it for me) so I couldn't ETA right away, so here it it:
ETA: And it bothers me so much because when you first rejoined H I really enjoyed your posts. In fact, around that time I first met one of my fellow h.commers, and I listed my favorite posters and you were on that list. And then she said who her favorite posters were, and you were also on that list. I don't know what happened.

It's way too early in the week to be that frustrated. Please calm down.

Men and women are not allowed to listen to music in each other's company because the women may come to sing and the men would then hear them singing.

Haha. The frustration starts on Motzei Shabbos.

Men and women should not be allowed to eat fish in each other’s presence as fish swim in the ocean, which will remind the man and woman of the beach, which will lead them to visit the beach together.

I was actually at a shmiras halahon shiur where this was discussed. There were a number of women who were adamant that it was ossur to say "Summer in EY is hot and miserable."

Woman are not allowed to travel in vehicles that contain seat belts as it may lead them to wear the seatbelt in an untznius fashion.

Women should not be allowed to eat meat, as meat is a manly food and may encourage women to take on such manly behaviors as learning in kollel, which would cause their kollel husbands to have to go out to the working world.

Women are not allowed to wear clothes as it will lead men to ‘fantasize’ about what is underneath.

Have you ever learned parashas Shelach, which discusses the Meraglim?

Yes, I have.

Are you implying that there are evil giants in EY but nobody knows about them because it's asur to talk about them?

The concept of a ‘chazzan’ for tefilah should be discontinued, as it is too similar to a music concert.

It is assur to attend a Lipa Schmeltzer concert, as the fact that unmarried men and women are enjoying the music together might lead to premarital sex, which might lead to dancing.

Money from countries with pet stores may not be used since it's a safek mechir kelev.

It is assur to breathe, as one might smell the perfume of a nearby woman and come to lie with her. And if you will say that it should be permitted when there is no woman nearby, there is no such thing, as people say "If you see a man, know that a woman is in his vicinity". What is meant by "in his vicinity"? It is taught, "in his vicinity" means the distance that a man can walk in two hours of the day.

Men should only wear clothes made out of black velvet as wearing clothing of a different material may lead him to wear a yarmulke not made out of black velvet.

Hitting a woman who is sitting in the front section of the bus is assur as it may lead you to have a conversation with her.

Well done.

One should not set Jewish thoughts (and/or pesukim) to music (nor listen to frummie music groups that do) lest one come to have the song stuck in one's head and sing it in the bathroom.

Ah but it says in an earlier beraisa " If a man is accompanied with man, surely he will not sin" Kasha. Ha v'Ha Lo Kasha, that case was talking about a yeshiva bochur in lakewood who would not be caught dead in the "vacinity" in public, and here is a case of a "man" meaning from YU and that is what is meant by "vacinity" which is going on distance of blocks rather than the distance of speed.
Frect Tosfos a bomb shaila, but thats for the next shiur.

Every time I think I have one, I realize it already exists

Cholov Yisroel is now tref. Now I only drink Cholov HaKohen. Cholov HaCohen refers to all dairy products, including cheese and non-fat dry milk powder, which have been prepared under the supervision of a Kohen. Such milk was drunk by the Kohen Gadol prior to his entering the Holy Temple. What does "the supervision of a Kohen' mean?" Poskim have ruled that yoztei v’nichnas supervision requires the Kohen be present at the beginning of the milking, come in unannounced at least once in the middle, and come back at the conclusion of the milking. This applies to each milking session, typically lasting eight hours or so. Some kashrus agencies may require more frequent visitation. Farms which are exclusively cholov HaKohen may have a more constant Kohenic presence due to the need to have full-time, year-round hashgocho, although – in theory – the Kohanim need not be on-site the entire time.

Yes, it very well might.

My chumrah:

Boys should be sent away to an out of town yeshiva when they turn high school age, to prevent a situation where they see a frum girl their own age at this delicate time and realize that they are attracted to her. This will do several things:

1. Show them that they are a normal heterosexual
2. Possibly give them thoughts that will lead to hotzaas zera l'vatalah
3. Distract them from their learning
4. Tempt them to go to a movie with a girl (assur) and possibly even drink soda with her

Sending the boys off to an out of town yeshiva will prevent the boys from having to deal with temptation, so that when they come home from bain hazmanim they have wild parties and all sorts of indiscretions then. Also, when it is time to marry off the girls from the town, all the boys will be living in another city. This will cut down on untznius behavior like shidduch dating, marriage and having kids.

Actually I think this actually happens.

This thread reminds me of the "reason" that BY uniforms are light blue.

what's the reason?

Light blue is the color of the sky, so looking at that color will remind you of the sky which will remind you of the heavens which will remind you of G-d which will give you yiras shamaim

I once heard a completely straight faced d'var torah whose punchline went something like this: "So girls, we should be honored to wear our heilege uniforms. Just as men have their tzitzes to remind them to think of shamayim above us and ruchnius, our uniform shirts have blue on them to remind us of shamayim."

Never mind the very integral Jewish idea that women specifically do not wear clothes to remind them of Hashem since we are more spiritual by nature and do not need that.

I wonder if whoever said that dvar torah ever read the appendix by R. Feldman at the back of the Rigshei Lev, in particular the anecdote of one of the R. Soloveitchiks about how he mocked a woman for finding significance in wearing strings that imitated tzitzit but were not.

interesting, thanks.

all BYs uniforms are blue?

no. they differ by school. and i'm pretty sure the reason they have blue (and not white) is because the blue isn't as see-through for those who forget to wear undershirts underneath or sweatshirts on top.

I believe that is the most common color and they are very often see-through. ( A point which bothers me immensely)

how could a light-blue be see-through? white, i understand. and why don't the manufactors make it not see-through, with different fabric - undershirts in the late spring/early summer - ewww

I wore undershirts throughout my childhood, summer or winter.

right, in childhood it's fine. i meant high school

Oh. I always used to put on a shell if I wore my high school blouse without the vest or sweater.

cause it was see-through? i would hate the additional layer of clothing when it's hot

It's good practice at being uncomfortably hot as preparation for wearing a sheitel.

That's one reason. I got used to it. I still always wear two layers.