Archive for Just For Fun
Santa putting on Tefillin for the first time!
Posted by: | CommentsNow if this is not better than selling ice to Eskimos than I don’t know what is!
Santa Putting on Teffilin for the First Time
Yakov Jacobson was doing pre-Chanukah mivzoim in Laguna Beach, CA, when he happened upon a familiar character who – he was surprised to find out – is a Jew! The man had never put on tefilin before, a ‘Karkafta,’ and Yakov helped him do the mitzvah for the first time in his life.
Video: The Rabbi’s Shofar and the Dog – Guaranteed to make you smile
Posted by: | CommentsThis post is just for fun! And boy is it fun 
Thanks Mom for sending it to me.
Need some extra cash to pay the bills? Why not sell the rights to name your baby?
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Ok, you are about to have your 7th child and your down on your luck and can use some extra cash. Why not auction of the right to name your baby on eBay?
Well that is exactly what one women from Arkansas has decided to do to help get her out of her economic nightmare.
YOU CAN READ THE STORY HERE ON FOX
YOU CAN SEE THE AUCTION HERE ON eBay
As of this post the auction still has almost 4 days to go, has 59 bids and is holding at $1325.00.
This reminds me a bit about when my son Yitzy was born two years ago and his Bris was going to be on the Shabbos in between Tanis Esther and Purim and so I sent a baby naming contest email out to the emsil lists as a pure Purim Joke and to announce the birth. I got a lot of responses. Everything from how can you do such a thing to people begging me to name the baby after a relative that died and has no one named after them. It was so successful that I did it again for my 5th child who was born on Tu’B'shvat. Both times I thought it was pretty funny and yet both times my wife didn’t seem to agree. Below is the email I sent out for my latest child who we named Emuna.
Dear Friends,
With tremendous Hodah and love to Hashem we are happy to announce the birth
of a baby girl this past Monday on Tu B’Shvat!
We will be naming the baby B”H this Shabbos morning at KSY and hosting a
kiddush at our home at Nachal Katlav 12/1 starting at about 10:30am. Please
come and say Mazal Tov!
Our last baby was almost 2 years ago a week before Purim and for those that
remembered we had a baby naming contest! This year you can vote for one of
the ones below and we will tally up the vote before Shabbos.
Let us know which you think is the best name!
- 2B or Tooby
- Ananas Mish Mish (my Mothers favorite)
- Tuti
- Tamar D’vash
- Buxerina
- Ilana
- Tzippy
- Orangina
- Rimony
- Raisinal
- Qoofy
Personally I think naming a child should be a very serious undertaking and while I would never sell the rights to name one of my kids, after reading this womans story I can see how it would make sense.
Video: Really Great mocumentary on a startup called Flutter, The New Twitter
Posted by: | CommentsI always love a great mocumentary, but especially for ones on startups. This is a great one about a startup called Flutter. Watch and enjoy!
This is absolutely hilarious! I told you you can negotiate anything
Posted by: | CommentsA couple of days ago I posted this article about negotiating anything. Today I saw this video that shows you how its done. Kudos to one of my partners, Hillel Scheinfeld, for passing this on!
Orthodox Jewish Boxer, Dmitriy Salita, goes for the Gold
Posted by: | CommentsBoycott Israel Video seen by almost 124,000 people!
Posted by: | CommentsLets hope it gets seen by hundreds of thousands more!
What ever happened to the Jewish Jordan Tamir Goodman? Watch this to find out!
Posted by: | CommentsSegula for Parnossa: This Shabbos is Shlissel Challah Shabbos! Get your keys ready!
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There is a well known segulah (charm) for parnosa (making a living) that takes place this Shabbos. The Shabbos following the last day of Pesach it has become a minhag to bake Challahs either in the shape of a key or to actually insert your key into the Challah before baking (make sure to wrap it in tinfoil first). It is called Shlissel Challah. Hey, in todays economy it certainly can’t hurt. I believe the object to be that we recognize that parnossa comes from Hashem and we rely on him for our well being. Since Pesach is the start of the Spring time, it is now the times that crops should be ready after the winter. We have been doing it almost every year since we are married and I look forward to my wifes fresh Shlissel Chalah on Shabbos.
