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Friday 5 September 2014

EATING IN THE STREET

LATELY IT HAS BECOME VERY FASHIONABLE  FOR CHASSIDISHE MEN AND WOMEN TO EAT IN THE STREET.
THIS STARTS OF WITH PEOPLE FEEDING THEIR CHILDREN LIKE ANIMALS IN THE STREET, ESPECIALLY IN ERETZ YISROEL.
HAVE THEY NOT HEARD OF THE CHAZAL SAYING " EATING IN THE STREET MAKES YOU LIKE A DOG ".
I ASKED A WOMAN EATING THE STREET ( she must have been very frum as she did not go with a wig only a techiel ):
 " WHY DO YOU DO THIS ? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF THE WELL KNOWN CHAZA SAYING ??"
SHE ANSWERED ME " I AM LATE AND HAVE NO TIME TO EAT AT HOME ".
I TOLD HER I HAVE A BETTER WAY OF SAVING TIME, PUT A LITTLE TABLE IN YOUR TOILET AND EAT WHEN GOING TO THE TOILET YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE.
I AM NOT TALKING OF CHILDREN CARRYING FULL BAGS OF NASH ON SHABBOS TO SHUL. YOU ARE TRAINING THEM TO BE MECHALLEL SHABBOS.
WHEN THEY BECOME BIG THE PARENTS WONDER WHY DO MY CHILDREN STRAY FROM THE RIGHT PATH ? ?
I DO NOT LIKE TO GO SHOPPING WITH MY WIFE ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG SUPERMARKETS. 
I SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE EVEN MEN BUYING ( I look into their trolls ) THINGS WHICH THEY THINK IS KOSHER ( They have not got a good Jewish education ). 
I HAVE THE DILEMMA, IF I OPEN MY MOUTH MY WIFE GETS UPSET,
 ON THE OTHER HAND A YID HAS A DUTY TO SAY SOMETHING TO THIS PERSON. 

3 comments:

kosher commentator said...

If you specify what you think isn't kosher we will probably understand why your wife disagrees. I'm imagining fruit juice, fish and pasta? Its a frumkeit which has no basis in Halacha and is not cheap.

Rabbi Gaby Lock said...

WHEN I SAY NOT KOSHER IT IS NOT A FRUMKEIT
E.G. A FRUIT JUICE THAT HAS GRAPE JUICE IN IT
IN TORAH I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT

Anonymous said...

Speaking as someone with expertise in microbiology, I do not advise eating on the toilet