Correction: They are all big....
- There are frum people in Germany who have never seen Greunkern.
- In Holland, children go to bed not to Hansel and Gretel, but rather to Jip and Janika.
- If you want to daven in the shul in Istanbul, you need to get them your passport before Shabbos.
- The Basenji is a breed of barkless dog.
- It's highly recommended to bring your own disinfectant products to clean the bathrooms in certain kosher resort hotels.
- A few containers of water placed inside your piano will help keep it in tune during the winter months.
- Some guests will eat anything for dinner as long as it's kosher and doesn't move off the plate.
- A Cuban girl living on 177th Street can be drawn to Judaism by the holiness of her neighbors.
- There is more that unites us as Jews than divides us.
- The lasting impact you have on your Shabbos guests is far greater than you could ever imagine.
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I'm the one who'll eat anything that doesn't move too quick...and is kosher...
I learned from my guest just this past Shabbos: A supermarket is suitable for a Modern Day Shiduch date (Yeshivish).
BLD -
I'm fascinated. Will any supermarket do, or are we talking something like Pomegranate?
Also, aren't they afraid of running in to people they know? (Not my issue ... theirs...)
A supermarket is suitable for a Modern Day Shiduch date (Yeshivish).
Okay, now there's a valuable and instructive shidduch date location! Just think of the important things you can find out about your prospective intended:
"Does he go for flat leaf or curly parsley?"
"What kind of bread crumbs does she buy?"
"Does he/she shop the 'Kosher' aisle exclusively, or does he/she bargain shop, and only get the 'frum' brands when there's no Goya, er, goyish alternative?"
Running into people you know is, of course, not a problem, as, naturally, each person has his own shopping cart (shared carts are not allowed till the fourth date, by which point everybody knows you're together anyway); simply shrug off any curious looks by pretending to debate the other person on the reliability of the hechsher on the box of raisins ("he buys raisins? Kofer! I never want to see him within three aisles of me! To think that I looked at the same can of hearts of palm as him!" *shudder*).
Then again, this might not be the best thing: If I had gone shopping with The Lovely Wife(tm) back when she was The Lovely Not-Sure-What(tm)*, I'm not sure our relationship would have lasted ("Bagged salad?" "Pre-cut garlic?" "Dried parsley?" "Sour cream for latkes?" "What am I thinking?!")
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* Trust me, you don't want to know. It's a long story, and when I say it's a long story...
So what does Pomegranate qualify as in New York - it's much too clean to be a supermarket by some standards...
Efrex,
You put a smile on my face. Thank you.
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