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Yair Menchel

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Husband, father, educator, parenting coach, host of @OrthodoxUnion parenting podcast "The Jews Next Dor", host of the @jeducationpod

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Yair Menchel
1 year
Passport worker - We're gonna need the baby to sit on the chair for the photo. Dad - She won't let me put her down. Passport worker - You're gonna need to figure something out if you want a passport picture. Dad - I got an idea...
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9 months
The ShopRite supermarket in Englewood, NJ flying an Israeli flag. Thank you @ShopRiteStores for your support 🙌🏻
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10 months
They try to intimidate us and make us live in fear. We can give in and live in fear this Chanukah, or we can do this:
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10 months
The Jewish unity around the world is unbelievable. The only thing that can divide us is fighting over the proper spelling of Chanukah.
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1 year
For everyone who is following because of this post that's going viral: 1. I really appreciate it, and welcome to my page. 2. I post parenting humor, Jewish humor, and serious posts as well about parenting and Judaism. I hope you enjoy and have a great weekend everyone!
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1 year
@altyeahright1 Both. I found the picture online and made up the convo for humor. But, this is apparently a thing, so it is real.
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9 months
They studied Torah together at Yeshivat Har Etzion. They went to battle together to protect Israel. They fell yesterday while fighting Hamas in Gaza. David Schwartz, z”l, and Yakir Hexter, z”l. Chavrutot in yeshiva. Chavrutot on the battlefield. Chavrutot in heaven.
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10 months
Either this is a lie, or someone owes me $250
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I hope the world knows people are getting paid $250 to attend the protest for Isr*el in DC today. All those pro Palestine protests you see? No one got paid a dime to show up to support.
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Yair Menchel
1 year
When you don't want any kohanim coming to your birthday party.
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10 months
Jewish figures I wish were alive to help us through this time: 1. Rebbi Akiva 2. The Piaseczna Rebbe 3. The Klausenberger Rebbe 4. The Rambam 5. Rav Sacks Who's one more you would add?
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10 months
It's embarrassing that President Biden came late to shacharis this morning when it was literally right outside his house.
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Yair Menchel
2 years
* Man wants a minyan on the plane Approaches flight attendant - I can't find my son. Flight attendant - What's his name? Man - Minyan. Can you call him to the back of the plane? Flight attendant on intercom - We're looking for Minyan. Please come to the back of the plane.
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Yair Menchel
10 months
There’s a halacha that you do not need to light your menorah by the window when there is a fear of anti-Semitism. I can’t believe this halacha is unfortunately applicable for many people this year.
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2 years
The top three Jewish practices of secular Jews are: 1. Attending kol nidrei 2. Lighting Chanukah candles 3. Having a seder What’s one more they should experience?
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1 year
The greatest pleasures of Judaism: 1. The Shabbos nap 2. Tefilin after a haircut 3. Great food item becomes kosher 4. First bite of food after Yom Kippur 5. No tachanun on Monday/Thursday What's one more you would add?
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1 year
In New York city there's a restaurant Deli Kasba owned and run by Lubavitchers. There are tv's playing Rebbe videos on loop and if you say a devar Torah after the main course you get a free dessert.
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2 years
Top three non-Jewish inventions that were basically created for Jews: 1. Honda Odyssey 2. WhatsApp 3. Crock pot What's one more you would add to the list?
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1 year
Student writes a devar Torah using ChatGPT and gets caught. Student - How did you figure out that I didn't write it? Rabbi - You quoted the New Testament.
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1 year
The perfect challah packaging doesn't exi-
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1 year
My friend (David Schlusselberg) had his cleaning lady come after Pesach. Fair to assume she's not Jewish.
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1 year
I was todays day old when I found out that Avraham Fried and Rabbi Manis Friedman are brothers! (Fried's his stage name)
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2 years
If the splitting of the sea occurred today: - The media would mourn the Egyptians that died. - PETA would mourn the horses that died. - The Jews would be called murderers.
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2 years
Joe Rogan - Jews love money Jews - Joe Rogan loves money
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2 years
Greatest Jewish pleasures (serious edition): 1. Learning Torah with my children 2. Davening on Yom Kippur 3. Singing shalom aleichem on Friday night What’s one you would add?
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2 years
@thejustinwelsh Parenting, the side project where you spend $500 per day
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Yair Menchel
9 months
One year ago, Jews went courtside to stand up against antisemitism. A year later, we're gonna need a whole lot more t-shirts.
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10 months
Name someone who has shown tremendous support for Israel since October 7th? I'll start - President Biden
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Yair Menchel
1 year
Rav Herschel Schachter went to Israel 50 years ago and visited unobservant cousins. The host offered sugar for his coffee, but he assumed the host didn’t separate terumos and maasros, so he said he doesn’t have sugar in coffee. To not lie, he hasn't had sugar in coffee since.
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Yair Menchel
2 years
Buying food for shabbos be like: Chicken - $17.99 Challah - $6.99 Gefilte Fish - $10.99 Grape Juice - $5.99 Rugelach - $8.99 Chicken soup - $10.99 Potato kugel - $9.99 Total - $264.00
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10 months
Chayal - How will I see my family when I'm given off just for Shabbos? Rav Rimon - What if they come to a hotel near the base for Shabbos. Chayal - I can't afford it. Rabbi Elliot Schrier - My shul will cover it for him and anyone else who needs it. Here's who needed it:
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2 years
Greatest Jewish pleasures (humor edition): 1. Putting on tefilin after a haircut 2. Not having tachanun on a Monday/Thursday 3. Getting two matzah balls in your soup What’s one you would add?
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Yair Menchel
1 year
Jews before the 9 days:
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Yair Menchel
2 years
In one picture, show me how Modern Orthodox dress evolved from the last generation to this generation:
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1 year
Jewish things that should exist: 1. Food companies printing the beracha on the label 2. Shtenders with cup holders 3. Challah knives that release salt as you cut What's one more you would add?
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Yair Menchel
1 year
True Story - A family was redoing their floors and when they took off the tiles they found this floor underneath from a previous owner. Let's just say their Shabbos afternoons were intense.
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1 year
The last thing we do before Shabbos is check our phones. The first thing we do after Shabbos is check our phones. Yet, we universally agree that Shabbos is so much more enjoyable without our phones.
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Yair Menchel
2 years
Kiddush after davening. (from WhatsApp)
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Yair Menchel
2 years
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1 year
Just passed by the Neturei Karta at the Israeli Day Parade
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1 year
The thing that ties together all religious denominations and is the unifying factor among the Jewish people is bagels and lox on Sunday morning.
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2 years
Yom Kippur as a teen - Boring Yom Kippur post Israel - Inspiring Yom Kippur with kids - Praying my wife is surviving
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10 months
Although we feel like the whole world is against us, it's great to see non-Jews who know the truth, and will publicly display it. (image from @mysticalmatzah )
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1 year
What’s the best Jewish smell? 1. Fresh challah 2. Besamim 3. Cholent 4. Esrog 5. Homemade Latkes 6. Fresh Potato kugel 7. Herring 8. Matzah pizza 9. Fresh babka 10. Other
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1 year
In April 2018, Rabbi Chill was flying from New York to Los Angeles, when his flight was delayed for three hours after boarding. What should he do? Learn daf yomi with the pilot of course.
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Yair Menchel
2 years
If Ikea sold matzah.
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2 years
It will take me 10 minutes to put away the menorah's and throw away the tinfoil. I will likely not do this simple task for 4-5 weeks.
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1 year
If you want to know what your country's about, see how they celebrate their Independence Day. Israel - Tanach competition America - Hot dog eating competition
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1 year
What game or toy was basically invented for Jews to play on Shabbos? I'll start:
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Yair Menchel
2 years
Favorite things about being Jewish (wrong answers only): 1. Everyone just loves us. 2. kosher food is half the price. 3. Jewish education is free. What's one you would add?
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1 year
Parents shouldn’t force their children to be in shul for longer than they can handle. We want them to have a positive association with shul, not a negative one.
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11 months
A woman from Holland told me that she took down her mezuzah on her front door because a Jewish house in the neighboring town was burnt down. It sounds like Germany in 1939.
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1 year
The prophecy has come true.
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1 year
How Orthodox Jews appear to others when they find out we don't engage with technology on Shabbos.
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1 year
A non-Jew looking into Judaism got into a serious motorcycle accident. He was bedridden for months. One night, he picked up a siddur on his nightstand and opened it up to aleinu. He was so moved by the tefilah, that he decided he wants to convert. He is now a Jew.
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1 year
@e_t_t_i_e Wasn't me, but whoever that man is, he's a genius.
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1 year
Looking to fundraise a big project I hope to be completed within the next two weeks. Asking from individuals: 1. Love your fellow Jew 2. Perform mitzvot
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2 years
I would’ve loved to read the @nytimes article the day after Haman announced they are going to kill all the Jews.
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1 year
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach once told his students that he was going to pray by the kivrei tzaddikim, and then proceeded to go straight to Har Hertzl to pray by the graves of the fallen soldiers.
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9 months
Rav Asher Weiss lost a spouse and a grandchild during his life. He said that he has cried far more since October 7th than any other moment in his life.
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When the Ponovitcher Rav was in Rome, he stood under the Arch of Titus, and screamed “Ich bin dus!?” (Where are you?) We have survived every world power that has tried to wipe us off the face of this earth, and once again, with the help of Hashem, we will survive this.
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2 years
I searched "Who was Israel's best spy?" Answer given - Eli Cohen Actual correct answer - Unknown
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1 year
Yup. I’ve seen it all
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1 year
If a Jew from 2,500 years ago experienced a day of Judaism in 2023, what are some things that would be surprising to them? 1. No korbanot 2. Printed Jewish texts 3. Moshiach hasn't come What's one more you would add?
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1 year
It's not exactly what we imagine when someone says they want to build the Beit Hamikdash, but it's pretty cool.
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10 months
Top three things that are going to feel very different this year: 1. Pesach Seder 2. Tisha B'Av 3. Israeli Day Parade What's one more you would add?
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2 years
If Hashem made modern day plagues, they be like: - Lose internet connection - Flight continuously gets delayed - Listening to your kid play the recorder - Sitting in traffic all day - Zoom meeting never ends - Listening to Cocomelon non-stop - Forgot to turn on the crock pot
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1 year
It's great to be a Jew. That's the tweet.
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1 year
If a Jew from 2,000 years ago came to 2023, what would be most shocking to them? 1. That we don’t have Moshiach 2. That there are so many different Jews 3. That we're thriving in exile 4. That so many Jews are still serving Hashem 5. That so many Jews have assimilated 6. Other
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2 years
Modeh Ani is probably one of the most powerful tefilos we say. It’s too bad we’re half unconscious when we say it.
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1 year
I think we found what the meraglim brought back.
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1 year
I don't care if Shabbos starts at 4:00 PM or 8:00 PM, we somehow all manage to not be ready until the last minute.
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1 year
Rav Moshe Feinstein was late to a big meeting when a poor man stopped him to ask for money. Rav Moshe gave him money, and they spoke for 10 minutes. His students asked why he spoke so long? He said there's an emotional component as well, and talking for him was more important.
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Probably one of the most special parts about Judaism is how connected we are to a Temple no Jew has seen in 2,000 years.
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1 year
New shul in the 5 Towns says it will have the largest selection of herring and gefilte fish in the world.
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1 year
Non-Jew: Easter eggs are so expensive this year. Jew: Let me tell you about something called shmurah matzah...
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Yair Menchel
2 years
What kid's nowadays picture when they hear that Moshe came down from Har Sinai with two tablets.
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2 years
I hope every Jew has an amazing Sabbath, Shabbat, Shabbos. Whatever you call it, we're all in it together.
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2 years
After experiencing a full two weeks with my kids, I realize that I tipped their counselors way too little.
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2 years
Tachanun, enjoy your spring break. See you in a month.
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2 years
What’s sоmething thаt 𝗜𝗦𝗡'𝗧 a mitzvah but somehow 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗦 like it’s a mitzvah? I'll start - Kissing the mezuzah
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1 year
Jewish dilemma - Meat or dairy meals on Shavuos? If kashrut didn't apply:
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2 years
Non-Jews are scared today because it's Friday the 13th. Jews are scared today because Shabbos starts at 4:30.
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1 year
There is a certain joy in seeing a hilarious Jewish t-shirt.
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2 years
One of the things kids are incorrectly taught: For mishloach manot you need to give one person two foods that have different berachot (halachikly, the foods can have the same beracha). You can give this a like if you were also taught this.
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1 year
Olam habbah according to The Simpsons.
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2 years
If you can ask Hashem any question, what would it be? I’ll start - When is Moshiach coming?
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1 year
I am not sure if there will be a maariv minyan tonight at any shul in the NY/NJ area.
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Make fun of this all you want, but there is something so beautiful about a Jew wanting to help return a lost pencil to a fellow Jew.
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1 year
Things in Judaism that are only loved or hated, no in-between? 1. Herring/Gefilte fish 2. Carlebach davening 3. Dressing up on Purim What’s one more you would add?
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Rav Soloveitchik's shiur was so brilliant that at the beginning, he formulated a question you didn't think could be answered, and by the end, he gave such a good answer that you didn't understand why there was a question in the first place. - Rav Herschel Schachter
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1 year
What's something in Judaism you shouldn't enjoy, but do? I'll start - The tune for reading Eicha
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1 year
@JPolydoris Thank you so much! And thanks for following Jeanne! I post a lot of Jewish and parenting humor (if you aren't Jewish you're still welcome, just giving you a heads up) and if you ever choose to unfollow, I totally understand. Have a great day!
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2 years
I played with my children over Shabbos @DBashIdeas
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2 years
This is the sign at the local mikvah. If there was one place I wouldn’t think of having a family activity, it would be here.
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If you had the choice, which sect of Judaism would you have wanted to be born into: 1. Reform 2. Conservative 3. Reconstructionist 4. Modern Orthodox 5. Yeshivish 6. Chareidi 7. Lubavitch 8. Belz 9. Satmar 10. Breslov 11. Karlin-Stolin 12. Skver 13. Vizhnitz 14. Other
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The official cookie of American Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations.
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Parts of davening that are said at a miraculous speed: 1. All of selichos 2. Bameh madlikin 3. Yikum purkan 4. Korbanos 5. Barchi nafshi
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Yesterday I learned that there is a kohen gadol action figure. Step aside Batman, there's a new favorite action figure.
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New reality tv show "Extreme Succahs"
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We love Jewish paired foods: 1. Cholent and kugel 2. Crackers and herring 3. Challah and hummus 4. Matzah balls and soup 5. Apples and honey
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