Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Handy Dandy Guide to Chareidish

For those readers less familiar with chareidi speak, I have compiled a useful guide to some popular phrases:

Phrase Translation
Standing up for kovod shabbos = Burning random garbage and stoning people
Not compatible with dina demalchusah = Illegal activities
Mevatel daas before your rabbeim = Turning a blind eye to child abuse
Kefirah = An idea I don't like
A Moser is chayav misah = Police informants deserve to be murdered extra-judicially
Ve'osisah Hayashar veHatov = You should do what we tell you to do

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