Monday, July 9, 2007

Guide to Labeling Orthodox Jews


FFB: (Frum From Birth)

FFBWL: Frum From Birth With Lapses- "My yeshiva had the best weed..."

FFBOOH: Frum From Birth Out Of Habit

BT: Ba'al Teshuva

IBT: Integrated Ba'al Teshuva- "You're a Ba'al Teshuva?!"

NIBT: Non-Integrated Ba'al Teshuva- Q: "Can I help you find the pages during the service?" A: "I'm okay, thanks."

BTNOOH: Ba'al Teshuva Now Out Of Habit

Ger/Giores


-Dixie Yid (card-carrying Underconstructionist)
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5 comments:

  1. P LJuly 9, 2007 at 11:37 PM

    I think you might want to add:

    FFBFATtjDWEED - K?
    Frum from birth but awakened and found True Torah Judaism and not the "do what everyone else does" kind.

    Nice post!

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  2. DixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)July 10, 2007 at 7:13 AM

    Now I like that one! It's better thank FFBWL!

    -Dixie Yid

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  3. Neil HarrisJuly 10, 2007 at 11:15 PM

    Don't forget FFT-Frum From Teshuva (I first heard this from R Moshe Shur)

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  4. ASJune 15, 2008 at 3:08 PM

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  5. ASJune 15, 2008 at 3:10 PM

    Great Post! Everybody be on the look out for my interview of this witty blogger right here real soon.

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