Shabbos in Middle America

Seriosuly Ive been in some of those places and there are no sidewalks AND the drivers speed.

You need to bench Gomel when you cross the street in these places

I think what you’re describing is more Deep South than Middle America 🙂

Chuck Norris…

…is not very good at following halacha.

PBA doesn’t know the difference between Middle America and the Deep South, or any other region of the U.S. for that matter.

I am much more interested to know how:- When to keep Shabbos in Japan? New Zealand? Hawaii?

I like the Chuck Norris jokes.

Very offending thread for people who actually grew up in middle of america!

DUH they hqve sidewalks, and no, we did not have a farm

I’ve visited the Jewish communities of middle America. Plainly- They are not much different than the smaller town communities in the tri state… The difference is they may come off as more American in their demeanor despite being extremely devout/religious Orthodox Jews… The reasons could include the fact that they are 5th,6th generation or have lost count. They live surrounded by Christian Americans, far from the Jewish metropolises of the east and west coasts. Also, the moral fiber of their gentile neighbors is of a much higher standard as well, so there is seemingly no harm in adopting the American mannerisms to a certain degree.

Hats off to these communities who are serving HKBH in these remote areas- it’s much harder for them without the landau or the 17 kosher restaurants on one block. Some of them only have a small butcher/grocery store and that’s IT. One city i go to has NOTHING. Literally nothing. They make do with shipping food from the nearest community.

So to answer the question- I’m sure shabbos is very holy in these towns and probably freezing cold for about 75 percent of the year.

Just curious. Why is it OK to ridicule these people?

No ohio is in middle…..

PBA you have this strange personality to offend everone in 1 way or another

• Chuck Norris shlugs kapparos with a cow.
• Chuck Norris fasts the entire aseres yemei teshuva. (Actually, this is a real minhag- but he doesn’t eat at night.)
• Chuck Norris klaps “al cheit” with brass knuckles.
• Chuck Norris says all of the extra piyutim in the back of the Artscroll machzor And still has a 3 hour break.

• Chuck Norris’s sukkah is made from actual Ananei HaKavod.
• Chuck Norris is makpid not to breathe outside the sukkah.
• When Chuck Norris bangs his Aravos, it measures 6.3 on the Richter Scale — 50 miles away.
• Chuck Norris does backwards hagbah on all 3 Torahs at once, while holding up all 4 sides of the tallis chupa.
• Chuck Norris holds his Lulav and Esrog, his Machzor, the Torah, and cell phone – All at the same time. In one hand.

PBA: The Rambam would say no, that’s a logical impossibility. A few of the Geonim would say that of course he can. (True story: I capitalized the “h” in the word “he” in that sentence before remembering that I was talking about Chuck, not God.)

Scranton may be remote, but it is definitely not Middle America. We have driven through it many times en route to upstate NY– it’s a great place to stop for a minyan on the way if you time it well.

@PBA – I’d think in Middle America, the people are a bit taller.

Why do people think America equals Planet Earth? (Just like in Doctor Who, everything always happens to England.)

Btw, Poppa Bar Abba, I am convinced that you are a time lord. And since there’s only one left, you must be the Doctor.