Misnagdim Puns

I am very curious, because my family were (Litvak) Misnagdim and Rabbinical, as well as adherents of Halacha, even for quite a while after they came to the U.S. -- my great-great-grandfather brought his family to America when he was nearly 50 years old, and he was trained in the Rabbinate but did not himself pursue it. His father, however, was a Rabbi (I only know he was "Misnagdim") as well as a Levite, not Cohain. They married into several Cohain families, although unsure if that's relevant. Not so many were pious, but some very much so.

Okay, so what? So, his daughter was my great-grandmother, mother of my grandmother who is still living, first born in the U.S. -- she initially attended Hebrew school in NYC in the 1920's, they spoke only Yiddish at home, she complained about having to walk Manhattan on Friday evenings, they kept very kosher, her great-uncle was President (? It is in his obituary) of a Synagogue himself, and it seemed that most of their family friends were rabbis, but she came from little family, there was a lot of tragedy and early death, and she married someone who was Jewish and favored either Reform or Reconstruction (I could not tell you which). She converted and every weekend, always attended Synagogue, which I remember well as a kid.

I feel more connected now to my ancestors, through decades of research and reading their journals, learning about their lives, reaching out to cousins, than my grandma did. She actually didn't know some of the family I do. At any rate, I just wonder:

Is there an equivalent today to Misnagdim? Her older family were from two places, from near Minsk and then Kovno, they moved due to Rabbinical appointment. Or would it just be considered "Ultra-Orthodox" or "Orthodox"? I would love to better understand this.

It is my intention to convert in time, but I do not know to what. At present, I am not even "Jewish" because my mother was born to secular/Atheistic parents who were not Jewish. Plus my father's bar mitzvah was apparently either Reform or Reconstruction (he can't personally remember since now, he is only culturally Jewish and does not go to Synagogue; I think he's Buddhist now, but not sure honestly -- I am not close with my parents, who live thousands of miles away from me and have little interest in Judaism. My mom, perhaps, has more, as she married a second Jew after my father who was Sephardic and Israeli, but also very secular now).

I also would like to go to a Synagogue t

I was reading this thread about the Mysticism/Scholasticism within Christianity and was wondering if it influenced the similar split within Judaism since the Chasidic movement started in Eastern Orthodox areas in Ukraine. Was there Eastern Orthodox influence on its development, or was it just coincidence because that was the area hardest hit by Khmelnytsky's Pogroms?

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

Why

After all his first name is No-vac