House of Sun…
Posted by Yeshiva Guy | Posted in Yeshivish | Posted on 12-07-2010
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I went to Ramat Beit Shemesh for Shabbos.
Place was nice, without question. The neighborhoods are setup nicely, and the streets are hilly, but pretty. Unfortunately, the place is “k’shmo kein hu“; i.e, very, very hot. I think it felt hotter than Yerushalayim mostly because there aren’t any tall buildings around to provide shade. So walking in the street is a killer, and definitely not recommended.
But since we’re about the good, not the bad, find below, in no specific order, are some of the more notably enjoyable things about my Shabbos in RBS:
- The minyan I davened at (Aish Kodesh). Neat, varm, BT/Ballabatish/Yeshivish/Heimish cholent mix of a place. Quite enjoyable. The JB/YU books in the back also provided ample reading material for Bein Gavra l’Gavra
. - Friday morning basketball (9AM-11AM). That was some serious olam that played there. Older crowd (I was likely the only >25 yr old there), but quite competitive. I won’t be announcing my stat sheet for the morning, so forget it. Some of the local Twitter chevra also play in the game.
- I chapped a velt of hana’ah from the mix. MO/Yeshivish live close by each other. That isn’t to say that there aren’t politics, but, nu, politics are the spice of life, right?
- The hostess made the most awesome pecan pie. Seriously, I would take the bus there and back just for the pie. Forget about the cookies. I have serious tz’dadim they serve that stuff in Gan Eiden. Hmmm. Would that be pie-in-the-sky?
- I walked away with a free sefer (from my host). #EmeseMaaseh
- They have a real life Yiddle League (that’s Yiddishe Little League, for those of you not from Brooklyn) there. Baseball! Can you imagine?
- Some of the streets there have real houses. Not apartments. And, of course, the corollary; central A/C!
- I met the most amazing 6 year old yingeleh Friday morning. He didn’t stop speaking, and the entire time, I couldn’t stop laughing. I’m shtark choshed I’m gonna have to switch to MO if they consistently produce such kinderlach, although the Abba claims he’s one in a million.
- I heard a great vort from a YU R”Y…my host was a YU talmid, and I pressured him for some YU Torah. He delivered. Sweet.
- Seudah Shlishis at the Goldmeier’s. They have a great English Jewish library, and the chocolate mousse was impressive. Had fun.
- Did I mention that pecan pie?












