You’re right. No one should ever take the Vaad HaBadchanim seriously.

We’re just frum Twitter clowns with a logo.

But this was never about whether people should take us seriously. It was about whether people should take an agunah seriously.

So why did we get involved?

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https://twitter.com/__I_l_l__l/status/2054903057150812376

In short?

Because Raphi is one of ours.

Not one of ours on the Vaad. One of ours on Frum Twitter.

That doesn't mean we protect him.
It means we're responsible to call him out.

If we only condemn strangers and enemies, then all moral clarity in the world is just performance.

“The married women shall cover their hair so that only her husband sees it and no other man will be tempted by her hair.”
“So she’ll just wear a simple head covering?”
“No. She’ll wear something that looks even better than her original hair, and it’ll resemble a woman in an Herbal Essences commercial.”
“Ah brilliant Sir! That will certainly please the husband.”
“No, she'll only wear it outside the home.” “We will daven three times a day, starting with Shacharis in the morning.”

“That’s when the day begins sir?”

“Actually it starts at night.”

“So the “fast days” shall also start at night?”

“Only two of them.”

While, we're working on setting up #FTOTY2022, @cholentface also made a 2022 Year in Frum Twitter, inspired by @LlamaInaTux (and @SamMgelman).

Let's go for a trip down memory lane, shall we? JANUARY

3- After JK Rowling liked a @DBashIdeas Tweet about Harry Potter, every Frum Muggle on Twitter went ballistic with Dumbledore jokes

https://twitter.com/thetonightsho/status/1477938993954279424?s=21

Do you see @DBashIdeas respond with emojis and you're not sure what they mean?

Here's a DBash emoji manual:

- 😂🤪😂: "I'm being silly"
- 😅🙊😬: "I'm shamelessly promoting my own stuff"
- 🤔🤨🤔: "someone tagged me in an offensive tweet, and I'm too nice to call them out" - 🥰🥰🥰: "BEING CALLED IN."
- 🙌❤️🙌: "NYC’s fav basketball teams gets a warm welcome from the NY Knicks."
- 🙈: "guys stop you're embarrassing me"
- 🤗❤️🤗: "Thank you for praising my work"
- 😳😬😳: "Don't know how to respond to this, but I'm replying because I'm nice"

I have a joke about Shmura matza that will make you crack up. I have a joke about tefillin but its a little left leaning.