Thread: Shaving and Orthodox Judaism story

While I'm not Jewish, I was in New York for a friend's wedding, and she is actually Hasidic, which is a very strict sect of Orthodoxy. Naturally, I was the only clean shaven one there as most Hasidic Jews do not shave at all, and thus grow very long beards. My girlfriend, who's conservative, told me not to bring up my new straight razor to anyone, despite my palpable excitement, lest it offend and tip them off to my goy roots.

Well, I was walking with the groom(who is Australian and very mellow), bride, and some of the bride's friends, including my girlfriend, up Park Avenue and passed a Casswell-Massey. When the groom asked why I would be interested in the shop because all he saw were soaps,I couldn't contain my excitement at looking at their shaving brushes. The look on my girlfriend's face turned from interested in their soaps to horror as I described, in great detail, my shaving regimen and the pros of straight razors and badger brushes. The entire conversation and walk screetched to a halt as both my gf and the bride and her friends were terrified to hear the topic I was discussing.

The groom turned to me, and said with a smile, "Well I guess we should go in then. I could use a shave." After I finished laughing, I turned to my girlfriend and immediately said, "See? Jews make jokes too." It was really nice to rub it in her face.

Yeah, it's always fun to rub it in a girlfriend's face.

I liked that little story.

bet she was still p1ssed

If my first experience with a sharp blade was being circumcised as a baby, I think I'd avoid them as much as possible too.

Did you end up sleeping on the sofa for the rest of the week?

One of my brother's is Jewish, living kosher for many years, fluent in Hebrew, bar mitzva and everything. He told me that straight razors are actually not kosher because they have only one blade. I guess it says somewhere in the Torah that two blades (meaning shears, but often loosely interpreted to include twin blades too) should be used to cut whiskers.

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