WELLBEING → A BETTER YOU Issue 1079 · September 17, 2025

Be True to You 

Strategies for intentional living from experts who get it

Be True to You 
Be True to You
Rachel Burnham with Bassi Gruen

“SOI was dating this guy who came in from Lakewood to meet me. He picked me up and said that he was taking me to restaurant X. I didn’t know what to do because everyone in town knows that this restaurant is under a very shaky hashgachah that almost no one uses.”

It was my first meeting with Layli, who lived in a large out-of-town community, and she was sharing her most recent dating saga.

“I told him, ‘Oh, I realize it’s probably tricky when you don’t live here, but as a local I just want to mention that last I heard, restaurant X wasn’t under a good hashgachah.’

“He looked a little irritated and said, ‘I did my research, and it’s under the Vaad of ABC.’

Continue reading with Mishpacha.

Create a free account to keep reading.

Everything you need to stay close to Mishpacha.
← Previous installment Teenage Chesed Next installment → Pesichah, the Keys to Eternity