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Category Archives: Personal
Contempt In My Relationships
I’ve rarely had a relationship where I was not massively contemptuous of my girlfriend or she was not massively contemptuous of me. Yet I’ve never had a relationship where we were each contemptuous of the other. When I date high-achieving … Continue reading
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Why Doesn’t The Great Sin Of Pre-Marital Sex Get More Attention In Orthodox Life?
When I was growing up in Seventh-Day Adventist Christianity, the sin of fornication aka pre-marital sex received more attention than any other sin. It was the biggie. To do it, was to deny Christ and his love. I’ve never heard … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, flag football league, monogamous heterosexual marriage, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, pre marital sex, saturday night fever, shabbos afternoon
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I Said Yes To HaShem
During LimmudLA, a woman berated me for not sleeping with her. Not last year. And not this year. “I didn’t say no to you,” I explained. “I said yes to HaShem.”
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How Our Relationships Affect Our Health
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I’m Tired Of All These Public Outpourings Of Sensitivity To Gay Orthodox Jews
Why should gay Orthodox Jews get any more compassion than any other group within Orthodoxy who chooses to publicly deviate from their religion and simultaneously seek acceptance from it? Judaism unambiguously says that is it not allowed to have sex … Continue reading
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Tagged fellow journalists, foundational law, gay jews, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, public actions, religion judaism, sensitive treatment, traditional jews
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