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Category Archives: Hasidim
Rabbis Talk Differently To Other Rabbis
In his fourth lecture on Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Wikipedia has everything you need. In the rabbinic world, you don’t have book reviews [like what Rav Zevin did in Sofrim U’Sefarim]. It’s not part … Continue reading
Posted in Hasidim, Marc B. Shapiro, Rabbis
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Fashions For Hasidic Women
I spend a great deal of time, entirely too much time, thinking about women. Chabad women are usually dressed stylishly. They’re not afraid to wear high heels and clingy clothes and dramatic colors. Other Hasidic women are not as bold, … Continue reading
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All Defects Of Character
Alcoholic Anonymous started 72 years ago yesterday. Step Six of the Twelve Steps is: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” I’ve not been able to surrender to this step yet. I have too many … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Hasidim, Judaism, Personal
Tagged 72 years, countless times, hole in my soul, m 46, misbehavior, train wreck
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Pearl Reich – The Hasidic Hottie
Gothamist posts: A 30-year-old mother of four, aspiring model, and former member of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community is fighting for a divorce from her allegedly abusive husband and for custody of her children. “It was an arranged marriage,” Pearlperry Reich tells … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Satire
Tagged aspiring model, borough park, daily mail, open relationship, orthodox women, troubled women
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The World Of Chabad-Lite
Chabad is an elite religion. It has long prided itself as the most intellectual of the Hasidim, the group most devoted to Torah study. Over the past 40 years, Chabad has devoted itself to outreach and it is easy to … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Haredi, Hasidim, Kabbalah Centre
Tagged friends and neighbors, jewish practice, lubavitcher, military fatigues, special ops, torah study
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