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Daily Archives: April 14, 2008
Rabbi Gadol Fears For My Neshama
The holy rabbi — he’s not a compromising Modern Orthodox, he’s the real thing, a fair dinkum rabbi — is in my chat room right now dispensing brachas: RabbiGadol: A nice woman, his age, from a good family. Very much … Continue reading
The Mystery Method For Snagging Passover Invites
For the past few weeks, I’ve been going to the mikveh every morning and putting on tefillin and praying that HaShem send me an invite to the first seder. It has not worked. I no longer believe in the power … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged angeles public library, beautiful women, deity, despair, desperate measures, existence, Jews, mikveh, moral leader, mystery method, overflow, Passover, power of prayer, putting on tefillin, seder, shabbos
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The Sleazy Characters Rescuing Isaac Hersh
Rabbi Yosef denied his wife a get (Jewish divorce) for eleven years. She was a chained woman and could not remarry within traditional Judaism. Steve Zakheim, the guy that has custody of Isaac Hersh, practiced massive fraud and sexual harassment … Continue reading
Posted in Isaac Hersh
Tagged ambulance corps, ambulance service, boat rides, chained woman, emergency medical technician, giuliani administration, jewish divorce, massive fraud, mdash, pound man, private ambulance, rabbi yosef, sexual harassment, state supreme court, steve zakheim, traditional judaism, trip to the hospital, village voice, yankee games, yankee stadium
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Rabbi Yehuda Kolko Pleads Guilty To Child Endangerment
Here’s a report with comments: Flatbush, NY – Rabbi Yehuda Kolko a former rabbi at Yeshiva Torah Temimah, who has been accused for molesting some of his students, has pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a … Continue reading
Posted in Yehuda Kolko
Tagged 3 years, child endangerment, civil case, closure, counseling, criminal case, endangering the welfare of a child, guilty plea, lawyers, parents, probation, rabbi kolko, rabbi yehuda kolko, welfare, yeshiva torah temimah
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‘Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law’ by Gershon Winkler
Nobody has ever translated Rabbi Jacob Emden‘s memoir into English because it is so raunchy. It’s time somebody breaks this boundary. A reader posts to Amazon.com: This mischevious little book gathers excerpts from all over the Jewish legal codes on … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Sex
Tagged 20b, amazon, dissenting opinion, emden, jewel in the crown, jewish law, maimonides, mikveh, nachmanides, par excellence, perogative, rabbi jacob, Rabbis, sacred secrets, sanctity of sex, sexual position, sifting through, stirring the pot, traditional interpretation, unmarried woman
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