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Monthly Archives: November 2008
News or Fark? Rabbi writes Election Day prayer
As soon as I read the headline, I thought "self-promoter! This is fake news. This is like a report on a guy translating the Bible into Australian." Others must think, "Holy man!" Then I saw the article was about someone … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged colorful character, fark, public pronouncements, rabbi david, reciter, tikkun olam
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Pico Kosher Deli – Four Stars Out Of Five
Joe emails: The best way to tell how good a Kosher restaurant is to count how many non-Orthodox patrons it has. Orthodox people do not know good food and think that anything they do not have to clean up their … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut
Tagged corn beef, deli sandwiches, kosher deli, lashon hara, lunch crowd, steak entrees
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The Secrets Of Making Converts To Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Gil student writes: Urim Publications recently published A Circle in the Square, a book that is a combination of a biography of R. Shlomo Riskin until his aliyah in 1983 and the story of the innovation that is Lincoln … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged gil student, lincoln square synagogue, orthodox judaism, shlomo riskin, torah giants, torah portion
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The Cabalist’s Daughter – A New Novel
Check it out here. Here’s my Q&A with Yori Yanover via email: * Why did you write this book? Since I read the first in the Douglas Adams’s "Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy" series, I knew I wanted to do … Continue reading
Posted in Yori Yanover
Tagged hitchhiker guide to the galaxy, jewish mysticism, jewish tradition, lubavitch news service, new novel, physics and philosophy
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says Women Can Lead Israel
From Ynetnews.com: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Shas’ spiritual leader, said last week that in principle, a woman could be the prime minister of Israel. The halachic ruling was given in response to a question sent to the rabbi, and clearly stated … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged halacha yomit, rabbi ovadia yosef, rabbi ovadiah yosef, rabbi yosef, torah sages, ynetnews com
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