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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Celebrating Lag B’Omer With Bonfires
"How is that good for Los Angeles?" I thought when I was reading a press release for a Lag B’Omer bonfire Monday night. "We have bad air pollution in LA and bonfires will only add to it. What will the … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Hirhurim, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged air pollution, bonfires, chasam sofer, chopped liver, goyim, jerusalem post, lag b omer, lag baomer, unnecessary pollution
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Jewish Medical Ethics Conference
From Hirhurim: Torah in Motion, The Orthodox Union and Yeshiva University, invite you to The International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics August 20th to 23rd, 2009 At the foot of the Majestic Laurentian Peaks at the inspired mountain chateau Fairmont … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Hirhurim
Tagged avraham steinberg, emory university atlanta, hematology oncology, interested laymen, jewish medical ethics, torah in motion
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Another Book On Divine Providence
Jaded Topaz echoes my thoughts: Why is everyone falling in love with "hashkafah" all over again every morning and new yeshiva "zman". I think arguing "hashkafah" is such an utter waste of intellectual energy,the concept is laughable on its face. … Continue reading
Posted in Hershel Schachter, Judaism
Tagged approbations, divine providence, guest introduction, hashkafah, intellectual energy, medieval works, utter waste
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A Wife Would Save Him From The Moralists
…"and a rich one from the moneylenders… Married, he might confront society without having to affront it." (Pg. 233 of Richard Ellmann’s biography of Oscar Wilde) I feel like the second coming of Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde discovered his genius … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged affront, catholicism protestantism, man oscar, moneylenders, oscar wilde, paganism
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