Daily Archives: September 29, 2009

I’m Getting A Soul Reading Thursday Afternoon

A friend paid for me to get a soul reading Thursday afternoon. Anything in particular I should ask? What I am most curious about is where my next check is coming from. Is all this forbidden by the Torah? Chaim … Continue reading

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Dennis Prager Asks For The Bereavement Fare

Dennis Prager’s mom Hilda died Saturday, Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 19, 2009. As he was booking a flight to New York for himself, his wife and his LA son, Dennis asked the ticket agent for the bereavement fare. He’d heard that … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: San Francisco Orthodox Shul Plans $4.5 Million Building Renovation and Partial Redesign

Congregation Chevra Thilim, which describes itself as "San Francisco’s oldest Orthodox congregation," has launched a $4.5 million fundraising drive to renovate, partially redesign and upgrade its large sanctuary and social hall.  The project also includes plans for new classrooms as … Continue reading

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Connecting With Women

Kezia (a hot and smart British bird) writes: Us women however, do not consider that talking about our problems, feelings, insecurities and emotions as weak. We can really enjoy and embrace that moment when we can finally stop playing the … Continue reading

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Should Orthodox Judaism Have Female Rabbis?

Rabbi Gil Student writes in First Things: Women never served as ritual slaughterers, for example, although an actual prohibition was rejected in the Medieval legal literature. Nonetheless, when the question arose of whether a woman could, in actual practice, be … Continue reading

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