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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Financially Supporting Your Man So He Can Study Torah All Day
Yeed comments: If it was an equal relationship, you would find many such arrangements. In actual fact, you virtually never find such a relationship. (And if the Zevulun would be required to literaly give half of his earnings, then you … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged closest thing, jewish learning, new discovery, teshuvah, Torah
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Kundalini & Judaism
Myron emails: Hi Luke, I read your blog about Kundalini and Judaism. I too practice Kundalini Yoga (since February 2009) and think about it in relationship to Judaism…I guess doing this in Jerusalem where we do make connections with Holidays, … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Yoga
Tagged hassidim, ivine, kippa, levinas, lubavitcher rebbe, values of ethics
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My Storytelling Workshop
My first class was tonight. It exceeded my expectations. My classmates are all women younger than me (except for one older lady). I recognized two of them from yoga. Some of us may be friends for a long time. The … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blue crayon, booty call, classmates, male archetype, prose poem, storytelling workshop
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Distorting The Jewish Dietary Laws
Moshe Zev posts to Marc B. Shapiro: I would love to see more about how kashrus has been distorted today in America. We have been taught to believe that nothing is kosher unless it has a certification. Yet it is … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged jewish dietary laws, Marc B. Shapiro, meat product, moshe, rabbi hirsch, rabbi joseph, rabbi moses, rosh yeshiva, zev
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Facebook Saves Time
A lot of people — usually losers — tell me they’re not on Facebook because it is a time-waster. It takes them away from the study of Torah. I find being on Facebook saves me time and allows me to … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
Tagged Facebook, holy purposes, mortification, sacred text, time waster
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