So This Jewess Told Me To Stop Using The Word ‘Jewess’

Isn’t that just like a Jewess, always telling God-fearing folk such as myself what words we may and may not use.

A lot of Jewesses on JSwipe use pictures of themselves in provocative yoga poses (far more than the shiksas on Tinder). Luckily, the women who swipe me back are usually over 40 and not in the best of shape.

This world is a perilous place for the Torah Jew whose only desire is to serve HaShem.

Perhaps it is time to start referring to female bloggers as blogeresses?

Karen: “Your bashert will be a blowup doll named Frumi.”

Lubavitcher Rebbe:

The Zohar (II 96b) teaches that the sale and servitude of Jewish slaves represents the descent of the soul into the body. Canaanite slaves are the initial stages of man’s Divine service when he must overcome the influence of the animal soul that lusts for worldly pleasures. This is accomplished by fear of the Master and acceptance of His yoke. The person coerces his animal soul to conform to the wishes of his Master at least on the practical level.
The Hebrew slave has reached a higher level for in him the Divine attributes of the G-dly soul illuminate the animal soul and influence it to feel some desire for G-dliness. Nevertheless the worldly desires of the animal soul have not been completely subdued.
The highest level is the Hebrew maidservant, who may be sold by her father only if the purchaser has an eligible son for a husband for her. So too the soul is sent on an earthly journey into a body with the ultimate goal a total marriage with G-d. So the Hebrew maidservant represents the person whose desire for worldly pleasures has been completely transformed to desire only G-dliness. (Likutei Sichot 26:371)

I think this selection from the Rebbe indicates that it is a Jewish view that there is an essence to the different peoples of the world and that this essence varies. The Jew has one essence, the Canaanite another. Different peoples have different gifts.

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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