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Jewish Spirituality
I have close to zero interest in spirituality, prayer and developing a relationship with G-d (if I want to feel the transcendent, I just listen to a good pop song). About the only rabbi who made any sense to me … Continue reading
Posted in Aryeh Ben David, Spirituality
Tagged calm, Clothes, finley, jewish spirituality, mordecai, nirvana, participants, peace, pop song, Prayer, rabbi, relationship, serenity, spiritual beings, spiritual person, stereotype, stereotypes, Torah, Yoga
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I’m A Righteous Man Because I Don’t Hate People In My Heart, I Hate Them On My Blog!
I have some reflections on the Torah’s injunction not to hate your neighbor in your heart. I’ve been studying Sefer HaChinuch (the 14th? century book of Jewish education) on Leviticus 19 (the Holiness Code). Which Jews are we allowed to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Torah
Tagged 14th century, angry god, blog, fellow jews, goyim, heart, heretics, holiness code, injunction, jewish education, leviticus 19, live cam chat, mind worms, moses, nbsp, neighbor, quot, Rabbis, reflections, righteous man, special occasion, Torah
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Chaim Amalek & Client 9 Live In My Chatroom
Click here to visit my cam chat: An Orthodox Jew looks at refinance from a Torah perspective. An Orthodox Jew looks at YouTube from a Torah perspective. guest9: MORAL LEADER? EXPLAIN PLEASE guest9: youre boring guest8: iam in agreement, just … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bathroom break, bear stearns, cam chat, cheers, lol, Love, moral leader, nbsp, orthodox jew, rabbi, smile, Torah, torah perspective, vodka, youtube
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Bnai David-Judea Is Where The Women Are – And Some Of Them May Be Eager To Meet You
More attractive young single women go to Bnai David-Judea and the Happy Minyan than any other synagogue in zip code 90035 (Pico/Robertson). While Beth Jacob, Mogen David and Young Israel of Century City are deserts, Bnai David is a dessert … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged aish, arangement, atid, Beth Jacob, century city, deserts, dessert, Israel, jew, judea, legit, Mogen David, orthodox jews, outreach, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, Sinai Temple, single women, singles events, Synagogue, talmud, Torah, young couples, Young Israel, young women, zip code
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Running Into Rabbi Yitz Ethshalom At Ralphs
Sunday night. I hire someone to install wordpress for me on a website I’m running that’s registered and hosted at domain.com. Five hours later, wordpress is still not installed because the server keeps cutting out. In a rage, I switch … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged alienation, cinema city, city film festival, emmanuel levinas, heart to heart, luxury home, martin buber, rabbi, ralphs, recompense, red carpet, rrrr, sages, shul, sneer, Torah, true feelings, yelp, yelps, yitz
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The Tiger and the Pussycat
I love pussycats but sometimes I like to run with the tigers. The problem with tigers is that they sometimes claw you and often turn out to be quite deranged. That’s kinda cool in small contained doses — hey, live … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged bad woman, chicks, Divorce, drift, good woman, jews for jesus, mom, nbsp, nine years, preference, sages, shabbat, shabbos, shiksas, skirt, strong belief, tiger, tigers, Torah, wild on the streets, zoo
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Sephardim are rational — Ashkenazim, not so much
Dennis Wilen writes: From an essay in Zeek — A Sephardic Answer to Modern Jewish Identity By David Rabeeya: " . . . Ashkenazic authorities traditionally have placed a “fence around the Torah,” enlarging restrictions in order to be sure … Continue reading
Posted in Ashkenazim, Sephardim
Tagged ashkenazic, Ashkenazim, authorities, dennis wilen, fanaticism, fence, integrity, inventions, irrationality, jew, jewish identity, jewish law, latitude, pesach, quot, radicalism, religious leaders, sephardi jews, Sephardim, Torah
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