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Tag Archives: hovel
The Torah Hour Of Power
Nicholas Vance emails: Today I listened to two weeks worth of the Torah Hour of Power. And I have a couple of modest suggestions. Is it possible to post the show as an mp3 file? What I’ve been doing is … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged Dennis Prager, hour of power, hovel, monday night football, radio programme, youtube
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Adopt Me!
I want to be adopted. Ever since I’ve been a kid, when I’ve met loving families, I’ve wanted them to adopt me. I still get this yearning. I’ve wanted some of my therapists to adopt me, or to at least … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged boys and girls, Dennis Prager, hovel, loving families, normality, sabbaths
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Eat, Pray, Love With Monica: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across The Hovel
This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim. Eat, Pray, Love With Monica is a 2010 Torah Talk by American author Monica. The memoir chronicles the author’s trip around the hovel after her divorce, and what she discovered during her travels. At … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged absolute answer, ancient hebrew, eastern religion, failing marriage, genealogical account, having faith, hovel, latitude longitude, many millennia, maureen callahan, medicine man, moral leaders, new york post, self help book, spiritual themes, torah portion, traveling around the world, word faith, yoga vacations
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The Rating Game
Today I was telling my shrink, Dr. Spielvogel, about this new book by Reba Toney — The Rating Game. If you find yourself getting dumped a lot, it’s probably because you’re dating out of your league. If you do the … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, ball park, daf yomi, Dennis Prager, hovel, kurtzman, life position, public manner, spielvogel, torah study, virtual father
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I Want To Do Quality Streams
I want a higher quality streaming thingy from my hovel so that when I interview people, everyone can hear it live. What do I need to do to make this happen? I’d like to do a weekly live cam parsha … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged hovel, live cam, parsha, quality streams
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7.2 Earthquake Hits Mexicali
3:40 pm. I’m lying down watching “The Raid on Entebbe” when my hovel starts shaking. I feel like I’m riding a horse. The shaking goes on for about 30 seconds, about the longest I ever remember. Report My movie — … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Personal
Tagged earthquake hits, frig, hovel, raid on entebbe, riding a horse
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Operation Optimism
My New Jersey friend Alec Borenstein is an attorney and a life coach. He has this Facebook group “Operation Optimism.” “We’re constantly bombarded with negative imagery,” says Alec. “If you just watch the 11pm news, you will see that almost … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged borenstein, broadway producer, father abraham, hovel, life coach
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Did I Pass Orit’s Test?
Here’s the big moment in our interview when Orit tests me, much in the same way God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac. Luke: “Do you believe that God is separate from the universe?” Orit: “Wow!” … Continue reading
Posted in Orit Arfa, Personal
Tagged gemara, gentle reader, hovel, isaac luke, mitzvot, moral demands, test amy
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I Cleaned!
I emailed her: “I just spent 40 mins cleaning up, organizing my hovel above my bed to find my hanukkiah. Found it!” She replied: “So that’s what it takes to get you to clean. A celebration of Jews reveling in … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged anti semite, bloodshed, celebration, hanukkiah, hovel, ignoramus, Jews
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Shot Down At Kiddish
She called at 5:30 pm Friday. He heard the ring and looked at the caller ID and walked out to the street to get her, to bring her inside the gate, and finally inside the hovel. It’d been a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged book shelf, computer desk, couplehood, falling through space, hovel, kiddish cup, light candles, shalom aleichem
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