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Serial Dater Rabbi Ally Discusses This Week’s Torah Portion
Ally writes the “Serial Datist” blog. She’s only 29 years old. She was raised Orthodox but in adulthood she’s become a tad less Orthodox. Ally, a virgin until age 21, says she hasn’t done kiddush in six months even though … Continue reading
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Tagged asian chick, asian chicks, jewish chicks, poor self esteem, religious jew, religious tendencies, secular jews, sex rule, shidduchim, south africans, torah portion
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Liami Lawrence Interview
He hosts a radio show in Los Angeles and he hosts regular parties for Jewish singles. We talk on my live cam about his kiruv work introducing striptease to Israel, his flirtation with Christianity last year and his views on … Continue reading
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Tagged aliyah, decent apartment, downward trend, israeli consulate, Jewish Federation, kehila, kehilla, luke ford, shidduch, temple beth, torah portion
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Torah Talk With Rabbi Rabbs
This week’s Torah portion is Veetchanan: Va’etchanan (ואתחנן — Hebrew for “and I pleaded,” the first word in the parshah) is the 45th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the … Continue reading
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This Week’s Torah Portion Is Pinchas
I will discuss parsha Pinchas live on my cam starting at 1:15 PM PST Tuesday with Rabbi Rabbs. Rabbi Ari Kahn writes: Sometimes, biblical stories are complex or densely and intricately woven; other times, the storyline seems straightforward, morally unequivocal, … Continue reading
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Tagged critical voices, moral outrage, pagan sensibilities, rabbi ari kahn, torah portion, willing participant
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Pinchas Vs. The Girls Of Baal-Peor
This week’s Torah portion has so much slaughter and fornication that it would make a good videogame. I’m normally a very strong man, but there’s just something about Midianite girls that puts the lead in my pencil. I remember meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged cardboard boxes, christian women, flesh and blood, moral leader, oy vey, stationwagon, stationwagons, strong man, stronger man, talk about jesus, torah portion
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Live Torah Talk With Rabbi Rabbs
I’m studying this week’s Torah portion — Balak with Rabbi Rabbs. I wonder if I would’ve participated in the cult of Baal-peor for my fair share of those hot Midianite women. I know you think I’m so holy, but I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged canadian flight, flesh and blood, flight attendant, impulses, jerusalem symphony, long john silver, muskin, torah portion, young lads
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God Is Not One
When speaking to Jews and Christians, Dennis Prager often says that if you served Jews and Christians equally unripe cantaloupe, Jews would complain more because Jews don’t think suffering is good while Christians view suffering as Christlike. Christianity encourages a … Continue reading
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Tagged book god, culture of complaint, Dennis Prager, differences matter, stephen prothero, torah portion
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North Hollywood Shul Shooting Forces Bar Mitzvah To Be Rescheduled For Thursday Evening
Read the last sentence where the kid says it’s not so bad, at least he’ll be famous. Well, fame was one the blessings that God promised to bestow upon Abraham. Genesis 12:2: "I will make you into a great nation … Continue reading
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Surprised By Joy
Something happened to me this evening that hasn’t hit me in months — I wanted to go to shul. Around 7pm, my feet got itchy and I put on my suit and I walked half an hour and I said … Continue reading
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This Week’s Torah Portion Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5769
Steve Brizel writes: Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaHatzmaut Esther Wachsman describes the sense of unity generated for the safe return of Nachshon Wachsman, HaShem Yimkam Damo, z"l: link R. Dovid Miller and R. Ezra Schwartz examine the connection between Yom … Continue reading
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