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Tag Archives: yom kippur
I Hate Waiting For My Calls To Be Returned
It’s Saturday night. Where is she? Does she have cheating on her mind? Is she between another girls’ thighs? I hate waiting for my calls to be returned. I feel unloved. As every minute ticks by, I feel less important. … Continue reading
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Tagged accurate perception, manly man, pursuer, shabbat, unloved, yom kippur
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Staying Inside For Yizkor (Memorial Prayers)
Rav Yosef Kanefsky writes: Over the last couple of years, I have been urging everyone in shul to remain inside the sanctuary for Yizkor – even those who, thank God, have both parents alive. I have made this request in … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Synagogue
Tagged decorum, memorial prayers, missing the boat, sayers, shul, yom kippur
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Nasty Flu
I got sick last Sunday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah, and came home after just an hour at shul, barely enough time to daven and look at the pretty girls. I spent the next three days in bed and … Continue reading
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Tagged last sunday, nasty flu, pretty girls, rosh hashanah, yom kippur
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Dull Books For Yom Kippur
I afflicted my soul on Yom Kippur by reading a couple of very dull, poorly written academic books on Judaism. The first one had the exciting title: Between Redemption and Doom: The Strains of German-Jewish Modernism. I gave up on … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Germany, Judaism
Tagged academic books, conversion to judaism, dull books, gideon klein, hebrew prayers, jewish modernism, jewish neighbors, jim zorn, orthodox rabbi, public identity, rabbi robert, reform rabbi, washington redskins, yom kippur
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Cock Flavoured Soup
A friend emails: "I saw this soup mix in Shop Rite yesterday–if it hadn’t been erev yom kippur, and in a Jewish neighborhood where maaris eyin is a problem, I would have grabbed some."
Posted in Food
Tagged friend emails, jewish neighborhood, shop rite, soup mix, yom kippur
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