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Tag Archives: Dennis Prager
How Do You Keep God Alive In Your Life?
In his 1999 lecture on Exodus 34, Dennis Prager says: The Torah says you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. This is how you keep faith in God, by observing regular rituals. If you don’t observe regular rituals, you … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged boys and girls, Dennis Prager, hovel, loving families, normality, sabbaths
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Blaming Ourselves For The Holocaust
In his 1998 lecture on Exodus 33, Dennis Prager says: Jewish history holds the Jews responsible for leaving their land. It’s the only history I know of where the people have taken 100% responsibility for their own misfortune. The Holocaust … Continue reading
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Is Dennis Prager High Maintenance?
On Dennis Prager’s radio show today, he devoted the male-female hour to a discussion of high maintenance people. Dennis said he was not high maintenance. Ralph calls from Manhattan: “Dennis, I would think it would be impossible for you to … Continue reading
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Three Nuns and a Donkey
In a 1997 lecture on Exodus 22: 18-24, Dennis Prager said: “The pursuit of pleasure for its own sake, unless it has parameters and is deep, it doesn’t give the same thrill as the last time. The first time you … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, going my own way, last time the first time, porn films, pursuit of pleasure, torah portion
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Should Christians Keep The Sabbath?
In his 1998 lecture on Exodus 30, Dennis Prager says: The Greeks thought the Jews were lazy because of their Sabbath observance. The Sabbath was the most appealing part of Judaism in the Roman Empire. The Jews weren’t the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, exodus 30, resurrection of jesus, roman empire, sabbath commandment, sabbath observance
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The Artist As Thinker
In his 1998 lecture on Exodus 26, Dennis Prager said: The artist is called a thinker in Hebrew. Art without thought is not considered valuable. What great art does not have an intellectual element to it? Breaking your guitars over … Continue reading
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Tagged artistic details, Dennis Prager, great art, Rabbis, temple art, thinker
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Are We All Equally Holy?
In his 1998 lecture on Exodus 25, Dennis Prager says: The first area of the sanctuary is copper, then silver, then the holy of holies is gold. This teaches that there are gradations of holiness. There are at least two … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, dodger stadium, gradations, hedonists, holiness, holy day, holy of holies, orderer, revolutionary ideas, sanctuary
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How Do You Give Ethical Principles?
In a 1997 lecture on Exodus 21: 26-36, Dennis Prager says: It’s easy to give rituals laws. How do you give ethical principles? You would have to have an encyclopedia the size of the Encyclopedia Brittanica on how to behave … Continue reading
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