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Reforming Orthodox Judaism
Joe emails: 1. No second day of Yom Tov. 2. Davening should be shortened to just the shema, the shemonah esreh and the psalm of the day. The rest of the time alloted should be for communal and interactive torah … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged forensic justification, orthodox judaism, shabbat prayers, study talmud, talmud study, yom tov
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I’m Entering A Blogger Treatment Center
Only now can the full story be told. Just before Rosh Hashanah, I drank too much manishevitz and outed some 18-year old seminarian blogger. Then I went to the Crowne Plaza on Pico and Beverwil and got into a fight … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Satire
Tagged damn book, good listener, manishevitz, negative publicity, orthodox judaism, seminarian
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‘The Last Wave’ (1977)
I never got tribal stuff until I got into Orthodox Judaism. Living in the frum world, I understand what it means to belong to a counter-culture, to a group with an unpopular way of looking at important matters such as … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Personal
Tagged david burton, groot island, jewish angle, orthodox judaism, peter weir, peter weir film
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Can You Convert Yourself To Orthodox Judaism?
Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: :I refer to the Meiri’s position that be-diavad one can convert without a beit din. That is, following circumcision one can then accept the Torah and immerse all by oneself, and ex post facto it … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged circumcision, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox judaism, professor marc, Torah
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The Lenient Approach To Conversion To Orthodox Judaism
Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: In fact, throughout most of Jewish history a lenient approach to conversion was the mainstream approach. Now it is true that R. Herzog famously states that in earlier times one could be more lenient than … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged inner conviction, israel peres, mainstream position, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi
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