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Tag Archives: Dennis Prager
The Reasons For Jewish Laws
In his third lecture on Deuteronomy in 2002, Dennis Prager says: “The rabbis [of the Talmud] distinguished between chukim (laws between man and God) and mishpatim (laws between man and man) as chukim are laws we can not understand and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, halifax nova scotia, intellectual inquiry, jewish law, jewish laws, orthodox rabbi
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Dennis Prager: ‘Where Has Islam Gotten Very Strong, And Personal Liberty Gotten Stronger?’
Ex-federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy (author of the new book, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America) answered today on Dennis Prager‘s radio show: “Nowhere.” He quoted Winston Churchill as saying that Islam is the greatest retrogade force … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew mccarthy, Dennis Prager, federal prosecutor, intellectual suicide, islam today, muslim mind
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Men, Women And Competition
On Dennis Prager’s radio show yesterday, relationship expert Alison Armstrong says: “Sports is one of my most favorite place to watch men. One of the things about men that women don’t know is that you are always about winning. A … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged Alexander Technique, ball park, daf yomi, Dennis Prager, hovel, kurtzman, life position, public manner, spielvogel, torah study, virtual father
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Is Work A Jewish Value?
I remember Conservative rabbi Harold Kushner, in a public dialogue with Dennis Prager, said that Jews had the so-called Protestant work ethic thousands of years before there were Protestants. Is work a Jewish value? I’m looking at the Artscroll Stone … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative rabbi, Dennis Prager, protestant work ethic, rabbi harold kushner, stone chumash, torah view
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Jews Have A Good Sense Of Themselves
A pretty woman who converted to Conservative Judaism told me once, “Jewish men don’t know their own level. Non-Jewish men know their level and they don’t approach women out of their league but every Jewish male is raised by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Judaism, Dennis Prager, jewish male, sixth lecture, tower of babel, tower of babel story
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An Open Letter To Israel’s Jews
Dennis Prager writes (and compare this to Rabbi Sharon Brous who compared a rally for Israel’s survival last Sunday to a Laker rally): The Jewish state is in exactly the same situation as the Jewish individual was in Europe before … Continue reading
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Israel Is In Danger
Dennis Prager writes in Commentary Magazine: Here are five points that may help to explain current American-Israeli tensions and American Jewish attitudes toward Israel. 1. To understand President Obama, one must understand that he is the first leftist
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The Torah Says It Is OK To Ask Questions
From Dennis Prager’s eleventh lecture on Deuteronomy (2003): Dennis: “When people say ‘Jews’, nobody yawns.” Deut: 6:20: “If your child asks you tomorrow, saying, ‘What are the testimonies and the decrees and the ordinances that HaShem, our God, commanded you?” … Continue reading →