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Tag Archives: Torah
The Other Woman
"Woman, why do you keep putting garlic in everything?" I bellow. "You don’t want me to be attractive to other women." "Why do you want to be attractive to other women?" she says. "I need the affirmation." "I want you … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged affirmation, being the other woman, bit of fun, conventional morality, funny business, garlic, graven images, gum, lithium, little bit, mitzvot, monogamy, monotheism, moral code, nice music, one god, poets, secular studies, sexy music, streamlined version, teenage girl, Torah
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He Always Wanted To Talk To A Room Full Of Jews About Jesus Christ
Gavriel Sanders used to be a Christian minister (under the goyisha name he was born with). Now he’s an Orthodox Jew who’s married to a Bais Yaakov girl and works for Artscroll. He operates GavrielSanders.com. Here’s a recording of his … Continue reading
Posted in Gavriel Sanders
Tagged aron, Artscroll, baptist revival, christian minister, definition of judaism, elevator, Gavriel Sanders, jesus christ, Jews, minyan, orthodox jew, rabbi, Torah, word definition
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I’m Finetuning My Cam Description
Currently it is: "Are you a sinner in need of G-d’s grace? I’m Luke Ford and I want to be Your Moral Leader! Watch me wrap tefillin, study Torah and engineer sweeping moral change. I write the website Lukeford.net and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Acupuncture, acupuncturists, Brooklyn, dogs, dumb questions, Emma, engineer, faith healing, false prophet, Google, healer, how do you mend a broken heart, love song, luke ford, money, moral leader, nbsp, needles, porner, self belief, shiksas, sinner, superstition, tefillin, Torah
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Is Chabad A Personality Cult?
Chabad is so far out of the Jewish mainstream that most Orthodox rabbis don’t waste their ammunition attacking it, just as they don’t spend much time anymore attacking the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism. Here’s an exception.. From shmais.com: … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad
Tagged ammunition, belsky, executive vice, hersh, Judaism, mainstream, news service, orthodox rabbis, personality cult, rabbi yisroel, rebbe, rosh yeshiva, streams, Torah, tzvi, vice president
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The Return Of Chavi The Convert
From my live cam chat: YourMoralLeader: what’s new in your jewish journey chavi? reading anything good? YourMoralLeader: saw your new blog posts Chavi: Thanks 🙂 Where is ElShaddai, anyhow? YourMoralLeader: wherever you invite him in Chavi: Ha ha … Chavi: … Continue reading
Posted in Chavi, Conversion
Tagged best friend, bookshelf, course emma, faith of a mustard seed, financial aid, friends family, health requirements, horse lover, horses, jewish journey, live cam chat, nbsp, one of my best friends, oy ve, sunburn, Torah, two shots, washington state, weather, yml
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Every Time I Enter A Rabbi’s Office, I Leave It With Less Freedom To Pursue Truth
I’m not complaining. I think it’s cool. It means I have to make fewer decisions. I have fewer options. I’m a drop in the rain, just a number not a name. And you don’t see it. You don’t believe it. … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Personal
Tagged census, cozy community, fog of war, freedom, friend fred, god doesn, god of judaism, instrumental value, Israel, jew, jewish friend, many things, Passover, pentateuch, phds, point truth, public affairs, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, rational inquiry, sofer, theory and practice, Torah, whole slew, wikipedia
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Breastfeeding In The Sanctuary
Some Orthodox synagogues have a problem with women whipping their bosoms out during davening. Hmm. Can’t we just all be free to do what we want and to pull our breasts out when we want? Isn’t that what Moses would … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, breasts, brokeback mountain, Charity, Emma, humble hovel, lesbians, live cam chat, lol, luke mountain, Modesty, moses, nbsp, pffft, quot, sanctuary, synagogues, tithing, Torah, yep
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Holly Randall Is Chaim Amalek’s White Whale
I don’t know what I did to my friend but he’s all obsessed: From my chat room: palestine4ever: LUKE WHAT DID YOU DO TO CHAIM palestine4ever: He’s heavy on this Holly business, Luke. palestine4ever: As a long-time ChaimWatcher, he usually … Continue reading
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Would You Learn Midrash From This Woman?
I was looking for a drasha on the Torah from a PhD friend of mine and when I went to her MySpace, I found this pic:
Posted in Monica Osborne
Tagged drasha, myspace, nbsp, Torah
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I’m Used To Keeping The People In My Life In Separate Compartments
I’ve never been one who wants to bring most of his friends together. I have friends in Orthodox Judaism. I have friends who are secular writers. I have exes. I have squeezes. I have dolls. I have playmates. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged backup singer, ball of fury, chat room, conversion to judaism, def leppard, Emma, jewish men, money, nbsp, new york dolls, onan, orthodox judaism, pets, playmates, queen bee, stooges, synthesis, Torah, youknow
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