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Tag Archives: black hat
Driving While Davening
Kirk emails: Leaving my house this morning to go to work, a van approaches with a driver (long beard, black hat) that was swerving while making his way down the street. When he passed me I noticed he had a … Continue reading
Riveting Torah
In his 2009 lecture on Leviticus 21, Dennis said: “There are more riveting chapters of the Torah. And there are less riveting ones. “A dear friend of mine, one of his two sons, had a bar mitzvah. The portion of … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Torah
Tagged beards, black hat, black sheep, genealogies, ramban, torah text
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New Valley Village Shul
Joe emails: This is the new (well, it is more than a year old) quasi black hat shul in the valley for those valley-ites who wish they could be in La Brea but cannot afford the cost of a house … Continue reading
Posted in Synagogue
Tagged black hat, cognitive dissonance, fart jokes, ordination of women, orthodox shul, prayer group, same sex relationships, stark contrast, village shul
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Better To Be A Flea On A Lion Than The Leader Of Mice
From my live cam chat: guest27: Hey Luke, I saw your video on why you converted to Judaism and chose Orthodoxy. I converted to non-Orthodox Judaism myself but I am seriously considering an Orthodox conversion because it also seems like … Continue reading
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Tagged black hat, blues brothers, dark sun, Dennis Prager, hahaha, hebrew, hordes, jew, jewish life, Jews, lion, live cam chat, mice, norwegian, orthodox conversion, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, Orthodoxy, sun glasses, trough, university of amsterdam, yml
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Modern Orthodox Authenticity Guilt
Pico/Robertson is home to three big Modern Orthodox shuls — Young Israel of Century City (YICC), Beth Jacob (BJ) and Bnai David Judea (BDJ). An Orthodox friend calls: "Who is the number one shul in Los Angeles for technical adherence … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox
Tagged adherence, authenticity, Beth Jacob, bj, black hat, century city, davening, finger tips, guilt, hat service, jewish law, judea, lettuce, megillah, orthodox shuls, penis envy, shul, Torah, YICC, Young Israel
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