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Tag Archives: davening
My Conversion To Judaism Story
This guy in shul was told my story, and so he asked me for chizuk, for strengthening. He was Orthodox from birth but he struggled with some typical guy stuff. He knew I had chosen Torah. He wanted to know … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Personal
Tagged conversion to judaism, davening, orthodox jew, orthodox jews, reform jews, shuls
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Three Twelve-Step Meetings And I’m A Changed Man
I’m stunned by how a few sex addiction meetings have affected me. I don’t walk around with the predatory fantasies that normally afflict me. Please know that these are fantasies only! I don’t act them out. I’m a good Orthodox … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Personal, Sex
Tagged bad man, davening, fantasy life, sex addiction, step meetings, torah study
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My Thing
Is writing a pleasure? Sometimes, just like davening, but “pleasure” is not the primary word I’d use to describe my process. Rather, I’d say that writing is my thing. The Mafia have their thing. “Cosa Nostra” means “Our Thing.” I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged coping mechanism, dark satanic mills, davening, holy lamb of god, lamb of god, rudolf schenker
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Using Church Music In Shul
In his third lecture on Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Hazan (19th Century rabbi in Rome) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: Rabbi Hazan recommends using church music in the davening. We should use our words but their tune. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Marc B. Shapiro, R. Ovadia Yosef
Tagged church music, davening, Marc B. Shapiro, music aka, rabbi yisrael, tolerant view, torah in motion
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The Moshav Band Plays The Happy Minyan Saturday Night
I heard the crowd got so excited that they started throwing their sheitels on stage. A friend says: “A group of women started dancing together and the men rushed out with a makeshift mechitza to put around them. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Happy Minyan, Moshav Band
Tagged davening, mechitza, minyan, Moshav Band, sheitels
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