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Pinchas Vs. The Girls Of Baal-Peor
This week’s Torah portion has so much slaughter and fornication that it would make a good videogame. I’m normally a very strong man, but there’s just something about Midianite girls that puts the lead in my pencil. I remember meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Torah
Tagged cardboard boxes, christian women, flesh and blood, moral leader, oy vey, stationwagon, stationwagons, strong man, stronger man, talk about jesus, torah portion
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Live Torah Talk With Rabbi Rabbs
I’m studying this week’s Torah portion — Balak with Rabbi Rabbs. I wonder if I would’ve participated in the cult of Baal-peor for my fair share of those hot Midianite women. I know you think I’m so holy, but I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged canadian flight, flesh and blood, flight attendant, impulses, jerusalem symphony, long john silver, muskin, torah portion, young lads
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Lila Says
I know what you’re thinking. The Moral Leader, he could never relate to a sinner like me. The Leader lives on such a high plane, he’s achieved such a resounding victory over the Satan, he could never understand the struggles … Continue reading
Posted in France, Personal
Tagged chimo, flesh and blood, lila lila, moral leader, resounding victory, wanton women
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How Does She Feel When Men Look At Her With Lust?
I’ve just finished writing up my long interview with former model turned life coach Dr. Gabrielle Pelicci. I live my life on a very spiritual plane, so many of the afflictions that common men suffer are not problems for me. … Continue reading
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Tagged career aspirations, flesh and blood, massage therapist, monogamous relationships, sensual massages, spiritual plane
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Maybe The Rabbis Don’t Deserve My Rage?
So I’m sitting in class and I’m thinking, why am I here? I already know all this. I attained enlightenment years ago. I’m way ahead of these people. I could teach this class. I sit there in mounting frustration for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, counting cards, flesh and blood, harvard medical school, luke ford, new friend, orthodox judaism, protagonist, Rabbis
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The Age of the Earth
Rabbi Aviner writes: While there is still a difference between the dating of the world between the Torah – 5769 years – and scientists – 15 million years (this conclusion is reached through radioactivity in rocks, salts in oceans, etc…), … Continue reading
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Tagged age of the earth, big bang theory, book science, flesh and blood, great scientists, rabbah
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Man’s Search For Meaning
Dana Jennings writes for the NYT: As my 40s lengthened, I inexplicably became ravenous for wisdom and meaning. I devoured theological tomes — the works of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Catholic writer Thomas Merton come to mind — … Continue reading
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