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Tag Archives: God
Her Rebbitzen Did Not Approve Of My Overly Large Wiki
Google is killing my social life. Girls look me up and then they say, “Levi, your wiki is way too big. I can’t handle that. I prefer guys with a smaller wiki or, frankly, no wiki at all. You could … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, R. Rabbs
Tagged God, Google, life girls
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Frumster Is Different
On the Orthodox dating site Frumster.com, I found one young woman who described herself as “G-d fearing…” You don’t find that so often in secular dating sites. “God-fearing” used to be a very common way that people were described (prior … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged 1960s, baal, chaptzem, critical concept, daf yomi, daily prayers, dating site, dating sites, descriptive term, frumster, God, self contradiction, shamayim, young woman
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Why Does God Blame ‘Robbery’ For Destroying The World In A Flood?
Full discussion here.
I Learn To Pray Again
I’d pretty much given up on my ability to pray in shul. It just seemed so lifeless. Then I returned to the Happy Minyan and learned to pray again. I feel myself opening up to God there in a way … Continue reading
Posted in Happy Minyan, Pico/Robertson
Tagged David Sacks, God, minyan, saturdays, Torah
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What Happens When You Lock A Healthy Guy In A Hovel With God As His Only Companion?
Click here to find out. guest140: made the mistake of signing up to a chat room guest140: what i thought was friendly, innocent chat turned out to be a room crowded with desperate perverts russiandragon: yes luke IS the prince … Continue reading
Dignity Is A Jewish Virtue
So I can sleep at night, I like to whip myself on my blog until I’m bleeding. That way I don’t feel so bad about the gashes I deliver to others during the day. I feel that if I’m rougher … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged commitments, demons, dignity, foolishness, God, hammer, hands and feet, jewish tradition, lashon hara, nails, oblivion, oh wretched man, orthodox life, orthodox shul, pulpit, self flagellation, sleep, sleep sleep, thane rosenbaum, virtue
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Aish.com Hacked Again
Much of Friday, Aish.com hung up a notice that it was undergoing routine maintenance. Today they told the truth: Aish.com has been maliciously attacked by a group from China. Our servers are undergoing extensive anti-hacking, filtering and monitoring upgrades. When … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah
Tagged aish, amp, China, God, Israel, prayers, routine maintenance, security upgrades, servers, Truth
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I Plan, Rabbi Hirsch Laughes II
Publicist Lauren Levy emails me April 6: "Hi Luke, As I’m working on getting some online PR for Rabbi Sherre Hirsh’s amazing WE PLAN, GOD LAUGHS, I can’t tell you how pleased I was to read your article on it. … Continue reading
Posted in R. Sherre Hirsch
Tagged advance copy, asap, Conservative Judaism, conservative rabbi, counselor, different time zones, e mail, email, God, hirsh, laity, levy, Oprah, phone interview, publicist, quot, rabbi hirsch, sherre, temple sinai
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‘Thanks to the Lord for giving me this Mexican to water my lawn and blow my leaves away’
I’ve got the Luke Ford Fan Blogger in my live cam chat tonight (then Eliot Stein joined us): CXXX: so how long does luke actually sit on here at night? Wookie: should pull out a belt for s**ts and giggles … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blessings, blogger, chat room, Eliot Stein, followers, fool, ford fan, God, Google, goyim, hotcakes, jewish temples, leaves, live cam chat, luke ford, mail, nbsp, poor man, quietstorm, quot, Synagogue, synagogues, thanks to the lord, transcripts, writing books
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