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Tag Archives: heaven
The Torah Is Not In Heaven
Here’s the Wikipedia entry. In a 2005 lecture on Deut. 30, Dennis Prager says: “Literally, this teaching is not a wonder. And it’s not far from you.” From Baba Metziah 59:B (in the Talmud): It is taught: On that day … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Rabbis, Torah
Tagged carob tree, cubits, Dennis Prager, deut, divine voice, eliezer, heaven, prophet elijah, Torah, wikipedia
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LimmudLA 2010
I hope Heaven will be one long LimmudLA. Here’s my story this year: Jan. 29. I got sick. Jan. 31. The healing begins. Feb. 7. I return to yoga for the first time in 11 days. “Perfect,” I think. “I … Continue reading
Posted in Limmud, Personal, R. Michael Melchior
Tagged adrenalin, Alexander Technique, alexander technique teacher, attitude, brown paper bags, costa mesa hilton, couch, credit card payments, financial responsibility, friday morning, hashem, heaven, jan 29, pornographer, sessions, teacher training
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I Love A Pale Pure Face
I know this is wrong, but I am highly attracted to demure chicks. I love a pale pure face and I want to write all over it with my words. I love meeting a woman of honor who’s single and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blushes, chicks, colors of the rainbow, heaven
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Don’t Take Revenge
I’m studying Sefer HaChinuch — a 14th Century working enumerating all the mitzvas in the Torah — with a rabbi. Today we studied the mitzva of not taking revenge. If someone does something bad to me, I want to hurt … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Torah
Tagged 14th century, bad luck, blog, Dennis Prager, drunk driver, heaven, Judaism, mitzva, moral boundaries, peace, rabbi, rage, taking revenge, Torah, Truth, vengeance
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The Lord’s Prayer For Women
zappa: My vibro,which brings me heaven. Rabbit be thy name. Til kingdom come, thy makest me c#m, on earth with eyes on heaven. Give me this day my daily thrill, and forgive me my screams, as i forgive flat batteries. … Continue reading
Posted in Sex
Tagged coffee maker, earth, Emma, flat batteries, frustration, hair dryer, heaven, insanity, intercom, jet plane, khun, kingdom come, lunch time, memo field, nbsp, no men, oy, Prayer, prophecy, punctuation, rabbi, rabbit, screams, suree, temptations, vibro
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To Heaven And Back
It’s official: my female friends love Clothes Heaven (www.clothesheaven.com), the designer resale store in Pasadena that I spotlighted recently. My friends tell me the place is amazing — great staff and an incredible range of clothes and accessories. From Gucci … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes
Tagged Clothes, designer resale, female friends, gucci, hard core, heaven, jil sander, Love, money, place rocks, ralph lauren, resale store, shoppers
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Things You Learn In Chat
People from shuls I attend have been coming into my chat room. They know me but I don’t know them. "Doesn’t that drive you crazy?" asked one. "I know who you are but you don’t know who I am." "That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blog, chat room, conversations, Gossip, heaven, nuclear bomb, privilege, rabbi joseph telushkin, sake, sensitive side, shalom bayit, shul, shuls, tension, torah class
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Do Gentiles Possess Holiness?
The more religious you go in Jewish life, the more likely you are to encounter beliefs that Gentiles have little value. There’s a good discussion on Failed Messiah: RabbidW posts: "Jews do not plan on killing nonJews. Jews speak of … Continue reading
Posted in FailedMessiah
Tagged altruism, divine soul, downfall, enigmatic smile, faithful god, gentiles, heaven, holiness, interrogation, jew, jewish life, Jews, kuzari, leibowitz, messiah, orthodox communities, outreach worker, prayers, principle, rebbe, religions, sacri, Yeshiva, yeshivas
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My Father The Theologian
Fred the Jew writes: Sir, I actually downloaded a video of your father discussing a theological issue with John Ankerberg. I had the following reactions: 1. It looks like your father’s entire professional life is wrapped up in theology. Is … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Personal
Tagged act of rebellion, angels, book of daniel, conversion to judaism, dad, dancing on the head of a pin, head of a pin, heaven, heavenly sanctuary, holly, jesus christ, jew, john ankerberg, mechanics, offspring, professional life, resemblance, theologian, theology, time christ
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