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This Week’s Torah Portion
I discuss the parsha with Rabbi Rabbs Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam. Watch the whole show via Youtube. Please remember to bathe, to put on clean clothes, and to abstain from marital relations for at least 48 … Continue reading
Posted in R. Rabbs, Torah
Tagged coitus interruptus, condom use, davidic dynasty, holy torah, parashat vayeshev, parsha, rabbs, sheave, torah portion
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But That Doesn’t Change The Way I Feel About You
I’m watching season three of the TV show “24”. Kim Bauer is shocked to find out her that boyfriend Chase has a baby. He responds, “But that doesn’t change the way I feel about you.” I thank the Good Lord … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Personal
Tagged Dennis Prager, holy torah, luke ford, more than three decades, passionate lover, tv show 24
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Without His Mistress Margaret, There Would’ve Been No Great Naipaul Novels After 1970
Was Naipaul’s great writing worth the sin of his passionate illicit relationship with Margaret of Argentina? Perhaps what I need to spark my writing is a good affair. Such a shame I am so moral, so corralled by the Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Literature, V S Naipaul
Tagged Adultery, carnal desires, catherine watson, fantasy life, friend marisa, holy torah, illicit relationship, mistress, patrick french, quot, thomas hardy, V S Naipaul, vidia
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Even Torah Study Can Lead To Immorality
Josh emails: I attend a weekly parshah group. This past Thursday, I saw a young Russian woman who’d been absent from the class for a few weeks. She immediately asked if I had missed her. Well, I go to this … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged converting to judaism, holy torah, russian woman, silky smooth legs, torah classes, torah study
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Luke and Sarah, Sittin
Dave Deutsch writes: Although Springtime is the time for amour, astute Luke Ford readers can’t help but be aware that whatever the calendar may say, love is in the air. Not since a young Dan Quayle made his appearance on … Continue reading
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Tagged byronic hero, dan quayle, holy torah, jews for jesus, natalie portman, shark encounter
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