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Tag Archives: integrity
The No-Demands Relationship
I’ve had one of these. It’s been quite rare in my life. I associate “relationship” with having to do a lot of things you don’t want to do. In exchange for this hard work, your partner has to do a … Continue reading
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Tagged beard, best behavior, brain, integrity, relationship
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Drawing A Line In The Sand Around My Beard
Rabbi Marc Gafni emails: You have drawn a line in the sand around the beard — a line of symbolic integrity. But my friend, is it the right line? Do you, like all of us, sometimes draw the line in … Continue reading
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Tagged beard, integrity, line in the sand, rabbi marc gafni
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Zeroes Not Heroes
Many of the rabbis in Pico-Robertson complain to everybody but me on what I write about them. In this respect, these guys are zeroes, not heroes. In this respect, porn stars have more integrity.
My New Beginning
This will be my first porn-free Passover in six years, and only my second porn-free Passover since 1995. I was so far behind with my research in 1996, I was watching hardcore on holy days. For professional reasons purely. I … Continue reading
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Tagged amp, close relationships, conscious connection, control sexuality, cynical attitude, cynicism, davia ardell, fruits of victory, holy days, horses, hypocrisy, integrity, one foot, orthodox jews, Passover, peter north, porn industry, professional reasons, rabbi, six years, spiritual connection, Spirituality, ties, wisdom
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Sephardim are rational — Ashkenazim, not so much
Dennis Wilen writes: From an essay in Zeek — A Sephardic Answer to Modern Jewish Identity By David Rabeeya: " . . . Ashkenazic authorities traditionally have placed a “fence around the Torah,” enlarging restrictions in order to be sure … Continue reading
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Tagged ashkenazic, Ashkenazim, authorities, dennis wilen, fanaticism, fence, integrity, inventions, irrationality, jew, jewish identity, jewish law, latitude, pesach, quot, radicalism, religious leaders, sephardi jews, Sephardim, Torah
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