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I Walked Around Pico-Robertson In Jeans Friday Night
Friday was my graduation day. I had a friend in from the Bay Area. I had my psycho-therapy. And I did not have much spare time. So when my buddy came over at 5pm, I was still in my jeans. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged graduation day, jewish law, orthodox jews, psycho therapy, shabbos candles, split pea soup
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Beware Of Any Man Who Tells You He’s Elijah The Prophet And He Wants To Make Moshiach Baby With You
In his second lecture on Rav Yaakov Ettlinger in 2007, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro relates a famous story from 19th Century Eastern Europe. “The responsa I’m going to tell you now is almost like a movie. “A man was staying … Continue reading
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Tagged elijah the prophet, ettlinger, holy temple, jewish law, Marc B. Shapiro, responsa
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Why Not Allow For Quickie Conversions To Judaism?
From Rabbi Moss in Australia: Question of the Week: I often hear rabbis complain that the Jewish people is shrinking due to intermarriage and assimilation. But it is you rabbis who are the major obstacle to Judaism growing! If you … Continue reading
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Tagged becoming a jew, crime rates, intermarriage, jewish law, poverty line, secretary general of the un
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Three Reasons For Not Asking For Reasons For Jewish Law
In his 2000 lecture on Numbers 19, Dennis Prager says that this is the area where he most differs with the tradition. I do not believe that there are any laws we can not understand. The traditional interpretation is that … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, divine law, false god, god and goodness, halakha, hebrew word, jewish law, leibowitz, spirit of the law, traditional interpretation
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When Did Thoughts Become Sinful?
In a 2001 lecture on Numbers 21, Dennis Prager fields a question from a Christian woman who said she was raised to regard impure thoughts as destructive to her soul. Dennis: “When Christianity did away with Jewish law, thoughts became … Continue reading
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Tagged christian clergy, Dennis Prager, impure thoughts, jewish law, orthodox rabbis, thinking thoughts
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