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My Name Is Asher Lev
Buffy posts: “Why is it rebellious for Asher to have mentioned his parents sleep in a double bed? Potok says in an interview, “if it’s really a double bed, then out of respect to your parents, don’t say so, because … Continue reading
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Tagged asher lev, mikveh, potok, religious parents, separate beds
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And The Lord Took Pharoah For Therapy
In a 1996 lecture on Exodus 14, Dennis Prager says: I want the God who wreaks vengeance on bad people. That is Jewish glory — to reward the good and to punish the bad. That is glory in Judaism. It … Continue reading
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Tagged cantaloupe, Dennis Prager, eery, mikveh, parole board, pharoahs
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A Reb Moshe Story
(This was published by Reb Moshe’s family after his death.) When Reb Moshe Feinstein was 35 (in the 1930s), he said that a certain type of mikveh that most rabbis said was not kosher was kosher. Reb Moshe made his … Continue reading
The Mystery Method For Snagging Passover Invites
For the past few weeks, I’ve been going to the mikveh every morning and putting on tefillin and praying that HaShem send me an invite to the first seder. It has not worked. I no longer believe in the power … Continue reading
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Tagged angeles public library, beautiful women, deity, despair, desperate measures, existence, Jews, mikveh, moral leader, mystery method, overflow, Passover, power of prayer, putting on tefillin, seder, shabbos
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‘Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law’ by Gershon Winkler
Nobody has ever translated Rabbi Jacob Emden‘s memoir into English because it is so raunchy. It’s time somebody breaks this boundary. A reader posts to Amazon.com: This mischevious little book gathers excerpts from all over the Jewish legal codes on … Continue reading
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Tagged 20b, amazon, dissenting opinion, emden, jewel in the crown, jewish law, maimonides, mikveh, nachmanides, par excellence, perogative, rabbi jacob, Rabbis, sacred secrets, sanctity of sex, sexual position, sifting through, stirring the pot, traditional interpretation, unmarried woman
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