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Tag Archives: parsha
This Week’s Torah Portion Is Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
Watch the complete video. I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10). * Do you find some Torah portions … Continue reading
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Tagged artistic details, dead priests, national leader, parsha, thummim, torah portion
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Torah Talk With Rabbi Rabbs
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s parsha is Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1). Rabbi Rabbs says I was much more gentle with Tamara than I was … Continue reading
I Was Called First To The Torah
It was a mincha on a Shabbos. “Levi Ben,” said the rabbi, pointing at me. I froze in shock. “But I’m not a Cohen,” I said. “I know,” said the rabbi. “Come on up.” I walked up in shock. I … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, discombobulated, little pad, mincha, parsha, second blessing, social anxiety, torah scroll
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If Your Doctor Is A Woman
Rabbi Rabbs and Levi Luke Ford discuss Yoseph not inviting his brothers over to the Shabbos tisch anymore. Erase! Erase! Erase! Watch the whole show. I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on … Continue reading
Posted in R. Rabbs, Torah
Tagged luke ford, parsha, rabbs, weekly torah portion, woman rabbi
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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
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Tagged coitus interruptus, condom use, davidic dynasty, holy torah, parashat vayeshev, parsha, rabbs, sheave, torah portion
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I Want To Do Quality Streams
I want a higher quality streaming thingy from my hovel so that when I interview people, everyone can hear it live. What do I need to do to make this happen? I’d like to do a weekly live cam parsha … Continue reading
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Tagged hovel, live cam, parsha, quality streams
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Surprised By Joy
Something happened to me this evening that hasn’t hit me in months — I wanted to go to shul. Around 7pm, my feet got itchy and I put on my suit and I walked half an hour and I said … Continue reading
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Tagged fellow jew, half an hour, hasn, parsha, torah portion
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Am I Going To Nail Them Soon?
No. The Torah forbids me and they are both taken. My interest in them is purely intellectual. You secular people will never understand such wholesome friendship. From a Torah perspective, sex is holy. One does not nail one’s wife, nor … Continue reading
This Week’s Parsha Is Nitzavim
It is particularly important when I do my weekly session with Joey Kurtzman Thursday afternoon that I look smart. We’re going to have a special guest joining us live on my cam — a woman who is as smart as … Continue reading
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Tagged abraham isaac, israelites, kurtzman, parsha, silver and gold, thursday afternoon
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Book Clubs Are For Girls
In theory, I should be hot for book clubs. I typically read several books a week. I love discussing books with smart people. I love to bond with people over books. Yet I’ve never enjoyed a book club. I rarely … Continue reading
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Tagged blowhard, book clubs, chicks, conservative synagogues, Dennis Prager, drivel, equality, girls, hierarchy, insights, jane austen, jane austen book, own horn, parsha, profound insight, retards, thoughts and feelings, toot, torah classes, torah portion
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