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Tag Archives: Relationships
How Much Is Lust And How Much Is Love?
A good way to tell is to ask how much time do you spend on the phone. (Dennis Prager) I think this is a great point. In my best relationships, we talk for hours. In fact, in all of my … Continue reading
Posted in Love
Tagged commitments, Dennis Prager, legacy, personal growth, Relationships
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What Is He Thinking?
This piece on AOL nails it: "If a woman ever wonders what her boyfriend or husband thinks when he looks at her, she can’t go wrong if she imagines this: He sees her as an endless abyss of need. In … Continue reading
What If It’s Not Them?
What if my problems in Orthodox Judaism are not their fault? What if it’s not Orthodox Judaism nor its rabbis nor its practitioners that have caused me so much trouble, but only myself? What if I gave the Orthodox community … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged creep, exile, foibles, holiness, individual rights, jewish community, margins, orthodox community, orthodox judaism, Rabbis, Relationships, shul, sunny jim, Torah, tradition, Truth, wise father
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Talking To Myself
"I feel like when I’m talking to you, I’m talking to myself," I said. "Huh?" she said. "I mean, I feel safe when I talk to you. It’s like I’m talking to myself. I feel that degree of safety. I … Continue reading
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Tagged compliment, different lives, handful, Relationships, safe harbors, separate lives
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Amalek Explains What Luke Ford has in common with Vladimir Putin
Chaim writes: "Nothing," you might say, but you would be wrong. Consider Luke’s blossoming relationship with the Irish lass (and honorable Christian) known to the denizens of his chat room as "Emma." She is 18, he is almost 42. The … Continue reading
Posted in Chaim Amalek, Personal
Tagged chat room, denizens, economic spectrum, Emma, ford, gold medal, irish lass, logical impossibility, luke ford, nbsp, ny post, older woman, relationship, Relationships, vladimir putin, way of the world
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Rabbi Aryeh Ben David On God, Prayer And The Good Life
He wrote The Godfile: 10 Approaches to Personalizing Prayer (a book I read twice in a week instead of praying at shul). We did this interview via email: LF: What do you mean by this: "Everything that is true (vertically) … Continue reading
Posted in Aryeh Ben David, Prayer
Tagged adin, aryeh, close connection, empirical proof, lf, personal prayer, personality, physic, rabbi, rav, Relationships, rsquo, shabbat, siddur, something concrete, spiritual relationship, Spirituality, wit
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