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Tag Archives: seder
I’ve Had My Blackberry Curve For A Year
I don’t know how I lived without it. Thanks to my Curve, I was able to walk into my acupuncture last year knowing that I had been suspended from my shul just before Rosh Hashanah for outing Jewish Journal anonymous … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, blackberry curve, inquiring minds, Jewish Journal, rosh hashanah, seder, shul
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I’m Hosting My First Seder!
I’m so excited! I’ve never hosted a seder before. I’ve always been the guest. Now I’m taking ownership of my Judaism. And it will all be live on my cam! (Just kidding, rabbis.) Chaim Amalek emails: "Absolutely you should leave … Continue reading
Insecure About Her Jewish Identity
I love the writing Lilit Marcus, who’s revived Jewcy.com. She comments: "I know that a large part of the reason I am so insecure about my religious identity is because of men I’ve dated and their judgments on my Jewishness. … Continue reading
Posted in Jewcy
Tagged insecurities, jewish identity, orthodox shul, religious identity, seder, typical member
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San Fernando Valley Jewish Vigilantes Threatening To Form Committees
Disco Duck emails: Levi, I have two things to share. First is that on the first night of Pesach this year my family was assaulted by anti-Semites on the way home from a Seder at 3:30 AM. These punks drove … Continue reading
Posted in San Fernando Valley, Shomrim
Tagged amp, anti semites, committees, crimes, disco duck, empty beer bottles, first night, jewish community, jewish neighborhood, LAPD, levi, neighborhood watch group, punks, radio contact, San Fernando Valley, seder, sfv, shul, strength in numbers, suspicious activity, vigilante group
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I’m Live On My Cam!
Click here to join the fun! I’ve missed you guys. guest3: meet any ladies over the break? Guest23: What are we listening to? YourMoralLeader: scorpions Guest23: I’m dying for a slice of white bread Guest23: with a shmear of peanut … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bore, cardiac arrest, concentration, davening, followers, hog, horses, Judaism, margins, miss emma, peanut butter, prayer session, rituals, scorpions, seder, self assertion, sex money power, shiurim, shmear, white bread
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Join Me Live On My Cam For The Ceremony Of Bedikat Hametz
I will go from room to room in my hovel holding only a candle and a feather and a spoon and I will scoop up the remaining crumbs of bread and chant some gnarly incantations. Following that, I will stage … Continue reading
Posted in Passover, Personal
Tagged crumbs of bread, gnarly, hametz, hovel, ins, seder, spiritual experience, spoon
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Thursday Will Rock On My Cam With Live Preparation For Passover
A day of cleaning will climax at 8 pm PST with Bedikat Hametz. Holding just one lighted candle, I will go from room to room live on my cam with a feather and a large spoon, scooping up the last … 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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