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Tag Archives: shabbat
Yisroel Pensack: Some Thoughts on the Sentencing Hearing of Sholom Rubashkin
A sentencing hearing in the financial fraud case of former Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse manager and Lubavitcher chassid Sholom Rubashkin is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Wednesday) in federal court in Iowa. There is a concept in Judaism that each Shabbat “blesses,” … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Chabad, Ethics, Fraud, Judaism, Kashrut, Torah, Truth, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged animal slaughter, chillul Hashem, conduit for blessing, confession, egypt, federal court, Iowa, lubavitcher, lubavitcher rebbe, Pesach sheni, Rashi, sacrificing animals, second Passover, sentencing hearing, shabbat, Sholom Rubashkin, wages, weights and measures, yom kippur
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Disturbing Dream
Last night, I dreamt that I befriended Michael Vick. I had him over to Shabbat dinner with some girls and my rabbi. After dinner, I got up on the couch with a couple of girls and mounted them (one at … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged camper van, oy vey, shabbat, shabbat dinner, shul
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Don’t Let It Fester
So when I don’t like things in a relationship, my tendency is to distance myself or to find a new partner or to do passive aggressive things to hurt my partner or to send her a long angry email explaining … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, bad feelings, emotional safety, new partner, shabbat, storytelling class, yom tov
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I Hate Waiting For My Calls To Be Returned
It’s Saturday night. Where is she? Does she have cheating on her mind? Is she between another girls’ thighs? I hate waiting for my calls to be returned. I feel unloved. As every minute ticks by, I feel less important. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged accurate perception, manly man, pursuer, shabbat, unloved, yom kippur
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‘Sima’s Undergarments For Women’
I read this new novel straight through last Shabbat. I loved its story about an old life redeemed by a beautiful girl. I interviewed the author, Ilana Stanger-Ross, on March 19. Luke: "When you were a child, what did you … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Literature
Tagged career ambitions, Facebook, high school friends, israeli girl, new novel, shabbat, sima, sound of falling rain, stanger, upper middle class
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