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Tag Archives: shabbat dinner
Shabbat Dinner
My friend Nechama* puts out the plastic cups. She drops several on the floor. She picks them up and puts them on the table. I seize those cups, take them to the sink, wash them out, and put them back … Continue reading
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Tagged meaningless lives, nechama, orthodox jews, pride event, shabbat dinner, short skirt
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I Was In The Middle Of A Healing Tantric Circle
Obligation after obligation. Cold shower after cold shower. Stretch after stretch, chant after chant. Must rush out of yoga Friday afternoon and park my car far away and hit the bakery and get some challah before Shabbat and then home … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Yoga
Tagged glatt mart, jewish thing, joshua prager, right down the line, shabbat dinner, wall street journal, yogi tea
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‘My Wife Hates You’
I’m friends with a lot of guys whose wives hate me. I’ll be sailing along thinking everything is hunky dory between us and then suddenly I’ll say something and I’ll see her temperature has turned ice cold towards me. And … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged blokes, body language, demeanor, shabbat, shabbat dinner
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I Offered To Bring Cocoa Krispies
I was invited to Shabbat dinner at the home of friends. "What should I bring?" I asked. I got the answer: "Hmmm one of Levi’s classics." "I’ll bring Cocoa Krispies," I replied. I still have three bowls from LimmudLA 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged cocoa krispies, homeless shelter, hovel, oy ve, shabbat, shabbat dinner
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Special Yoga Class For The Current Astrological Pattern
I’ve always thought astrology a bunch of nonsense. I don’t deny its validity, I just don’t believe. It all seems very strange to me. Guru Singh was teaching a special Friday night class. I was of mixed mind. On the … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Pico/Robertson, Yoga
Tagged jewish thing, lunar eclipse, saturn uranus, shabbat dinner, soggy mess, solar eclipse, yoga center, yoga class
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