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Tag Archives: shabbos morning
The Combo
Friday night, the rabbi said the class on Hasidut would begin at 8 a.m. He didn’t want to look like a dick and show up on time, so he strolled up in his best undertaker suit at 8:15 a.m. and … Continue reading
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Tagged cold shower, daf yomi, energy drink, herbal tea, shabbos morning, shul
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Funky Frum
I’m walking up Pico Blvd Shabbos morning and near Aish HaTorah on the other side of the street, I see a sign announcing that a store has closed and “moved to the internet.” It was FunkyFrum.com. Walking East on Pico … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Aish HaTorah, funky frum, pico blvd, shabbos morning, spurting blood
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How Is Rabbi Weil Doing With The Orthodox Union?
Rabbi Steven Weil ran Beth Jacob for nine years. The shul members who hired him thought he’d stick around longer than that. Rabbi Weil’s fundraising abilities helped the shul turn its finances around. He also brought in new members, many … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodox Union, R. Steven Weil
Tagged Beth Jacob, beverlywood, Dennis Prager, michael berkow, Orthodox Union, shabbos morning, young couples, Young Israel
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Visiting Rabbis’ Graves Outside Of Israel Is Idolatry
Many of my friends are at Uman, in central Ukraine, to daven at the graveside of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. I don’t know much about the issues involved in this matter, but from the little I know, I agree with … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged clap your hands, famous grave sites, Rebbe Nachman, religious zionism, religious zionist, shabbos morning
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A Miniskirt And A Sheitl
I was in the middle of the Kedusha — one of the high points of the Shabbos morning prayer service — when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw young female flesh. I looked out the door and … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Pico/Robertson
Tagged beating heart, female flesh, gorgeous blonde hair, morning prayer service, shabbos morning, Yarmulke
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My Shabbos Morning Nightmare
Just before I woke up this morning, I was having a pleasant dream that I was at graduate school at UCLA studying Philosophy. I was doing my thesis on Dennis Prager, an unconventional choice. I felt happy and fulfilled. I … Continue reading
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Tagged african princess, anti semites, Dennis Prager, female classmates, santa monica beach, shabbos morning
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What Lies Beneath The Black Hat
Beth Jacob’s Rabbi Steven Weil said in his shabbos morning sermon that last Shabbat mincha, the gabbai asked a kollel (yeshiva for married men) student with a black hat to remove his black hat before getting an aliyah (call to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Jacob, kipah, morning sermon, shabbat mincha, shabbos morning, traditional orthodoxy
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Orthodox Rabbi Advocates Free Love
I caught the Shabbos morning sermon by Shalhevet’s new moral leader Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach. He noted that the Talmud says the second temple was destroyed because of needless hatred (sinat chinam) among Jews. Rabbi Weinbach gave the familiar but impractical … Continue reading
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Tagged love quot, milken high school, morning sermon, orthodox rabbi, rabbi weinbach, shabbos morning
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