Tag Archives: siddur

How To Spot The Orthodox From Birth

We’re talking FFBs (Frum From Birth). Heshy Fried writes about how he spots FFBs in the San Francisco Bay Area: They come into shul late and immediately daven mincha without a siddur or saying ashrei first. They go through a … Continue reading

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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

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Pico Blvd’s Beit Midrash Owner Jailed

UPDATE: Chaim Mekel is out of jail. He has to do community service every day but can sleep at home. He was sent to jail because of a child support custody case. I got this email Wednesday morning: This is … Continue reading

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