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Tag Archives: wickedness
Rabbis Warn Against Celebrating Bin Laden’s Death
These rabbis evidently get their values more from leftism than from Judaism. The Jewish tradition celebrates the death of the wicked such as Haman. I’m embarrassed to have such foolish rabbis in Los Angeles speaking out with such nonsense. If … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged drop of wine, football victory, rabbi david wolpe, rabbinic midrash, receding waters, wickedness
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Cold Showers
I get up every weekday at 5:56 a.m. when my alarm sounds and I stumble into the shower and turn on a stream of cold water for 60 seconds (70 seconds when I am feeling particularly hardy). As I stood … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged alarm sounds, cold shower, cold showers, days of awe, iniquities, leafblower, reform rabbi, water cascade, wickedness
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Cool Hand Luke
He says she says.She says: The yoga class was very crowded. He opened the door and scanned the room. It’s a big room, did he have to squeeze in beside me? Guys are so obvious. OK, Rina*, stop being uber-bitch. … Continue reading
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Tagged cool hand luke, hebrew class, litmus test, puzzle piece, tribe member, wickedness
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President Obama Needs A Morality Czar
When I think of the awful wickedness affecting the body politic, I realize that I must accept the president’s call to service: Joe emails: Hey, luke, you don’t read ancient hebrew script? You have the photo reversed!
Posted in Personal
Tagged body politic, czar, morality, obama, wickedness
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Satan Has Me By The Balls
And I like it. That’s the problem. I like it. I should be cleaning for Passover but the Evil One has me in his grip and it feels good! It makes me tingle all over. I want to sing and … Continue reading
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Tagged balls, davening, egypt, envy, evil one, impurity, jealousy, oh wretched man, oy, Passover, satan, wicked wicked man, wickedness, Yeshiva
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On The Evils Of Gossip
I went to a lecture recently on the wickedness of gossip. The rabbi said when we say bad things about people and spread rumors, we tend to do this from a haughty place of looking down on others and rubbishing … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip, Personal
Tagged evils, fear, Gossip, haughtiness, messiah, mommy, rabbi, spread rumors, wickedness
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