And the Greek word for genitalia is most sublime.<\/p>\n
And I appreciate how unwrapping the Torah is like undressing a woman… I can’t even talk about poking the Torah with a yad and its implications. Oy vey!<\/p>\n
Sometimes it is all a bit much for a simple Jew such as myself.<\/p>\n
Why can’t the Torah be sex-free like me?<\/p>\n
I went today to discuss Talmud with a friend over a humble lunch (fried pita, humus, tabouli, beets, salad, raspberries, cherries) and her stupid little white dog bit me<\/a>.<\/p>\n This normally mild-mannered animal went into a rage that lasted for hours. His sharp little teeth went right through my Hasidic clothing. I feel like the Mickey Rourke character in Angel Heart<\/a>. Wherever I go, dogs bark at me and then bite me.<\/p>\n A couple of weeks ago, I was looking after two little dogs, and when I became friendly with the owner in a manner completely in consonance with kabbalah, one of the dogs bit me. (He’d already bitten me when we first met a couple of hours before.)<\/p>\n This upsets me because this part of me that enrages dogs and other living things is not my true self, not my highest self, not the part of me that I present on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here’s a picture of Eliot on a happier day enjoying some quality time with his friend Lewis.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you ever go to a website or another holy site and seek words of Torah, only to have repeatedly thrust in your face the most aberrant forms of sexuality? Yeah, me too. I’m a tender soul and I’m just … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/Images\/photos\/eliotepstein.jpg\")
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