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1 July 2008
The Other Leather Bondage
I, once again, feel I may be going into territory not as family friendly as this site is intended. If your sensibilities are easily offended (or if you think I really have gone “too far”), feel free to express yourself in comments.
Some teachers have one liners that live on outside the classroom. One of my [...]
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24 June 2008
Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations
Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed up Vayikra (Leviticus), Rus (Ruth) and Tehillim (Psalms) - shown below. Other really cool examples are the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence.
It’s [...]
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6 June 2008
Don’t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder
We are on the approach to the Pentecost, also known as Shavuot. On the holiday of Shavuot there is a well known custom not to eat any meat. There is a lesser known custom of the day prior to Shavuot not to eat any meat or any milk. Both customs are of [...]
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2 June 2008
Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage
The Torah does not like gays.
For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was written by men. Its intolerance toward homosexuals can be written off as the outdated bigotry of a bygone age.
For others, it is not a challenge at all. The [...]
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2 June 2008
What Does G-d Taste Like?
Shauli, our youngest son, was about seven years old as he sat across the table from me, at our favorite pizza shop. He considered a slice of pizza he held in his hands and asked:
“Is Hashem (G-d) everywhere?”
“Yes,” I answered, matter of factly.
“Is He in this slice of Pizza?” he asked, probing further.
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12 May 2008
Taking My Mind for a Walk
One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the information that he was accessing was most likely coming from a “place” beyond the boundaries of time.
His question began a stream of consciousness that led me to [...]
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16 April 2008
The Trouble With Antisemitism
The Trouble with AntisemitismUploaded by Jewneric
For more information on Rabbi Karsh please visit The Torah Learning Center
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15 April 2008
Dvar Torah Fodder for the Seders
Most people who read this website are probably also scurrying to clean their houses for Passover (leaven be gone!) and searching high and low for divrei torah for the Seders. In the interests of satiating that need and self-promotion, here are my two suggestions for you if you want to rile up your family and [...]
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8 April 2008
Knockin’ On Zimmerman’s Door
While my current employment in Jewish entertainment media has come up in my posts from time to time, I’ve never quite had enough gall to publish one of my playlists. I do so today on two counts. On the one hand, I know that if I had opened this up here, I would have [...]