Tag Archives: shabbos

I Got A Bracha (Blessing) On Shabbos

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

On Friday night, an Orthodox acquaintance walked over to me and asked, “Do you want a bracha?” “I’m sorry?” I said. “Do you want a bracha?” “Umm, yes,” I said and bowed my head. He said that he wished me … Continue reading →

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Parashat Va’etchannan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11)

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Luke Ford

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs this Monday at 12:30 pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page. This week we study Parashat Va’etchannan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11). Kirk emails: Is someone allowed to make … Continue reading →

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Converting To Orthodox Judaism Is Hard

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Luke Ford

How come a lot of people — maybe most people — don’t find converting to Orthodox Judaism more difficult than getting an AA degree from a community college? I think it depends a lot on a person’s temperament. You can … Continue reading →

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Orthodox Jews Have Their Own Language

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Luke Ford

Heshy Fried — the most consistently amusing Jewish blogger — writes: Orthodox Jews have their own language, some call it yinglish, but we really add English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Aramaic and random terms from the Torah into out lingo. Where else … Continue reading →

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I Might Be Lazydox

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Luke Ford

Heshy Fried writes: You tend to only wear tzitzis on shabbos or when you want to make people think you are frummer than you really are, like at shachris You want to daven maariv, but are so damned tired that … Continue reading →

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