I must go now, children. But there is cereal in the pantry and I made a list on the fridge of 613 things I’d like you to keep in mind while I’m gone. I’ll be back in 2,000 years. Feel free to interpret my points as you see fit....
“There are no atheists in a foxhole,” Noah Weinberg used to love to say, swiftly eradicating all actual atheists who undoubtedly have existed in foxholes.
That statement further disregards all the individuals who became atheists in foxholes, like the blaspheming Rabbi in Elie Wiesel’s Night.
From the moment I...
Judaism teaches that our interpersonal relationships are just a key to relating to God, especially our romantic ones. So, capitalizing on the bestselling book that opened people’s eyes to the fact that not all people are exactly the same, here’s our appropriation of this pop psychology masterpiece.
The first...
The book cover that started it all. Looking back almost three years to the original comment, I see that I actually independently came up with many of these original ideas.
Other titles I can currently come up with include:
"Why? answers to life's biggest questions (that just create new questions instead)""The...
See also, Anal.
See also, Hashgacha Pratis.
I think this one actually best expresses the issue that bothers me the most.
A precursor of things to come...
Shloime the Website Builder of Chelm presents...
One word:
Eluuuuuuuuuuuuuuul
Even More Freidom
But it Works for Me
I struggled for a long time with the clash between my own values, own way of doing...
A letter to my father
I sense a continuous state of judgment and disapproval from you towards me and my siblings, for...
Shlemple and the Holocaust Museum
With the help of AI, I am now able to attend to my true calling of being...
Chapter #5: Gemarah
9th grade came around, which was a whole new level. Yeshiva Ketana is 3 years of “Junior...
On Compassion
It’s hard to be compassionate when you’re afraid. And charedim are afraid of everything. Of God, of...
