The Forbidden Tree of Knowledge. God wanted us to be mindless followers? — By Ben
In case you’re not familiar with the Bible’s story of creation: God makes the universe in 6 days. On that 6th day, God makes man (Adam and Eve) and tells […]
Pain And Death And Life’s Frustrations – Is It All A Test, A Blessing Or A Curse? — By Marc
Had a whole other post ready to go, but then life steps in… Today’s post is dedicated to my Grandmother Mildred, who passed away late Sunday evening. May her memory […]
Skirting the Issue: Confessions of an FFB — By The Anonymous Blogger
I had a typical Torah observant upbringing, also known as Frum From Birth (or FFB, for short). I went to a Jewish Day School, all-girls high school and seminary. Once I […]
Oral Tradition Part II. Uhhh… Telephone? — By Ben
Kosher piggy backing off my recent post, I established necessity for the Oral Tradition. But a major problem presents itself. How can hundreds of years of orally communicated material not […]
My First Shavuot/Shavuos… A Long And Wonderful Night Of Learning And Cheesecake In The Hood — By Marc
You say Shavuot, I say Shavuos… So… I really wanted to riff off Ben’s last post, since I have so many thoughts on and trouble with the word FEAR… In […]
Fearing God? That’s A Christian Thing. Right?
I remember when I first started studying Torah more seriously, I showed my father the book Mesillas Yesharim (mentioned in my last post). The minute he read that a Jew […]
In The Presence Of Holy – The Jersey Boy, The Pittsburgher Rebbe And The Tish 3.0 — by Marc
My first Tish was in the Meah Shearim in Jerusalem. You can read about it on my other blog, This Year in Jerusalem (one of three, including this one). This […]
What does it take to REALLY learn something? — By Ben
Once again my co-writer on this blog, Marc brought up a topic that I’d like to talk a little about. In his post on Studying Torah he writes, “To study something […]
Do The Right Thing vs. Do The Nice Thing… Lessons From Judaism — By Marc
I remember in High School having a girl say you were a “nice guy” was the kiss of death. I literally had girls say that they did not want to […]
Oral Torah? Isn’t that just Commentary? — By Ben
My partner in crime, Marc wrote a post on Tuesday in which he used the term Oral Torah. That term is one of the most misunderstood concepts outside the observant world. […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 