The Bathroom Prayer — By Ben
Judaism has a blessing for virtually everything. Hearing thunder, seeing an interesting looking person, at least seven blessings for food and drink… and guess what else! Going to the bathroom. […]
Judaism has a blessing for virtually everything. Hearing thunder, seeing an interesting looking person, at least seven blessings for food and drink… and guess what else! Going to the bathroom. […]
With the Day of Atonement upon us, many are scrambling to complete a spiritual accounting to get that cleanest of clean slates. But in the midst of all the Yom […]
Verse 5:1 the book of Bamidbar reads; God spoke to Moses, saying; “Command the Children of Israel that they must expel anyone from the camp with tzaraas, anyone who is […]
One of the things that has bothered me about the Torah is the insensitive treatment of a person who has contracted leprosy. Exiling said person like a piece of garbage, […]
There is sooo much going on in my brain, and I wanted to write about all of it. At some point I want to discuss the aggressive attacks on religion, […]
I got fired yesterday. Okay, not really fired, let go. And I’ll work until the end of next week. The parting was amicable and my boss is fair, generous and we’ll […]
There’s no denying that we love to gossip. From magazines to twitter feeds, gossip is an industry unto itself. On the personal level, we’ve probably all talked about someone we know in […]