I just posted an extended piece on how I understand the late Lubavitcher rebbe's assertion that "a rebbe is the Essence and Existence of God enclothed in a body". See here

If I post little else, I can always post memes ( Read more... )

We recently celebrated 15 years of marriage (march 10th or adar 24th) with a small dinner party at a local dairy restaurant (called Bermuda; we honeymooned in Bermuda, although we didn't realize the name coincidence until the dinner was almost over ( Read more... )

This Purim Pashkeville was composed by a young Yeshiva Bochur, who prefers to remain anonymous. I typeset it and prettied it up.

What use is a Kol Korei (proclamation) without publicity?

Happy birthday, beautiful Debbie! To 120!

Why not?

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want, either good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.

see the entry on my blog, ThanBook. a bit of literary detective work.

* Reply to this message telling me which of these 20 artists you have also seen.
* Take the ones from my list that you have seen, and post them in your own LJ.
* Add more until you have 20.

Gacked from alisaek, although we only overlap in the first group ( Read more... )

The theological meditations of Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg have become fodder for the Jewish blogosphere lately, so I thought I'd summarize what little I know about R' Greenberg's ideas.

R' Greenberg, in various articles and in a recent book, FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:
The New Encounter Between Judaism and Christianity, expresses a ( Read more... )

My megillah turns out to be kosher. I've never learned how to lein it, so I just read along with others. But a few years ago, I bought a nice old megillah, with some minor decorations between the columns, 11 lines, Ksav Ari, Hamelech. It's faded in spots, particularly the first panel, and was repaired with blue ink on a couple of letters, so I ( Read more... )