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Going to see Pride and Prejudice when one is more or less in the middle of preparations for a Kabbalah test lends itself to some very strange dreams. Cute movie, though. In other news, the great Kabbalah scholar Daniel Matt was in town this weekend,...

Since I'm living la vida Kabbalah these days: You know that thing about not studying Kabbalah until you're 40 years old? Well, both R. Isaac Luria and R. Nachman of Breslov died in their mid-30s. So that tells you about that. Sheol, one of the names of the underworld,...

Well, whatever you believe, now you can get a T-shirt declaring your love for it. Some bizarre part of me is strangely drawn to this one. Yeah, I dunno. But obviously the best one to be worn with a wink is this one. It's almost too easy. Okay, back to work now....

I tend not to post much about current events on this blog because I generally feel as though I've got nothing new or interesting to add to the conversation. That's not bad self-image, it's more a reflection on a) the fact that I only stay moderately informed about...

FRUM BOY BAND. And it seems to be not a gag. There simply aren't words. ETA: Okay, so it looks like the video was done by a few bored bocherim during their vacation period. I love them for it. The band Chevra itself, however, is not a gag, which is kind of even...

Someone just pointed out that Green Day's "Basket Case" is in fact based on Pachabel's Canon. I don't love them, and it's not like the Canon is the world's most sophisitcated piece of classical music, but still, that was kind of fun to see.

My boxes from Jerusalem finally arrived. It only took 5 months. I now have a lot of books in my apartment. A LOT OF BOOKS. I seem to be vascillating between semi-horror at the very evidently bingey nature of quite a few of my purchases (I thought I needed what??!? Why...

From this week's Savage Love, Target has joined the ranks of corporations allowing religion to affect its dealings with customers. I'm not happy.STRAIGHT RIGHTS UPDATE Two disturbing developments in the battle over straight rights last week: First, we know Target...

Here's some Day of the Dead-worthy trivia for y'all: During the First Temple era, the goat for Azazel was thrown down from the Temple on Yom Kippur into the Valley of Ben Hinnom (Gei Ben Hinnom, by the Cinematheque), which is also where temple cults to Moloch were...