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Apr
5
comment If Christianity is avodah zarah and Islam is not, why has the Christian world triumphed over the non-Christian, and why do Jews prefer to live among Christians and not Muslims?
@DataGirl-What a strong last sentence--Do a lot of Christians really feel that way? I haven't known many that act as if they do.... "Favorite" is a huge responsibility--as Amos said: "You alone have I known of all the families of the Earth, THEREFORE I will visit upon you ALL your iniquities"
Feb
27
comment Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition?
Kordovero, of course "recreational" use, where the user has no respect for the power of the substance, is a bad idea. However, these substances ARE here for a reason. The biological forms have been used for thousands of years--they obviously need to be taken in a positive clinical or ritual environment. Before LSD hit "the streets" and subsequently was banned, there was plenty of valid research going on. Read some of it...and remember - Timothy Leary(archetypical ideologue) died early but Albert Hoffman lived until 102.
Feb
26
comment Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition?
"Since they are ideologues, they have no credibility. Don't listen to them." Wow. Sounds like a nun warning about the dangers of sex. ...and, no, I'm not part of this country's "small group".
Feb
26
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Feb
26
comment Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition?
@Kordovero I've read about the drugs causing panic attacks, but I've also read that psychedelics are experimentally being used to treat PTSD and terminal disease patients. How can this be?
Feb
25
comment What’s Doctor Who doing in the Talmud?
Awww...this question looked like it was going to get some perfectly Purim rediculous(Puridiculous?) and entertaining answers. What makes this question any more unreal than the other PT questions?
Feb
25
comment What’s Doctor Who doing in the Talmud?
I thought TARDIS is just an Anglicized form of TALMUD "it's bigger on the inside".
Feb
20
comment How should I choose a Muktzah Klaf?
I'm confused by the "pixies" link...nothing in the Wiki page says anything about Pixim(?) running around the Amazon, davening under the trees...
Feb
10
comment the danger of eating matza
...it's not so much the water as the promised (bathroom) "affliction" that seems to me to create the danger...
Feb
10
awarded  Supporter
Feb
10
comment Why did Lavan say “Ashre”?
LOL. Very good! Lunchtime...
Feb
7
awarded  Quorum
Feb
6
awarded  Custodian
Feb
6
reviewed Satisfactory Ya'akov's brief amnesia
Jan
25
comment How to increase the demand for kosher food?
@McGovernTheory - I live up near Hartford also --- I just keep asking for items at the Crown Market in West Hartford, sometimes they'll get a few in to see how they sell...
Jan
12
comment “Hospitality” Cereal Kosher?
I live in Connecticut, and my wife came home from shopping with a box of Hospitality Apple Whirls that have a V in a circle(the O-V) with "Pareve" below it. They taste just like Apple Jacks, and only a buck a box!
Jan
9
comment Is it permitted to listen to instrumental secular music by an antisemite?
I don't know whether it's permitted or not, but I would regard it as in the same spirit as collecting Hitler stamps or Hadrian coins, and definitely NOT promote the memory of an anti-Semite.
Dec
27
revised Seeking old Jewish recipes
added Pesach recipe
Dec
27
answered Seeking old Jewish recipes
Dec
27
answered What's the oldest continuously-existing, still-open kosher restaurant?