Praise the gods for Friday nights at home! Yesterday (Thursday, the night sanctioned for debauchery in well-known company) I was reading a friend’s copy of How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household<\/u>, which observed that the effect of Jewish tradition is to sanctifies the routine goings-on of life, by giving them a special routine of their own. By making Shabbat special, by letting it bask in its own glory, every other day of the week enjoys a reflection of that radiance. Like Zahedi says in Waking Life<\/u>, every moment is holy, but we walk around like they aren’t. Film, poetry, art, math, architecture, love, chocolate, acid, and Fridays at home help us remember.<\/p>\n
Thanks siderea<\/a> for putting together a meme of Mosher Sexual Styles<\/a>*! Mine’s “Partner Engagement”, which, under other circumstances, I might be embarrassed by, but her descriptions are far too even-handed and likable and insightful for it. “[Sex] is a loving communion with your partner by which you tear down the walls of existential isolation and truly touch, if only for a moment, another human spirit…. The meaning you make of sex is a celebration of life<\/i>. You see in sex a rejoicing in being alive and a rejoicing in your partner.” Sex, like Shabbat, allows us to sanctify a holy moment for each other.<\/p>\n I’m resisting the urge to cross reference this (or expand the meme) with Stein’s 9 male sexual types and taxonomies of fetishes. More material for my Philosophy of Sex class!<\/p>\n [* Edit: updated as per http:\/\/siderea.livejournal.com\/526476.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Praise the gods for Friday nights at home! Yesterday (Thursday, the night sanctioned for debauchery in well-known company) I was reading a friend’s copy of How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household, which observed that the effect of Jewish tradition is to sanctifies the routine goings-on of life, by giving them a special routine of … Continue reading Home Services<\/span>