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Old 01-21-2004, 02:32 PM
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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4



The rabbi recommends that Jews recite the prayer when they log on to the Internet or even program it to flash up on their computer screens so they are spiritually covered whether they enter a porn site intentionally or by mistake.
So it's like penance in advance? Maybe I am missing a few key points of judaism, but I didn't think it worked like that (but then again, considering that they have a day of atonement every year maybe it does?).
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