The rabbi didn’t like him, just like he didn’t like any of the other suitors, and he voiced his objections vehemently to the shochet. But the decision was hers, and that boy was the chosen one.
The rabbi performed the wedding, which made her feel sad and relieved at the same time. He stood there in his beautiful, solemn attire, stoically blessing the happy couple. She thought she must be fooling herself when she saw shy, almost imperceptible tears on his eyes.
This marked the end of their affair. Their one episode of lovemaking–the day before the wedding–was to be completely forgotten.
No one asked any questions when she gave birth to a healthy baby girl exactly 9 months after the wedding, and nobody deemed suspicious the fact that the girl had bright green eyes, unlike her parents’ brown ones.
Years passed. He had three more sons with his wife and she had another son, another daughter. Now that her youngest was a year old, she decided to pause this whole giving birth business, at least for a few more years.
She would say without hesitation that she loved her three kids equally, but she knew it wasn’t true. Her firstborn was just like her. Except for her eyes, she had the same curious spirit, the same thirst for knowledge.
On the eldest’ sixth birthday she asked her parents to give her a tallit katan like the one they gave her brother when he turned four. Much to her mother’s regret, she had to say no, and when her daughter didn’t eat or speak to her for three days, she knew it was time to take matters into her own hands regardless of her husband’s and everybody else’s opinion on the matter. She bought her daughter a tallit kattan and immediately went to pay a much belated visit.
Celebrating 10 Years & Marking the End of An Amazing Project
Celebrating 10 Years & Marking the End of An Amazing Project
Jewrotica is inspiring Jews and erotica with holiness and coolness, and is the pride of progressive Judaism. Jewrotica – awesome!
I’m so glad that Jewrotica is represented here at Jewlicious! It’s bringing voices that need to be heard in the Jewish discussion and Jewish climate environment.
Learning about sex and what’s right and wrong when it comes to sex from a Biblical standpoint was an eye opening experience. I completely enjoyed it and think something like this could be a very cool thing to bring to even high school aged Jewish youth groups.
While many people fear the “sex talk,” Jewrotica offers an opportunity for writers and audiences to speak about sexuality in a open and safe space. When I attended a Jewrotica reading, I heard stories that reminded me that love takes many forms, and that expressing it is a vital part of who we are as a people.
Such an amazing experience! The Sarah Lawrence Jewrotica workshop was more than I could have ever expected – a comfortable, safe, sultry environment where participants clearly felt good about sharing or listening to each other’s intimate experiences and relating them to sexy stories from the Torah. From the moment the workshop began, Ayo had a sweet presence that was kinetic and spread around the room; her storytelling abilities had everyone enraptured and made the conversation topics relata… Read more
The people behind Jewrotica are quite quality! I have confidence that any project these folks take on will be equally quality.
Bedside Reading with Jewrotica was funny, sexy, and hot all at once. The readings were honest about all kinds of sexuality, but the highlight of the evening was definitely the confessions, written by audience participants. Nobody knew who wrote them, and most were tell-alls that would make your bubbe blush. Unless your bubbe was very, very cool. Then maybe she’d make YOU blush!
My opinion on Jewrotica is: It’s sexy. It’s awesome. It’s Judaism to the next level. It’s what we should all be getting into!
I had a great time deejaying at the Jewrotica event at Columbia University. The live readings were hilarious, informative, and in some cases, deeply moving. I know that I, along with many of my AEPi fraternity brothers, loved being able to connect our Judaism and our sexuality in a way that made all of us feel comfortable and welcome. I look forward to being a part of this again in the future!
Jewrotica is a great way to ask interesting questions about the interplay between sensuality and Jewish wisdom. Check it out.
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