Ataraxia

    Rabbi Avraham – Abba Seligman              link to positive3 Those who study to observe see new wonders every day Every day he marvels anew at how the sun rises and how it sets, the storm’s lightning… Period of mayhem, when territory passed from one to the other: Germans Russians Polish people   One was not permited to gaze directly at a woman other than his wife It is forbidden to len to a person who has no thought of repaying   Zalman Rappaport cllaed the rabbi one week before his death Says to wife of dying man that one must not lie to a him Rabbi was known as ‘The Divorced Rabbi’ and had the repuation of a pious and righteous man   Zalman wants his son, Gavriel aka Gabik Rappaport, to leave university and study with Rabbi Seligman but then he starts working with Godl in growing cucumbers cabbage shiksas swoon over him – then, because of the advise of the rabbi, he is sn...

  As Good As It Gets written by Mark Andrus and James Brooks, directed by the latter was the 1998 Winner of The Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for Jack Nicholson, and The Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Helen Hunt took this one; here is the link to my blog, for more notes on films and books, and my macaws https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10   Jack Nicholson https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-few-good-men-directed-by-late.html is one of my favorite thespians, winner of three Oscars, though he has one for the supporting role in A Few Good Men, whereas Daniel Day Lewis has three Academy Awards, all for leading roles, not that this is an issue on which to compare them   He is the freak at the center of the plot, a hypochondriac with an attitude problem, obnoxious, at least to begin with, arrogant, demanding, he only wants this waitress to serve in the restaurant ...

  A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, it is 65 th among Modern Library’s Best 100 Novels, it is also ranked 153 rd on The Greatest Books of All Time site, a chef d’oeuvre   10 out of 10   I have read, listened to, or watched the marvelous adaptation of A Clockwork Orange a few times https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-clockwork-orange-by-anthony-burgess.html and it was a glorious experience this, last time, when I have listened to the play, which has excellent music, Beethoven and original compositions   In one of my notes, I have referred to Orange Alex, it was just before the elections, won by this loathsome idiot, who loves Putin and other such like monsters, while attacking Canada, Ukraine, The European Union, allies, and I saw parallels between the main character of the novel and the Convicted Felon, who rules over the free world The wonderful Belles Lettres Papers https://realinibarzoi...

  Laybe Lazar’s Courtyard by Chaim Grade is the second narrative in Rabbis and Wives, which was shortlisted for the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Literature, albeit I could not find it on The Greatest Books of All Time site at all, never mind seeing it near the top…you find thousands of reviews of magnum opera from The GOAT and other prestigious lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10   I have enjoyed the first part https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/10/rebbetzin-by-chaim-grade-is-first.html of Rabbis and Wives, called Rebbetzin, and the second novella, Laybe Lazar’s Courtyard follows the same pattern, if not ecstatic, I have been pleased to immerse in this place, I need to amend that, it was not an immersion   There are similarities, which may even make sense, we have the book under the title which may have to describe all three narratives contained therein, though I have to...

  This is an interesting love story, which used to be weird, even forbidden one hundred years ago. Come to think of it, even today, this kind of thing and many others are unthinkable in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic State (a new horrible apparition), Brunei and many other places, where the Sharia dictates that infidelity is punished by stoning. In the past few days, many people have lost their heads, literally- in the Middle East and everybody talks with disgust and loathing of the Islamic State. However, an ally of the West gets away with murder. Saudi Arabia has beheaded 12 people recently for: hashish trafficking and…witchcraft. One was killed even if he had been declared mentally ill. Coming back from the desert to Paris, we have a love triangle, which turns into a square at times.  The heroine, Paula Tessier is 39 years old and loves a man close to her age- Roger Demarest. Alas, he is more than interested in young women, with whom we may say that he cheats on his partner. Phi...

  Seven written by Andrew Kevin Walker, directed by David Fincher, and starring Morgan Feeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey is the Top-Rated Movie Number 20 – you find reviews from this, The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html and YouTube channel   8 out of 10   Brad Pitt https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-river-runs-through-it-by-norman.html is one of my favorite thespians, he has a leading role (or maybe he is the main character here) in Se7en, which by the way, may be Seven or Se7en, I am not sure, I have seen it both ways, he is detective Mills, who wants to be in this narrative   That is, he asked for this job, though the results are quite awful for him – spoiler alert, though I am not yet sure how much I will divulge, and more importantly, who gives a damn – the monster at the center of this mystery fea...