#torahposting — Public Fediverse posts

can someone tell me what's going on with וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ? it's like that in my tikkun, too.

(sefaria link)

#trop #torahPosting #jewniverse

can someone tell me what's going on with וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ? it's like that in my tikkun, too.

(sefaria link)

#trop #torahPosting #jewniverse

can someone tell me what's going on with וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ? it's like that in my tikkun, too.

(sefaria link)

#trop #torahPosting #jewniverse

can someone tell me what's going on with וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ? it's like that in my tikkun, too.

(sefaria link)

#trop #torahPosting #jewniverse

can someone tell me what's going on with וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ? it's like that in my tikkun, too.

(sefaria link)

#trop #torahPosting #jewniverse

but now, reflecting on it, I wish I dropped the first part. i wish i told that lady that the restorative justice interpretations of the torah existed before the world was created, and that her question is predicated on the notion of a finite, finished Torah, and that the Torah is eternal and living.

and then i wish i was the kind of person who could just refuse to elaborate.

(unless she let go of some of her understandings.)

i'm too uncomfortable with other people's discomfort sometimes. i need to learn to let people be lost.

#torahPosting

but now, reflecting on it, I wish I dropped the first part. i wish i told that lady that the restorative justice interpretations of the torah existed before the world was created, and that her question is predicated on the notion of a finite, finished Torah, and that the Torah is eternal and living.

and then i wish i was the kind of person who could just refuse to elaborate.

(unless she let go of some of her understandings.)

i'm too uncomfortable with other people's discomfort sometimes. i need to learn to let people be lost.

#torahPosting

but now, reflecting on it, I wish I dropped the first part. i wish i told that lady that the restorative justice interpretations of the torah existed before the world was created, and that her question is predicated on the notion of a finite, finished Torah, and that the Torah is eternal and living.

and then i wish i was the kind of person who could just refuse to elaborate.

(unless she let go of some of her understandings.)

i'm too uncomfortable with other people's discomfort sometimes. i need to learn to let people be lost.

#torahPosting

but now, reflecting on it, I wish I dropped the first part. i wish i told that lady that the restorative justice interpretations of the torah existed before the world was created, and that her question is predicated on the notion of a finite, finished Torah, and that the Torah is eternal and living.

and then i wish i was the kind of person who could just refuse to elaborate.

(unless she let go of some of her understandings.)

i'm too uncomfortable with other people's discomfort sometimes. i need to learn to let people be lost.

#torahPosting

but now, reflecting on it, I wish I dropped the first part. i wish i told that lady that the restorative justice interpretations of the torah existed before the world was created, and that her question is predicated on the notion of a finite, finished Torah, and that the Torah is eternal and living.

and then i wish i was the kind of person who could just refuse to elaborate.

(unless she let go of some of her understandings.)

i'm too uncomfortable with other people's discomfort sometimes. i need to learn to let people be lost.

#torahPosting

last night at this interreligious thingy i go to, a lady asked me if i "actually believe" that the "an eye for an eye" was "really intended to be interpreted" as maimonides does: not literally but to imply the need for compensation or atonement.

i gave a pretty ok (IMO) answer, that both

1. of course i can put on my historian glasses and compare the psukim to hammurabi or other contemporaneous legal texts and maybe the J source or the D source intended this or that or whateverbut
2. we see the Torah as a living organism and is continually unfolding, and that the talmud has a whole methodology for carrying the Torah intact into modernity

#torahPosting

last night at this interreligious thingy i go to, a lady asked me if i "actually believe" that the "an eye for an eye" was "really intended to be interpreted" as maimonides does: not literally but to imply the need for compensation or atonement.

i gave a pretty ok (IMO) answer, that both

1. of course i can put on my historian glasses and compare the psukim to hammurabi or other contemporaneous legal texts and maybe the J source or the D source intended this or that or whateverbut
2. we see the Torah as a living organism and is continually unfolding, and that the talmud has a whole methodology for carrying the Torah intact into modernity

#torahPosting

last night at this interreligious thingy i go to, a lady asked me if i "actually believe" that the "an eye for an eye" was "really intended to be interpreted" as maimonides does: not literally but to imply the need for compensation or atonement.

i gave a pretty ok (IMO) answer, that both

1. of course i can put on my historian glasses and compare the psukim to hammurabi or other contemporaneous legal texts and maybe the J source or the D source intended this or that or whateverbut
2. we see the Torah as a living organism and is continually unfolding, and that the talmud has a whole methodology for carrying the Torah intact into modernity

#torahPosting

last night at this interreligious thingy i go to, a lady asked me if i "actually believe" that the "an eye for an eye" was "really intended to be interpreted" as maimonides does: not literally but to imply the need for compensation or atonement.

i gave a pretty ok (IMO) answer, that both

1. of course i can put on my historian glasses and compare the psukim to hammurabi or other contemporaneous legal texts and maybe the J source or the D source intended this or that or whateverbut
2. we see the Torah as a living organism and is continually unfolding, and that the talmud has a whole methodology for carrying the Torah intact into modernity

#torahPosting

last night at this interreligious thingy i go to, a lady asked me if i "actually believe" that the "an eye for an eye" was "really intended to be interpreted" as maimonides does: not literally but to imply the need for compensation or atonement.

i gave a pretty ok (IMO) answer, that both

1. of course i can put on my historian glasses and compare the psukim to hammurabi or other contemporaneous legal texts and maybe the J source or the D source intended this or that or whateverbut
2. we see the Torah as a living organism and is continually unfolding, and that the talmud has a whole methodology for carrying the Torah intact into modernity

#torahPosting

can someone help me find the origin of this story?

if moschiach comes and says, "ok pack it up everyone! we're all done! the mitzvas are over and the world to come is here!" - the Torah will get new letters and everything will finally be revealed, the temple is rebuilt, whatever. we don't have to struggle anymore.

but.

you're in the middle of saying the amida

so you raise one finger in moschiach's direction, you nod knowingly. "i'll be with you in a minute", you try to say with a gentle smile.

and you finish saying the amida

i assume i made up 95% of the story, but where does it come from??
#mazeldon #jewniverse #TorahPosting #DafYomeme

can someone help me find the origin of this story?

if moschiach comes and says, "ok pack it up everyone! we're all done! the mitzvas are over and the world to come is here!" - the Torah will get new letters and everything will finally be revealed, the temple is rebuilt, whatever. we don't have to struggle anymore.

but.

you're in the middle of saying the amida

so you raise one finger in moschiach's direction, you nod knowingly. "i'll be with you in a minute", you try to say with a gentle smile.

and you finish saying the amida

i assume i made up 95% of the story, but where does it come from??
#mazeldon #jewniverse #TorahPosting #DafYomeme

can someone help me find the origin of this story?

if moschiach comes and says, "ok pack it up everyone! we're all done! the mitzvas are over and the world to come is here!" - the Torah will get new letters and everything will finally be revealed, the temple is rebuilt, whatever. we don't have to struggle anymore.

but.

you're in the middle of saying the amida

so you raise one finger in moschiach's direction, you nod knowingly. "i'll be with you in a minute", you try to say with a gentle smile.

and you finish saying the amida

i assume i made up 95% of the story, but where does it come from??
#mazeldon #jewniverse #TorahPosting #DafYomeme

can someone help me find the origin of this story?

if moschiach comes and says, "ok pack it up everyone! we're all done! the mitzvas are over and the world to come is here!" - the Torah will get new letters and everything will finally be revealed, the temple is rebuilt, whatever. we don't have to struggle anymore.

but.

you're in the middle of saying the amida

so you raise one finger in moschiach's direction, you nod knowingly. "i'll be with you in a minute", you try to say with a gentle smile.

and you finish saying the amida

i assume i made up 95% of the story, but where does it come from??
#mazeldon #jewniverse #TorahPosting #DafYomeme

can someone help me find the origin of this story?

if moschiach comes and says, "ok pack it up everyone! we're all done! the mitzvas are over and the world to come is here!" - the Torah will get new letters and everything will finally be revealed, the temple is rebuilt, whatever. we don't have to struggle anymore.

but.

you're in the middle of saying the amida

so you raise one finger in moschiach's direction, you nod knowingly. "i'll be with you in a minute", you try to say with a gentle smile.

and you finish saying the amida

i assume i made up 95% of the story, but where does it come from??
#mazeldon #jewniverse #TorahPosting #DafYomeme

I guess this is #TorahPosting lol. I think I'm going to focus in on "even the stranger within your camp", that even the stranger is still entering into the covenant with Hashem and that we stood at Sinai as a people complete with people who were not like us, but embraced them nonetheless. and so, to invite up for the aliyah (look, it's Reform, and it's… different than other places) all those willing to work on seeing what we have in common.

I guess this is #TorahPosting lol. I think I'm going to focus in on "even the stranger within your camp", that even the stranger is still entering into the covenant with Hashem and that we stood at Sinai as a people complete with people who were not like us, but embraced them nonetheless. and so, to invite up for the aliyah (look, it's Reform, and it's… different than other places) all those willing to work on seeing what we have in common.

still trying to write the intention/kavanah for tomorrow morning's Torah reading using the beginning of the parsha, and trying to figure out how to use the parsha (Nitzavim-Vayeilech #TorahPosting) in a sufficiently anti-war fashion, given the shit show of the world.

still trying to write the intention/kavanah for tomorrow morning's Torah reading using the beginning of the parsha, and trying to figure out how to use the parsha (Nitzavim-Vayeilech #TorahPosting) in a sufficiently anti-war fashion, given the shit show of the world.

anyway I'm going to get back to #TorahPosting instead of drama, because I've had enough of the Karen's and the homeowner's association and the people insisting that electioneering is going to save all of us for a lifetime. (I may in fact later delete all but the salient and we'll-worded posts, because my language processing has been challenged and stressed the past few days.)

next week, we read parsha Matos-Masei, in which the Israelites go off to war! again! but in between that, we have some interesting passages.

anyway I'm going to get back to #TorahPosting instead of drama, because I've had enough of the Karen's and the homeowner's association and the people insisting that electioneering is going to save all of us for a lifetime. (I may in fact later delete all but the salient and we'll-worded posts, because my language processing has been challenged and stressed the past few days.)

next week, we read parsha Matos-Masei, in which the Israelites go off to war! again! but in between that, we have some interesting passages.

Least horny Torah commentary

https://www.sefaria.org/Radak_on_Genesis.2.8.2?lang=en&with=all

#torahposting #radak #judaism #Mazeldon

Least horny Torah commentary

https://www.sefaria.org/Radak_on_Genesis.2.8.2?lang=en&with=all

#torahposting #radak #judaism #Mazeldon

A neat thing I came across while reading this past Torah portion

During the Second Temple Period, Jewish priests were tasked with maintaining the fire upon the altar of the temple as a way of honouring God even after an offering was made. A literal light unto the world. This practice was then written down by Jewish priests sometime during the Persian Period (538–332 BCE) and passed down in Vayikra (Leviticus) 6:5-7.



Fast forward to today and one of the key elements of any synagogue is the ner tamid (‘eternal light’). Traditionally, an oil lamp placed somewhere above the bima (front stage) in order to honour the flame that burned without end upon the altar of the Second Temple. Some synagogues opt for a flame fed by natural gas, while others opt for an ornate lightbulb that’s always kept on.

Note that synagogues incorporate design elements that nod to the original temple in Jerusalem. This is also why the terms “synagogue” and “temple” are synonymous in most contexts.

Relevance to me

When I visited a synagogue for the first time, the ner tamid was one of the first things I identified. The one used at the synagogue I visited was a lightbulb that flickered gold light through metal and glass. It hung above the podium atop the bima. I just found that pretty interesting.

To stumble across the passage that makes the ner tamid a thing was a pleasant surprise.

Bonus fact!

Among most textual critics, Leviticus 6:7 is understood to be a colophon, which is a tagline added by the author to the end of a text to state its purpose.

#judaism #mazeldon #torahposting #cwreligion

A neat thing I came across while reading this past Torah portion

During the Second Temple Period, Jewish priests were tasked with maintaining the fire upon the altar of the temple as a way of honouring God even after an offering was made. A literal light unto the world. This practice was then written down by Jewish priests sometime during the Persian Period (538–332 BCE) and passed down in Vayikra (Leviticus) 6:5-7.

The fire on the altar shall be kept burning, not to go out: every morning the priest shall feed wood to it, lay out the burnt offering on it, and turn into smoke the fat parts of the offerings of well-being.

A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar, not to go out.

And this is the ritual of the meal offering:
Aaron's sons shall present it before [God], in front of the altar.

Fast forward to today and one of the key elements of any synagogue is the the ner tamid (‘eternal light’). Traditionally, an oil lamp placed somewhere above the bima (front stage) in order to honour the flame that burned without end upon the altar of the Second Temple. Some synagogues opt for a flame fed by natural gas, while others opt for an ornate lightbulb that’s always kept on.

Note that synagogues incorporate design elements that nod to the original temple in Jerusalem. This is also why the terms “synagogue” and “temple” are synonymous in most contexts.

Relevance to me

When I visited a synagogue for the first time, the ner tamid was one of the first things I identified. The one used at the synagogue I visited was a lightbulb that flickered gold light through metal and glass. It hung above the podium atop the bima. I just found that pretty interesting.

To stumble across the passage that makes the ner tamid a thing was a pleasant surprise.

Bonus fact!

Among most textual critics, Leviticus 6:7 is understood to be a a colophon, which is a tagline added by the author to the end of a text to state its purpose.

#judaism #mazeldon #torahposting #cwreligion

A neat thing I came across while reading this past Torah portion

During the Second Temple Period, Jewish priests were tasked with maintaining the fire upon the altar of the temple as a way of honouring God even after an offering was made. A literal light unto the world. This practice was then written down by Jewish priests sometime during the Persian Period (538–332 BCE) and passed down in Vayikra (Leviticus) 6:5-7.

The fire on the altar shall be kept burning, not to go out: every morning the priest shall feed wood to it, lay out the burnt offering on it, and turn into smoke the fat parts of the offerings of well-being.

A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar, not to go out.

And this is the ritual of the meal offering:
Aaron's sons shall present it before [God], in front of the altar.

Fast forward to today and one of the key elements of any synagogue is the the ner tamid (‘eternal light’). Traditionally, an oil lamp placed somewhere above the bima (front stage) in order to honour the flame that burned without end upon the altar of the Second Temple. Some synagogues opt for a flame fed by natural gas, while others opt for an ornate lightbulb that’s always kept on.

Note that synagogues incorporate design elements that nod to the original temple in Jerusalem. This is also why the terms “synagogue” and “temple” are synonymous in most contexts.

Relevance to me

When I visited a synagogue for the first time, the ner tamid was one of the first things I identified. The one used at the synagogue I visited was a lightbulb that flickered gold light through metal and glass. It hung above the podium atop the bima. I just found that pretty interesting.

To stumble across the passage that makes the ner tamid a thing was a pleasant surprise.

Bonus fact!

Among most textual critics, Leviticus 6:7 is understood to be a a colophon, which is a tagline added by the author to the end of a text to state its purpose.

#judaism #mazeldon #torahposting #cwreligion