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I'm sad that this post didn't get to me yesterday, my fiance and I may have gone. New York is a city of Immigrants, you see. If Trump had is way, New York would lose the one thing that makes it truly American.

goyisch historians: jews did not put up any fight in WWII :) they just complacently marched off to camps 

90% of yiddish folk music from WWII: i can and will kill hitler with my own two fists

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Our hearts go out to the victims of the crash!

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Been looking for this comic for like, 2 years. Saving it here because I'm going to show it to people.

Ark. Written by Ehud Lavski. Art by Yael Nathan. If you like it, please share.

Contact: elavski@gmail.com

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I'll be the one to point out that while this is admirable, the reform movement is hardly a voice of traditional judaism, so citing traditional sources to back their actions as "jewish in nature" is rather moot. It's a good thing, for sure - they'd do the same even if G-d forbid it wasn't in the Torah. In other words, they're doing it because they believe it to be morally right, and not in order to fulfill a commandment - a mitzvah - that G-d commanded them - the Torah is used as a justification to the decision, not a reason for the decision. From a perspective of traditional Judaism: since the Torah was used as a blueprint by which to create the world, the idea of protecting refugees (which isn't so simple in itself, but that's for another post) only exists because it is hinted to in the Torah. In other words - because it is in the Torah, it is morally correct.

Amazing. In these terrifyingly dark times, is more more heart warming to see everyone be kind, helping one another out.

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Also midrashically the splitting of the sea took place in every body of water in the world (and it wasn't the only one that took place in such a manner)

Seems legit

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Seriously. Judaism is all about action. Action is the main thing. Yes. G-d does want us to pray. But even more than that G-d wants our actions!

[Representative Steve King] assumes the “America we need to strive for” is one where God and the folks who pray to Him aren’t around. This is a bizarre claim, since America’s founding ideals essentially came from the Bible, and while not all founders were Christians — and they did not create a theocracy — yes, prayers are actually quite embedded in the American ideal. In fact, the Continental Congress specifically set aside days for prayer and fasting. Obviously, they felt it quite important and necessary to help them ‘get things done.’

This complaint is opening the door for even stranger complaints. This one comes from a rabbi, no less:

Actually, the rabbi could not be more wrong. God absolutely wants us to pray. How do we know? Because He commands us to:

Matthew 5:44 tells us to pray for those who persecute us. Matthew 6:5 says “when” you pray, not if. In Romans 12:12 we’re again commanded to be “faithful in prayer” while Ephesians 6:18 says we should pray “on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.” In 1 Thessalonians 5:17 we’re instructed to “pray continually” and 1 Timothy 2:1 says that “requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone” while Colossians 4:2 says to “devote yourselves to prayer.”

Seems quite obvious that God wants us to pray and pray often. All the time, in fact. We are simply being obedient when we pray for others. To not pray for someone in the wake of a tragedy would actually be an incredible insult. How much would we have to despise someone to drop everything we believe about prayer and it’s part in bringing healing, redemption, peace, endurance, joy, etc – just because some people on Twitter are tired of hearing about it?

All throughout the Bible in almost every situation, people appeal to God for protection, empowerment, healing, for greater faith, for strength, endurance, hope, discernment, unity, help, wisdom, help, miracles, for God’s name to be exalted – and much more. God commands us to do it, and in some cases, God changes people’s will in answer to prayer.

It’s beyond the pale to argue a rabbi is incorrect about religion by just using passages from the Christian Bible. Be a Christian, but don’t tell non-Christians we’re wrong because we aren’t following Matthew, Romans, and Ephesians. Of course we aren’t; that’s not our bible.

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I'm awful in the kitchen (with the exception probably of making herring or certain other fish dishes) but that certainly doesn't stop me from trying. I forgot how much fun baking is, of course, now my dorm smells like fermenting flour. At yeast I'll have bread for pas shacharis!

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I'll get it for you later, Iy'h. I have to ask a few people (although I might have a detail or two confused on that gemara). Regardless, The Rambam doesn't say that moshiach cannot come from the dead. The Rambam didn't use the word או מת in that section, it says או נהרג. That means that if moshiach is killed, murdered, executed, etc, they are no longer able to be considered a possible candidate for the position of Moshiach. The reason being that moshiach is someone whom the world (and the goyim) has no power over, and if they are killed, it shows that they aren't.

8th grade at orthodox Jewish day school

Day 1 of Navi class (Naviim is the book of prophets, we called the class Navi)

Rabbi: *walks in*

Class: *sits there, expecting to be instructed to open up our copies of Naviim*

Rabbi: so you know how people don’t know if Elvis is really dead? How they can’t prove he is or isn’t? That’s how I view G-D’s existence.

[and that’s when the class went from good to great]

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It seems to me that people on this blasted website have the idea of freedom of speech a little funny. What’s provided for in the bill of rights is that the GOVERNMENT is not allowed to curtail an individual’s freedom of speech. That doesn’t mean “I should feel safe saying anything I want”, and it certainly doesn’t mean that average, non-government people (or even government officers off work and not on duty) EVER have to put up with people’s hate speech, or respect people’s privilege to express hateful opinions in public. That privilege isn’t protected by the government, and CERTAINLY isn’t a G-d given right.

This may well be the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever read.

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Went fishing, forgot sunscreen. Now I have a watch I will wear (whether I like it or not) this shabbos! (ouch!) Good Shabbos everyone!

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About atheist jews: There was once an atheist jewish man who lived in the boondocks, and he wanted to send his son to the best school he could. The best school in the area- academics wise - was a catholic school. One day a few weeks into the school year, his son comes home, talking about the trinity. He pulled his son aside, and took him for a walk. "Son," he said "Let me explain to you something. There is ONLY ONE G-d in the world, and we don't believe in him." @tikkunolamorgtfo

Unpopular Opinion

Messianic jews are real and valid. They are not goyim in disguise and they shouldn’t be kicked from jewish spaces

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It seems you think that Yom Kippur isn't a happy day - I tried Reblogging that post to dispel your misconception, but tumblr keeps losing it. So just take a look at this here: https://arothejew.tumblr.com/post/165333572100/common-misconception-rosh-hashanah-and-yom-kippur

Yom Kippur is one of the happiest days of the entire year, and it is entirely appropriate to wish someone a joyful Yom Kippur! Please don't spread misinformation about it.

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On the other hand, as a result of this Idea, hebrew tends to be an EXTREMELY expressive and poetic language, much moreso than English. If someone speaks in an arbitrary and imprecise manner all the time, biblical hebrew is incredibly hard to understand, speak, or write. However, if a person is used to speaking precisely, choosing each word carefully, hebrew becomes the ideal language, able to express deep ideas in great detail with very few words.

שיעור בלשון הקודש - Biblical Hebrew Lessons

כבש - lamb כבש - ramp כבש - soak כבש - squeeze כבש - capture/conquer

שני - year שני - difference שני - answer שני - repeat/review שני - learn

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I just discovered this in the arothejew tag...

arothejew replied to your post: arothejew replied to your post: Hashem has been…

I’m “racist” with my chocolate choices though. I like white chocolate much better. :-P

That’s not even real chocolate though. EVERYONE SHUN ARO FOR HIS POOR TASTE IN SWEETS. arothejew

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I'll remove them. They were there just for emphasis, that's all, but if they're going to mess with the message, I'll get rid of them.

The Prince of Egypt (problem number 1)

Someone asked me (in person) what I think was the worst injustice in the movie “the Prince of Egypt”, and my answer is going to sound weird at first, but once you hear the explanation, maybe it will make more sense.

My answer is, they robbed the leader of the jewish people of his jewish education and Pharaoh’s daughter of her jewish identity.

Moses (Moshe in hebrew) did not grow up thinking he was an Egyptian. Not remotely. When Yocheved (his mother) put him in the basket on the river, Miriam followed the basket, until it reached Pharaoh’s daughter, whose name was Batya. Now, Pharaoh’s daughter wasn’t just coming down to the river to bathe herself. It’s explained specifically in Tractate Sotah (in the talmud) that she came to ritually immerse herself in order to convert to Judaism. I’ll say it again, Pharaoh’s daughter was converting to Judaism when she found Moshe. Miriam knew this, and went up to Batya and asked her if she needed a jewish caretaker to help her raise the baby and give him a jewish education. After Batya agreed, Miriam brought Yocheved, Moshe’s own mother, to raise her own son in her own jewish household (until about age 5-6 when he went to go stay by Batya in the house of Pharaoh). Moshe always knew he was jewish! His mother was jewish, his foster mother (Batya) was also jewish. He always knew his sister Miriam, and his brother Aharon.

So as a side point - if that’s the case, why did Pharaoh agree to let his daughter raise a jewish baby as her own? He came up with a test to figure out if this baby boy was wise and power hungry (and thus a threat to his own son). He placed in front of Moshe a bowl of gold, and a bowl of burning coals, and if he reached for the gold, he was a concern, and if he reached for the coals, he would be safe to keep in his house. An angel took hold of Moshe’s hand and put it in the coals, after which Moshe put his hand in his mouth, burning his tongue, and giving him a speech impediment that would plague him until the last 40 days of his life (something else they conveniently left out of the movie). Because Moshe couldn’t speak clearly, he had to bring Aharon with him as a spokesman when he spoke to Pharaoh - the arrangement sort of that Moshe would whisper it to Aharon, and Aharon would relay to Pharaoh what Moshe intended to say. So in addition to the gross inaccuracy of the movie in general, those of you who make a big deal about “able-ism” by movie makers doing away with character disabilities. Here is an example of a real historical figure who had a REAL speech impediment that makes a big difference in how Moshe should have been communicating. Why do you remain silent? Please reblog this, thanks.

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Aside from the fact that we already established I was being melodramatic, That's exactly the problem. The fact that it was intended for all audiences gave them an excellent opportunity to educate the masses about the tradition of how it happened according to the ONLY religion that matters here, and they missed out on that opportunity. It's our history and our story, and we are the only ones who can vouch for how it happened. I will admit that it has its advantages against other films, and it isn't "literally garbage" - but let's not make this about skin color, shall we? Just because they didn't whitewash doesn't redeem the choices they did make in the movie.

The Prince of Egypt (problem number 1)

Someone asked me (in person) what I think was the worst injustice in the movie “the Prince of Egypt”, and my answer is going to sound weird at first, but once you hear the explanation, maybe it will make more sense.

My answer is, they robbed the leader of the jewish people of his jewish education and Pharaoh’s daughter of her jewish identity.

Moses (Moshe in hebrew) did not grow up thinking he was an Egyptian. Not remotely. When Yocheved (his mother) put him in the basket on the river, Miriam followed the basket, until it reached Pharaoh’s daughter, whose name was Batya. Now, Pharaoh’s daughter wasn’t just coming down to the river to bathe herself. It’s explained specifically in Tractate Sotah (in the talmud) that she came to ritually immerse herself in order to convert to Judaism. I’ll say it again, Pharaoh’s daughter was converting to Judaism when she found Moshe. Miriam knew this, and went up to Batya and asked her if she needed a jewish caretaker to help her raise the baby and give him a jewish education. After Batya agreed, Miriam brought Yocheved, Moshe’s own mother, to raise her own son in her own jewish household (until about age 5-6 when he went to go stay by Batya in the house of Pharaoh). Moshe always knew he was jewish! His mother was jewish, his foster mother (Batya) was also jewish. He always knew his sister Miriam, and his brother Aharon.

So as a side point - if that’s the case, why did Pharaoh agree to let his daughter raise a jewish baby as her own? He came up with a test to figure out if this baby boy was wise and power hungry (and thus a threat to his own son). He placed in front of Moshe a bowl of gold, and a bowl of burning coals, and if he reached for the gold, he was a concern, and if he reached for the coals, he would be safe to keep in his house. An angel took hold of Moshe’s hand and put it in the coals, after which Moshe put his hand in his mouth, burning his tongue, and giving him a speech impediment that would plague him until the last 40 days of his life (something else they conveniently left out of the movie). Because Moshe couldn’t speak clearly, he had to bring Aharon with him as a spokesman when he spoke to Pharaoh - the arrangement sort of that Moshe would whisper it to Aharon, and Aharon would relay to Pharaoh what Moshe intended to say. So in addition to the gross inaccuracy of the movie in general, those of you who make a big deal about “able-ism” by movie makers doing away with character disabilities. Here is an example of a real historical figure who had a REAL speech impediment that makes a big difference in how Moshe should have been communicating. Why do you remain silent? Please reblog this, thanks.