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Child's Writing Exercises and Doodles, from Egypt, c. 1000-1200 CE: this was made by a child who was practicing Hebrew, creating doodles and scribbles on the page as they worked

This writing fragment is nearly 1,000 years old, and it was made by a child who lived in Egypt during the Middle Ages. Several letters of the Hebrew alphabet are written on the page, probably as part of a writing exercise, but the child apparently got a little bored/distracted, as they also left a drawing of a camel (or possibly a person), a doodle that resembles a menorah, and an assortment of other scribbles on the page.

This is the work of a Jewish child from Fustat (Old Cairo), and it was preserved in the collection known as the Cairo Genizah Manuscripts. As the University of Cambridge Library explains:

For a thousand years, the Jewish community of Fustat placed their worn-out books and other writings in a storeroom (genizah) of the Ben Ezra Synagogue ... According to rabbinic law, once a holy book can no longer be used (because it is too old, or because its text is no longer relevant) it cannot be destroyed or casually discarded: texts containing the name of God should be buried or, if burial is not possible, placed in a genizah.

At least from the early 11th century, the Jews of Fustat ... reverently placed their old texts in the Genizah. Remarkably, however, they placed not only the expected religious works, such as Bibles, prayer books and compendia of Jewish law, but also what we would regard as secular works and everyday documents: shopping lists, marriage contracts, divorce deeds, pages from Arabic fables, works of Sufi and Shi'ite philosophy, medical books, magical amulets, business letters and accounts, and hundreds of letters: examples of practically every kind of written text produced by the Jewish communities of the Near East can now be found in the Genizah Collection, and it presents an unparalleled insight into the medieval Jewish world.

Sources & More Info:

Cambridge Digital Library: Writing Exercises with Child's Drawings

Cambridge Digital Library: More About the Cairo Genizah Manuscripts

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So the man had millions of shekels in a safe and hoarded bags of UNRWA food aid meant for Gazan civilians - instead it was keeping Sinwar alive.

Oh and like 6-7 bottles of cologne neatly lined up. Gotta smell good in the tunnel.

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roommate texted this to me……..

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I drew @ludrii-alt oc

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idk how to draw birbs

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I recently finished Alien Isolation so have the one and only sniffer

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forever four

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This was done by Pro Palestine protesters 🙃🙃 When the FUCK will people start acknowledging leftist antisemitism!!! Do another 6 million Jews have to die??

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I’m still trying to process everything that has gone on in this past year.

A year ago I woke up to phone calls, video calls, and text messages from friends and family about the attack. The information was garbled and in pieces. We didn’t know what was exactly happening, but that there was an attack.

Then the clarity of it came.

What had occurred.

I keep looking at usernames across social media and gaming networks hoping to see one turn on that I know will never happen again. Friends I’ve known for 20 years, whom I’ve shared many memories with ranging from celebrating graduations to the birth of their first child, are gone.

I can’t sleep because there’s a pit in my stomach that has been there since 2023, but its presence is immeasurably felt today.

My university’s SJP is having a “genocide vigil” this afternoon as well as celebrating a “year of resistance”.

I actually barked a laugh at their poster because last I checked the casualty count was around 42k. Operation Harvest Festival killed about 43k of us in the span of two days. The Rwanda Genocide killed 800k in 100 days. The other genocides that have occurred or are occurring all have had their intent clear as day. Yet here they are still trying to push a genocide narrative that clearly hasn’t been established (hence why SA is still struggling to “prove” their case and they have to rely on sound bites from extremists or random civilians).

And to push the resistance narrative while also pushing the genocide narrative at the same time is something else as well.

The gall is impressive.

Needless to say, the continued improper use of this term just makes me shake my head and feel my age. Oh to be so young and so confident in being incorrect..

Regardless, this same student group has also had to rebrand itself 4 times into an “Against Apartheid” group because of their antisemitism and endorsement of violent terrorism. They’re going to hold the vigil out in the open. The comments across their social media show that their “rebranding” has done nothing for their antisemitism nor has it curbed the want to cause Jews harm.

The Jewish student group hasn’t made their event known. It will be in secret at a location and time that will not be publicized.

The difference is staggering.

I still hold hope for a day when the world lets Jews live in peace and just exist, instead of being the “cause” of all their ills and thus welcome targets for hate and violence.

But then again, I’ve always been an optimist.

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כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹ-וָ֗ה ק֣וֹל בְּרָמָ֤ה נִשְׁמָע֙ נְהִי֙ בְּכִ֣י תַמְרוּרִ֔ים רָחֵ֖ל מְבַכָּ֣ה עַל־בָּנֶ֑יהָ מֵאֲנָ֛ה לְהִנָּחֵ֥ם עַל־בָּנֶ֖יהָ כִּ֥י אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ {ס}        

Thus said YHVH:

A cry is heard in Ramah—

Wailing, bitter weeping—

Rachel weeping for her children.

She refuses to be comforted

For her children, who are gone.

כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹ-וָ֗ה מִנְעִ֤י קוֹלֵךְ֙ מִבֶּ֔כִי וְעֵינַ֖יִךְ מִדִּמְעָ֑ה כִּי֩ יֵ֨שׁ שָׂכָ֤ר לִפְעֻ��ָּתֵךְ֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹ-וָ֔ה וְשָׁ֖בוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ אוֹיֵֽב׃

Thus said YHVH:

Restrain your voice from weeping,

Your eyes from shedding tears;

For there is a reward for your labor

—declares YHVH:

They shall return from the enemy’s land.

וְיֵשׁ־תִּקְוָ֥ה לְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־יְהֹ-וָ֑ה וְשָׁ֥בוּ בָנִ֖ים לִגְבוּלָֽם׃

And there is hope for your future

—declares YHVH:

Your children shall return to their borders.

[Yirmiyahu 31: 15-17]

These passages were part of the Haftarah read on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, just a few days ago. I hope and pray we will see them come true.

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Meet Starbucks (the dragon) and Emperor PinkFluff (the bunny)

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EVIL 🧙 F$#@NG 🧙🧙 WIZARD!!!!! 🧙🧙🧙

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EVIL 🧙 F$#@NG 🧙🧙 WIZARD!!!!! 🧙🧙🧙

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jewish culture is seeing another jew out in public and going yay! I'm not alone! there's another jew here!

(more recently, jewish culture is seeing another jew out in public and thinking they're much braver than you for continuing to be visibly jewish after oct 7th and wishing them safety)

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I love Mi Chamocha because it comes from "The Song of the Sea" which is thought to be one of the oldest texts in the Torah, because its language is older than the rest of Shemot (Exodus).

Who among the celestials, is like you, (hashem)?

Who is like you - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

I like it, because it not only praises Hashem, but it also aligns with the henotheistic interpretation of Judaism (worshipping only one god, but not denying that others could exist), which is thought to be much older, but it is also something I identify with in terms of the way i make sense of theology.

It recognizes the possible existence of other celestials, but affirms that, in our opinion, Hashem is the coolest.

It's similar to when, in the shema, when we say "Hashem is OUR God, Hashem is one." instead of just "Hashem is God" because what makes Hashem special to us, beyond his power, is our specific relationship with him.

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Jewish mantra of the day:

You cannot kill us in a way that matters