I wrote a (highly transgressive) midrash on Yosef, as we leave the Bereishit crew for 5786: dee42moore.substack.com/p/yosef
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I wrote a (highly transgressive) midrash on Yosef, as we leave the Bereishit crew for 5786: dee42moore.substack.com/p/yosef
Sounds like theyβre coming from different Moral Foundations to you. I love it when someone else has an utterly alien interpretation - understanding their lens can reveal a whole new world of lessons
Parashat Vayikra set out a hierarchy of sin offerings. In order, a bull for the priest, a male goat for a chieftain, otherwise a female goat. But this is backward - female livestock are worth more than male livestock. You don't need many males. Anyone have an explanation?
One third of the women rabbis living in Africa just moved back to Canada π
We used @thealeph.bsky.social 's hagaddah (with some adjustments to localize to South Africa) last year, and it worked really well for a table of queer folk
I acknowledge your point, and it's a pertinent one. It's a good thing Israel isn't the only country which borders Gaza. Hopefully they can increase the aid which pours over the border from Egypt. There is stuff which comes from the other country they share a border with, right?
How do we, as leaders, teach our communities to help hold what needs holding? How do we educate people on how to participate fully in community, in a Western society which values the individual as more important? How do we move from a pay for service model?
I read it as, they moved towards Egypt as a feint to keep Pharaoh thinking they were coming back. But then it became obvious they weren't really coming back
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Yes, this. We can only act in the present, no matter where we've come from. Take lessons from the past, but don't try to live there
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Counterpoint:
#parshapoem for this week
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Stealing this for Tu Bishvat!
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February 13
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Aggressive reinforcement of gender roles goes hand in hand with transphobia. And is also historically the first move of fascism.
My friend @rabbiemma.bsky.social posted these words (read the first comment): www.facebook.com/share/p/14z1.... You might find them useful
Are you a Jacques Cousteau talmudist or a Robert Ballard talmudist?
Subversive Torah is Torah. Talmud is littered with subversive readings
#ParshaChat
A3: stretching out hands and arms! Hands and arms are so important in the blessings in Bereishit. We see negative "blessings" in Yaakov's final words to his sons, so they're not necessarily positive. I was comparing some other translations of Χ ΧΧ. Bent. Perverted? #ParahaChat
A4: for an example, look at TikTok's recent manipulations with the US President. With the "we're banned" then "the incoming president saved us", they were trying to earn points to make their desired outcome more likely #ParshaChat
A4: I read this as politics. I work in a corporate setting, and letting someone win, and acknowledging the win, can be an effective power move to get something they're against, passed. #ParshaChat
I was born in a monarchy, so this didn't occur to me. Thank you for the perspective #ParshaChat
You mean you don't deal with a shul board? #parshachat
A1: another thing was outstretched arms and hands. The different ways you can stretch out an arm or a hand, sometimes for good (blessings?), sometimes for ill. I saw Gd bringing us out of mitzrayim with an outstretched hand, as a loving hug. Previously I've seen just protection. #ParshaChat
A1: something that surprised me this year, was that Moshe's pleas to Pharaoh doesn't seem to be about releasing slaves, just letting them go into the wilderness to practice their religion for a few days. The plan was always to sneak off from there #ParshaChat
Losing trust in institutions and/or the people leading them makes hard times a lot harder. Things just become so unmanageable when the people and institutions that are supposed to be trustworthy aren't. #ParshaChat
Don't apologize. I'm here for Torah as well. Trying to figure out how to filter out the present day stuff. I get my news from independent media, not social media