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נאריש זשלאָב מענטש"Rabbi Bashevkin shared that he hopes listeners to his shiurim on the All <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> app will realize that <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> history and learning the parsha are the same story unfolding with two different narrators. “I’m hoping people will walk away with an excitement to want to learn more about our own story. This is your story … the most exciting one in all of world history.”“Reading Jewish History in the Parsha” is available on the Orthodox Union All Parsha app, which can be downloaded for free from the App Store or Google Play."<a href="https://jewishlink.news/rabbi-dovid-bashevkin-launches-reading-jewish-history-in-the-parsha-on-ou-all-parsha-app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jewishlink.news/rabbi-dovid-bashevkin-launches-reading-jewish-history-in-the-parsha-on-ou-all-parsha-app/</a>

Bungle ✡️ באנגלAvram is no gung-ho superhero, no conquerer, no Superman, no Rambo. He is stricken with anxiety, with self-doubt, with conflict, with blame. The crushing weight of responsibility sits on his shoulders - After an exhausting night of defending the carcasses of sacrifice, "a great dark dread descended upon him." Rashi says this is representative of the woes and gloom of the Jews in exile. But for Avraham, he is as a nation, a people within himself - with all the internal struggle that that entails. More on that come Parsha Vayera!After all that, he'd be forgiven for being an overly-serious grinch. But this founding patriarch is no self-aggrandising pompous stoic! His very first action under the name Avraham is to laugh in the face of God and doubt the efficacy of his loins!I don't have a blog, but I'm starting to see the appeal.4/4<a href="https://babka.social/tags/mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ParshahThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParshahThoughts</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torahstudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torahstudy</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/lechlecha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lechlecha</a>

Bungle ✡️ באנגלThe plagues that afflict the Pharoah and his household - the very ones Avram feared would kill him - are on account of Sarai. And that which Avram acquires thanks to her is from the Egyptians: The Jewish nation will be strangers among them for many years to come, and yet it is their riches that helped sustain the creation of Am Yisrael.And so what is his response to the King of Sodom's offer of possessions for persons? "You shall not say, ‘It is I who made Avram rich.’" Because that would be a falsehood - Avram was made rich by many before him!3/<a href="https://babka.social/tags/mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ParshahThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParshahThoughts</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torahstudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torahstudy</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/lechlecha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lechlecha</a>

Bungle ✡️ באנגלIn turn, they are sustained by the tents he pitches, the altars he builds, the lives he saves, the nation he will birth. It is worth mentioning that the first time Avram is told of the land being assigned (Bereshit 12:7), it is assigned only to his offspring, not directly to him. His name will be made great, but the great name in question is the one he will be given. The goal he is pursuing is one he will never personally witness.And so it goes on, with Sarai's support - "Please say that you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may remain alive thanks to you.""And because of her, it went well with Avram; he acquired sheep, oxen, donkeys, male and female slaves, jennies, and camels." (it is worth mentioning that according to Midrash, this bounty includes Hagar!)2/ <a href="https://babka.social/tags/mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ParshahThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParshahThoughts</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torahstudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torahstudy</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/lechlecha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lechlecha</a>

Bungle ✡️ באנגלAfter a very satisfying hour of Torah study...A Layman's Thoughts on Parsha Lech-Lecha:I begin with an aside: Gematria and that sort of number-coincidence thing aren't really for me, but it feels worthwhile to at least mention that in the year that Israel turned 75, this is the parsha where Avram is mentioned as being 75 at the start of his journey. Now, on with the show.Selfless In Every Sense, or; The Model Of The Torahic HeroEverything Avram achieved was supported by someone else. Everything Avram achieved was in support of someone else. He is selfless in both senses of the word - without others, he is nothing, but they too are sustained by his actions."Go forth from your native land, your father's house." His upbringing, and indeed his entire adulthood, shaped him. This is a 75 year old man with 75 years of life lessons and personal influences. The self-made man is a myth!1/<a href="https://babka.social/tags/mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ParshahThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParshahThoughts</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/torahstudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torahstudy</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/lechlecha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lechlecha</a>

Ahavah Ariel Sacred ArtsShabbat Shalom! This week's <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> is a double portion, one of which is Vayalech. The question we wrestle with is literalism - are the words TRUTH or just Truth? (I believe the latter.)This journal will have blank pages for taking notes, sketches, or just musing about what the Torah or Haftarah readings for each Parashat and Yom Tovim mean to you personally. <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parashat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parashat</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaica</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishGifts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewniverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/ShopHandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShopHandMade</a>

נחום Philoxenon וו.<a href="https://babka.social/@shabbosbadger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@shabbosbadger</a> I also love Shabbos and occasionally write about it, or about the weekly <a href="https://tooot.im/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a>. This account is mostly for my Hebrew posts, whereas I have another, less active account, on c.im (accessible from my profile here), for longer posts in English. Feel free to follow either account or both!

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Miriam AnzovinShalom, friends! Welcome to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/parshareactions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshareactions</a> Pinchas! In which we meet five NAMED WOMEN (!) in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> (Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah), here to file a Title IX complaint about inheritance law. 😤💪💃 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JewishLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishLearning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/QeD4H0uDP5Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/QeD4H0uDP5Q</a>

Boshes HaBayisOne of the reasons I love talking about the weekly <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a> on social media is because every week has one, and yet each one only comes once a year, so it is both a timely yet ever-present topic of conversation. It is a great alternative to whatever "timely" topic happens to have the internet angry and at each others' throats at any given moment.<a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a>

Boshes HaBayisParshat Korach is an interesting one, because Korach is quite clearly cast as the villain of the story, yet his core claim against Moshe and Aharon:"כָל הָעֵדָה כֻּלָּם קְדֹשִׁים וּבְתוֹכָם ה' וּמַדּוּעַ תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ עַל קְהַל ה' All of the nation is holy and have God amongst them, so why do you raise yourselves above the congregation of God?"seems to be a just one. Understanding why Korach is nevertheless wrong is one of the most interesting questions of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a>. A great discussion topic for your Shabbos meal!<a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Shabbat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shabbat</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Shabbos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shabbos</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ShabbatShalom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShabbatShalom</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/GoodShabbos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodShabbos</a>

Ahavah Ariel Sacred ArtsThis week's Torah reading is a double portion, Tazria-Metzorah.These ideas that women are unclean and inferior, imported from the babylonian captivity, are inserted into the mouth of Moshe, probably by Ezra and his school that edited and redacted the earlier stories and texts into "acceptable" forms. Acceptable to whom, of course, is never explicitly stated.Take a guess.<a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaica</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishGifts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewniverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/ShopHandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShopHandMade</a>

Ahavah Ariel Sacred ArtsThis week's <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parasha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parasha</a> is Tetzaveh.The poem for my upcoming Jewish Wheel of the Year Journal is about the impact of a mere seven days on you as a person. It's an opportunity to redirect your life. The journal will have blank pages for taking notes, sketches, or just musing about what the Torah or Haftarah readings for each Parashat and Yom Tovim mean to you personally. <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaica</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishGifts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewniverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/ShopHandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShopHandMade</a>

Ahavah Ariel Sacred ArtsThis week's <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parasha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parasha</a> is Terumah. The poem for my upcoming Jewish Wheel of the Year Journal is about how our home & all our places are dwelling places for the Divine, even if we forget or feel unworthy.The journal will have blank pages for taking notes, sketches, or just musing about what the Torah or Haftarah readings for each Parashat and Yom Tovim mean to you personally. <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaica</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishGifts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewniverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/ShopHandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShopHandMade</a>

sheepchaseSo this week’s <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Terumah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Terumah</a>, is where the details are given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai for the construction of the tabernacle.For someone like me who has a short attention span and isn’t good at maths, it’s rather like trying to follow IKEA instructions but without any pictures 😭 <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a>

Ben Yehuda Press: Jewish booksOur big <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/JewishPoetryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishPoetryMonth</a> sale is going to end soon with Shvat drawing to a close. Let's finish in style!We have a huge book pile.📚 1 like - 1 book rec 📚 from our 100+ title backlist. (Not restricted to poetry either!)+comment with your preferences for your personal rec!<a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/JewishAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishAuthors</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://kibitz.cloud/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a>

Boshes HaBayisShavua tov! Here are some slightly belated thoughts on last week's <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parshah</a>, Mishpatim. I'm going to try something a little different this week and instead of just listing a few random thoughts, I will be going through the chronology of Matan Torah. 🧵 1/ <a href="https://babka.social/tags/parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parsha</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ParshahThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParshahThoughts</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mazeldon</a>

Ahavah Ariel Sacred ArtsThis week's <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parasha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parasha</a> is Mishpatim. The poem is about unfair expectations of disadvantaged people & how society blames the poor for not being able to overcome structural poverty. The journal will have blank pages for taking notes, sketches, or just musing about what the Torah or Haftarah readings for each Parashat and Yom Tovim mean to you personally. <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaica</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishGifts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewniverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crafts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/ShopHandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShopHandMade</a>

Nahum TakumAccording to the Midrash of our Sages, Jethro, who is honoured to have this Sabbath's Parshah named after him, discovered God on his own, through a method of trial and error.Scripture reports him declaring: "Now I know that the Lord is is greater than all other gods, for the very thing with which they had contrived, turned up over them."In order to be able to make such a statement in credibility, he had to try first to worship all other gods in the world, and find them lacking.This brings to mind the way through which our ancestor, Abraham, discovered God. According to the Midrash, he saw the sun rise in the east and reign supreme among the hosts of heaven during the day, so he worshipped the sun. When the sun disappeared at sunset, he realized his error, and seeing the moon rise and reign supreme among the other hosts of the night skies, he worshipped the moon.When Abraham saw the moon vanish at dawn, he said to himself: "Can such a magnificent palace [meaning the universe] be without a leader?" God then revealed Himself unto him and said: "I am the leader of the palace."I asked today at the Shabbat table, why God didn't appear in a similar manner to Jethro at the beginning of his spiritual journey, allowing him to blunder through the worship of countless, useless idols.Answer 1: Jethro should have learned from Abraham's experience. There is no need for every person to go presonally through the experience of searching for the true God, if he has such good precedents.Answer 2: When Abraham realized his second mistake, he didn't choose a 3rd false option, but stopped his search, in perplexity. This is the key to true revelation. Jethro, on the other hand, kept trying blindly every available option.I think the difference between Abraham and Jethro goes deeper. Abraham was motivated by the need to serve a Higher power. He sought for the most supreme power in order to worship it. That was why, when he realized that he lacks the means by which to find the true answer, he didn't try any available option. He sought the ultimate truth.Jethro, on the other hand, sought a deity whom he could gain benefit from. A deity powerful enough to help him in return to his service. That was why he tried any available idol, and only despaired of each when he made sure it was utterly powerless. He didn't care if his idol was worthy of his worship or not--all he wanted was a relationship that worked.Of course, since he was sincere in his search, he eventually found the true God. He is lauded as Moses' father-in-law, and his partnership with the People of Israel is honorably recorded at length in Scripture, including Balaam's prophecy about his descendants surviving until the end of days.Shavua Tov, and thanks for reading this! Your thougths and comments are welcome, and of course please boost this if you liked.<a href="https://c.im/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Parshah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parshah</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Abraham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abraham</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jethro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jethro</a>

Ahavah Ariel Sacred ArtsThis week's <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parasha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parasha</a> is Yitro. The poem for my upcoming Wheel of the Year Journal illustration is about the "prophets" of today, trying to warn people about Climate Collapse.The journal will have blank pages for taking notes, sketches, or just musing about what the Torah or Haftarah readings for each Parashat and Yom Tovim mean to you personally. <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Parsha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parsha</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judaica</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishGifts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewniverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewdiverse</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/JewishArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crafts</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/ShopHandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShopHandMade</a>

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