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A man once said to me, "Teach me the entire Torah while I am standing on one foot." With the builder's cubit in my hand, I pushed "Block"
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Don’t mistake my posts about silly things for indifference to the horrifying things that I can’t stop crying about. I don’t know what to say, is all.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

The difference is that phylacteries, also known as tefillin, are real Jewish ritual objects that real Jews use as part of everyday prayer. Golems are from Jewish folklore. They've always been folklore. And their fictional versions aren't associated with evil undead. They're much less problematic.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Post a meme made by you

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Post a meme made by you (Pirkei Avot 2:6)

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Did Hillel start selling a line of deodorant when I wasn't looking or something?

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Talmudic reasoning would yield the same result.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Ground Control to Yirmeya? Ground Control to Yirmeya?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

My honored teachers, Avtalion and Shemaya, were descended from converts. When a crowd of people who were following behind the Kohen Gadol out of respect saw Avtalion and Shemaya coming, the people went to follow them instead, leaving the Kohen Gadol by himself. He was not happy.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Maybe I should be on Reddit more

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Did another sweep for rabbis to add to my Rabbis of Beit Bluesky feed (see pinned). My goal with this isn't just to fast-track rabbinic discourse into people's feeds; it's to help build the JewSky community. You often get a sense of who's active based on who the rabbis are interacting with!

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Sad I didn't see this until now, and also OF COURSE I'd be rooting for the losing team

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Grumpy Chag Sameach to those of you celebrating New Year of the Trees today (Beit Shammai had it two weeks ago)

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

no one: not a soul: me: well there’s this story in the Talmud that says…

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

Do NOT mess with the security mohel

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

All I'm saying is that if God really wanted to make a Jew suffer for humanity's sins, God would have sent Kendrick Lamar 2000 years ago

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment