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when Marvin is being an asshole

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Hey if ur reading this and ur in a bad place I love you and things will get better I promise

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Happy 39th Wedding Anniversary to Mendel and Trina Wisenbachfeld

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I love you with all my heart, darling. Thank you for reminding me how to fall in love and be loved.

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i adore him with my entire heart

How have you and Jason been?

So sorry that I haven’t checked my messages in so long! Jason and I have been doing well - he’s growing up so quickly, but he’s growing into such a good man, and I’m proud to call him my son.

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notes regarding Jewish textual tradition:

-our sacred texts include more than just the 5 books of the “old testament”

-we don’t call it the old testament and please don’t call it that unless you’re referring to the christian use of it, when talking about the jewish torah use the term “hebrew scriptures”

-torah = the 5 first books (genesis exodus leviticus deuteronomy numbers) + the prophets and the writings (song of songs, psalms, etc)

-there is also Talmud (mishnah and gemara) which is where conversations by rabbis about how Jewish law should work were recorded (mishna) and further commented / debated on (gemara), and the law codes that later simplified and revised the talmud for better practical use (the shulchan aruch and mishne torah), sages’ commentaries on these law texts, and centuries of responsa to them. these texts are where you will find a lot of the rituals, observances, and rules that Jews follow (so for example the kosher laws, when we say what blessings, how we celebrate holidays, etc). so no, we do not participate in “old” testament ritual sacrifice and looking directly in there for how Jews live is a rather fruitless attempt.

-sometimes the word “torah” can refer to talmud as well, it can refer to any study of holy texts.

-responses and interpretations of Jewish law and scriptures goes on to this day

-Midrash is another type of important jewish texts which are basically poetic or interperative writings about the things in the torah/talmud/etc, comparable to parables, written by various jewish scholars to think through Jewish thought, history, religion, etc. not seen as binding legal texts but rather ways of thinking through torah/judaism. there are ancient published midrashim as well as modern ones.

-Basically understand that Jewish textual tradition goes far beyond what you know of the Hebrew scriptures and “Jewish practice is just Christianity without the New Testament” is terribly inaccurate.

-The idea that “Jews just do ancient barbaric Old Testament rituals” is ages old antisemitic slander.

non Jewish people are ok to reblog this because it is so often misunderstood

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Goyim in the Levant:

Goyim Everywhere Else:

Jews:

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tis the season

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I forgot about this

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Whizzer, is that you?

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HANUKKAH IS NOT “JEWISH CHRISTMAS”

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Please stop and read this.

I’m doing a project on gay rights in today’s society.

So if you believe that same sex couples should be allowed to get married, please reblog this.

This would be a lot of help, thank you.

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When a porn blog tries to follow you but you block them

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shoutout to all the jewish girls who have been told that jewish girls are ugly

shoutout to all the jewish girls who have been sneered at and told “I can tell.” when they mention anything about being jewish

shoutout to all the jewish girls who have been told they’d be so pretty if they didn’t look so jewish

shoutout to all the jewish girls with curly hair and dark eyes and big noses

you’re all so beautiful and you all deserve so much better

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why is this so extra 😂

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At the dinner table, my sister asked all of us what color we thought her boyfriend’s shirt looked like. After we all said gray, she turned to him and said “now tell them what color you think it is” and he just quietly replied “dark white”