Jew By Choice

Hello, my name is Alyssa! I went from not believing in God to being devoted to the Jewish people and their religion. I can't wait to call myself a Jew ✡️ I just want to share my story with those who want to hear it.

[jewlyssa]

Finding the beauty in myself while discovering the beauty in modesty

I haven’t posted in a long time, so here’s an appreciation post for modesty. 💕 there’s a saying that a Jewish friend once told me that I really find beautiful, “be attractive without attracting” while dressing modest you can still feel and be beautiful and sexy and downright stunning, without showing off all your skin and attracting people in a wrong way. And I love that. I found beauty in myself on a whole other level, which I think Judaism and Hashem for❤️

[werewolfbneimitzvah]

In Judaism, days begin at sundown, which I think is very goth of us

[ruffboi-mags]

#the combination of this post and the username is just #beautiful

[werewolfbneimitzvah]

In Judaism, our months are based on lunar months, which I think is very werewolf of us.

[yiasla]

“My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from deceitful speech. To those who curse me, let my soul be silent; may my soul be to all like the dust. Open my heart to Your Torah and let my soul pursue Your commandments.”

— Berakhot 17a (via better-latke-than-never)

[amyrlin-deactivated20190911]

I made a post about Jewish voices being ignored in the face of the Holocaust, and people have since tried to make it about every single group BUT the Jews.

Listen.

Marginalized peoples need to be heard, there’s no question about that. However, do not compare Jews and the Holocaust to POC and the Civil Rights movement or to LGBT+ folks and the Equality debate or to Women and Feminism- do not compare Jews and the Holocaust to anything.

15.3 million Jews were alive in 1933. 

9.5 million Jews lived in Europe, in 1933.

6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

That’s 60% of the Jewish population of Europe, gone.

That was 40% of the Jewish population in the World, gone.

A huge percentage of us were wiped off the face of Earth. 40% of Jews were slaughtered. 40% of Jews were killed. 40% of Jews are gone, and it has taken nearly half a century for us to get back up to those numbers- and we still haven’t quite reached it yet.

We were decimated by the Holocaust, and that is something that is incomparable to anything else. Nearly half of the Jewish population of Earth was wiped out, and we are still struggling beneath the weight of those numbers.

Do not diminish the importance of this by tacking on other issues. They are important, there’s no doubt about that, but

DO NOT TRY TO TALK ABOUT GOYIM WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING THE HOLOCAUST AND THE CONSCIOUS IGNORANCE OF JEWISH VOICES!

[galactic-kosher-ace]

@jedimistress I DONT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT

[imonlyherefordualcultivation]

Okay birds are a complicated issue, and according to Chabad (https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3649755/jewish/What-Are-the-Signs-of-a-Kosher-Bird.htm):

“the sages of the Mishnah give several signs that help identify whether a bird is kosher:

1) it is not a bird of prey; and

2) it has an “extra” toe, a crop, and/or a gizzard that can be peeled. (Whether all three of these signs must be present is a matter of dispute, as will be explained.)”

So we need to examine a Porg’s diet and also its feet before this convo can continue.

We should also probably ask a rabbi…

[galactic-kosher-ace]

Porgs are seabirds, and judging by their mouths they eat fish. As for feet:

STILL CALLING MY RABBI

[galactic-kosher-ace]

Rabbi: /deep sigh/

Me: sooooo?

Rabbi: I can’t believe you’re asking me this.

Me: it’s important.

Rabbi: …. it’s not kosher

Me: BLESS YOU

[shelikespretties-deactivated202]

@animatedamerican This may be of interest to you!

[animatedamerican]

In case anyone is interested, the green milk almost certainly isn’t kosher either.

[tami-taylors-hair]

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg covered if porgs and other mythical/space creatures are kosher on twitter!

[lostinhistory]

This is glorious

[ferrific]

I encourage everyone to click on that twitter link. It starts by asking if porgs are kosher and then just gets stranger (e.g. “would a satyr be kosher for a Jewish dragon?” Answer: no)

[perlaret]

@brehaaorgana this seems up your alley

[jewlyssa]

Im fully aware that no one follows me (yet, hopefully they will) but for when people do, I realized I haven't mentioned that I'm converting orthodox!! I want to be close to G-d and what better way to do that then by following all his laws 😁

[jewlyssa]

For quite a few months I had been wanting to start my conversion but I hadn't gotten the chance to actually start it with all the things that were changing in my life. As of February 20th I am officially in the process of converting to Judaism!! Today I will be finishing my second book and I can't even explain the good feelings I'm having about converting!! So happy!!

[jewish-burrito]

Xtianity: Question nothing.

Judaism: Question everything.

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Xtianity: Fighting G-d is prohibited.

Judaism: Fighting G-d is highly encouraged.

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**Please add more.**

[scuffed-tarot]

Xtianity: This understanding is absolutely correct and should only be interpreted this way. 

Judaism: This verse can be read this way, that way, Carlito’s Way, Milky Way …

[cluelessbutch]

xtianity: when you make a mistake it is most important to ask forgiveness from our heavenly father

judaism: when you make a mistake it is most important to make things right with anyone you may have hurt

[hachama]

Xtianity: love the sinner, hate the sin! Embarrass and shame them so they’ll be better (by our narrow definition of goodness)

Judaism: human dignity is exceedingly important.

[rhaenyrastormborn]

Xtianity: If you don’t believe the right things you’re going to spend the rest of eternity burning in hell

Judaism: Who knows what happens after death, just be a good person on earth and leave the world a better place than you found it

[jewlyssa]

this is the most true thing I've seen in a long time.

[progressivejudaism]

I’m Jewish and I’m concerned about rising CO2 levels and the continued threat of human climate change on our future.

“וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ ““The LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and tend it. “  (Gen. 2:15)

Psalm 24 argues that “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. and according to the Hebrew Bible, it is our job to make sure that God’s gift remains beautiful and clean.  Rising rates of pollution (increased fossil fuel emissions, garbage etc) are not in line with our tradition.

As Jews, we will continue to fight for our planet.

[jewlyssa]

I love this

[jewlyssa]

I don't know what I'm doing🤷🏼‍♀️

Hey guys, my name is Alyssa. I'm from Denver Colorado and I just recently discovered my passion. I don't know what I'm planning to get out of posting on here.. but I do hope to find at least one person who finds an interest in what I post.

I'm just a teenage girl who fell in love with a boy who helped me find my passion: Judaism and God. I want to teach people who have an interest in Judaism, just like others taught me. I hope to soon start my conversion process and become a Jew. So here's to that. 😊