Kosher Cosplay

bay/tova, they/them, 28, just an orthodox jewish queer person with a love for all things geek. סדר היום של צפרדע הומו

[funnelcloudd]

Not to sound like a fuckin hippie but please for the love of god start noticing and appreciating the natural world around you. You don’t have to go hike the entire Appalachian trail or anything and I get that not everyone has access to the outdoors for various reasons, but just fucking … look around you when you’re outside. Notice the sky and the sun and the birds and creatures. Start caring about them. I’m begging you.

[catboybiologist]

Look in gutters. Flip over rocks in a park. Get into birdwatching, even if it's just for pigeons and house sparrows, cuz you'll be surprised at how beautiful they are and how much else you'll see that you thought was just sparrows. Start identifying plants on the street. Plant a native flower in a public median. Stare into a pond or a puddle until something moves.

[koshercosplay]

you now have THIS jewish superpower

but it comes with THIS side effect

is it still worth it?

absolutely yes!

this will suck but it's still worth it

hm probably not

the side effect makes it totally not worth it

Voting ended onMay 20

based on this post

(if they cancel each other out, spin again)

[i-can-kazoo]

What gender are you?

Milchig

Fleishig

Pareve

Voting ended onMay 19

[koshercosplay]

jewish-american heritage month display I helped put together at work, featuring my own shofar and menorah 💙

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question: my dad sings the brachot and haneirot halalu for lighting the menorah in a tune that I've never heard anyone else use, and I've tried to do a cursory google search and couldn't find anything like it. my father says all he knows about it is that his father sang it in this way.

any ideas as to where I could look up an old jewish tune and maybe find out where it came from? maybe some kind of jewish melody library or something? or at least find someone else who knows it? it's a really beautiful melody and I'd love to find out more about it

[koshercosplay]

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silly me for making a post about this tune and not thinking to include an audio clip! here you go 🎶

[koshercosplay]

question: my dad sings the brachot and haneirot halalu for lighting the menorah in a tune that I've never heard anyone else use, and I've tried to do a cursory google search and couldn't find anything like it. my father says all he knows about it is that his father sang it in this way.

any ideas as to where I could look up an old jewish tune and maybe find out where it came from? maybe some kind of jewish melody library or something? or at least find someone else who knows it? it's a really beautiful melody and I'd love to find out more about it

[angryjewishcockroach]

You: what year is it in the Jewish calendar?

Me:

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[thosefaroffconstellations]

It’s kinda funny seeing people talking about things “ancient jews did” when like,,,Orthodox Jews still do that, we’ve been doing that, that’s kinda our whole thing

[if-i-am-not-for-me]

If it does not require the Temple and is not about stoning or exiling people, there is almost certainly a Jewish community somewhere that still does it.

[koshercosplay]

this reminds me of when I went to the oxford museum of natural history in england and this case, containing mezuzot and tefillin:

was labeled "ancient near east amulets and divination charms"

[koshercosplay]

nothing like hearing "is it on? are we live?" on nasa's artemis 2 broadcast before being cut off into silence

[koshercosplay]

even nasa isn't immune to Not Knowing If Your Mic Is On

[thelonelyjew]

It's one little goat, Michael. What could it cost, two zuzim?

[koshercosplay]

judaism as lord of the rings gifs

pesach

rosh hashanah

simchas torah

sefirah

after the nine days

lag baomer

tu bishvat

bonus: purim

[magnetothemagnificent]

I do think there's something poignant about Artemis II being launched Seder night, in the month that was the first month ever observed by Jews as a people, in the month where Hashem first pointed to the moon and said "הַחֹ֧דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם רֹ֣אשׁ חֳדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁ֥וֹן הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם לְחׇדְשֵׁ֖י הַשָּׁנָֽה׃" - "This new moon shall be for you the head of the months, it shall be the first for you of the months of the year." I really hope it'll be successful and that the launch and return goes smoothly for the crewmembers.

[westasianblues]

has anyone posted this one yet for this year?

[koshercosplay]

wait I'm having more pesach in middle earth thoughts

dwarves have incredibly beautiful intricate metal/jewelled seder plates that get passed down through families

the who knows one song but in elvish and maybe about eru ilúvatar?

shulchan arech is the longest part of any seder in the shire because it's finally time for the food

in rohan they use horsehair brushes to search for chametz instead of a feather

the almost-harmonizing sounds of many dwarven sederim echoing through the caverns of moria

because minas tirith faces east they developed a minhag to keep singing until the sun rises

[koshercosplay]

wait I'm having more pesach in middle earth thoughts

dwarves have incredibly beautiful intricate metal/jewelled seder plates that get passed down through families

the who knows one song but in elvish and maybe about eru ilúvatar?

shulchan arech is the longest part of any seder in the shire because it's finally time for the food

in rohan they use horsehair brushes to search for chametz instead of a feather

the almost-harmonizing sounds of many dwarven sederim echoing through the caverns of moria

because minas tirith faces east they developed a minhag to keep singing until the sun rises

[koshercosplay]

your favorite ship celebrating passover ideas:

• one of them hides the afikoman in an extremely obvious place and the other still can't find it. chaos ensues.

• contest for who can get the most amount of matzah crumbs

• "I can't do it... I'm not strong enough..." "you can do it! Just hold on a little longer!!" <- this is about eating maror

• magid turns into the prince of egypt singalong

• they don't realize they grew up with extremely different shulchan orech traditions until one of them starts mashing a hard boiled egg with the saltwater (based on a true story)

• sneaking extra bites of karpas when the other one isn't looking because HUNGRY

• arguing about who gets to pour wine for the other one first

• *points to the simple child during the four sons* "this you?"

[koshercosplay]

if I were a great and powerful ruler over a huge wealthy land, I would have let the jews go after only two plagues. rip to pharaoh but I'm different.