#vaera

[chaoticamelay]

i build a time machine and go tell the sages my personal take on what's happening with the singular frog plaguing mitzrayim in exodus. rabbi akiva asks me what a minecraft slime is. i am forcibly removed from the sanhedrin.

[deerlyloved]

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To start off on my long list of things to do: I've been on a Skyrim kick in lieu of ability to do much else, so I wanted to add them to my artfight! This unfortunately meant drawing them. Headshots could have functioned well. I am not here for functioning well.

So I cemented designs and drew three full ref sheets in one day. My carpal tunnel? Scathing. My Skyrim brainrot? Overwhelming. My OCs? Serving cunt.

[girlactionfigure]

Weekly Thought - Vaera

Don't let your free will to lose your free will.

[eretzyisrael]

PHARAOH'S GOTTA GO

In this week’s Torah portion, Vaera, God speaks to Moses and says “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites depart from his land.” (Ex. 6:11) God further specifies, “Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is coming out to the water….” (Ex. 7:15). According to Rashi, “coming out to the water” means relieving himself. But surely the all-powerful ruler of Egypt could use a golden commode in his own palace. Why go out to the river to do his business?

Pharaoh claimed to be a god, and gods don’t go to the bathroom. To prevent his courtiers from finding out that he was a mere human, Pharaoh left the palace to relieve himself every morning. It was a way to keep the grift going. God sent Moses to approach Pharaoh at the very moment that revealed him for the mortal and the liar that he was. After cruelly oppressing the Jews, Pharaoh was brought low by ten plagues, and the epic humiliation started when Moses caught him in an all-too-human moment by the Nile.

Image: Sunrise on the Nile by Scott B. Noegel

Accidental Talmudist

[a-kosher-dunk]

Don’t have time to read this week’s Torah portion? Don’t worry, I found a summary.

[adamavshamayim]

I love these verses. Moshe has repeatedly said, I am of impeded speech, when asked to speak. As an introvert, I often get tired of people telling me to get out of my comfort zone and speak. Instead, Hashem gives Moshe someone to team up with, to help make it more comfortable, instead of leaving Moshe to do it all alone.

[parshapoem]

Vaera

Hard-hearted, they call me, heart hardened by God, And with heavy heart, I'd agree that it's so. No tugging at heartstrings will let this people go.

Blood runs in rivers but my heart doesn't shiver I will not hearken to a God I don't know. They may call frogs and lice down I've the heart of a lion (lion's hearts — never kind to the Jews).

Regarding the weather and recent diseases I'm hale and hearty Headstrong to boot. there's simply no need for me to appease I don't have the heart to let this people go.

[girlactionfigure]

Weekly Thought - Vaera

Don't let your free will to lose your free will.