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@titsoutfortalmud
sometimes im tempted to post in the tags on here but im p sure that most of jumblr is traditional, like not necessarily orthodox/conservative all the time, but maybe not super jazzed about a blog called “tits out for talmud,” so alas
and i cannot rename the blog because if i’m not putting my tits out for talmud, what am i even DOING here
guy who just got hit with a persian spear: fuuuuuuck i need roasted fatty meats and wine to live
FATTY MEAT AND STRONG ASS WINE
HIT WITH PERSIAN SPEAR BUT FINE
STRONG ASS WINE AND FATTY MEAT
ANCIENT PERSIAN SPEAR DEFEAT
a very unrelated string of quotes
Are Creator Interviews Canon?
Yes, the creator said a thing is canon, so it is canon
No, it's only canon if it was stated in the canonical material
Yes, but only if I agree with it
This is dumb but I want to press a button
#word of god is not canon#which is admittedly very funny to think about in the original context of the terms
Well in Judaism actually-
Torah mantle, Tangiers, Morocco, 1902 CE
The Hebrew reads: "The Crown of Torah/ a pure offering/ this is the Torah which was dedicated by/ the praiseworthy and the sage, the honorable Rabbi Shlomo/ ‘Aqrish my his Rock protect him and his wife/ the Lady Mira, blessed beyond all women of the tent/ for the synagogue Shearit Yosef/ and it was dedicated on 8 Tishri [5]663 [9 October, 1902]"
now THIS is jewish culture
A couple of Shacharit Shabbats ago our rabbi was explaining how in antiquity the Avodah Zarah tractate forbade Jews to visit the circus under complex halachic arguments regarding assimilation, idolatry and accessory to injustice, which were hotly and lengthily debated among the Talmudic rabbis.
Then she explained that in Roman times "circus" referred to events held at the amphitheatre, like gladiator battles and chariot races. Nevertheless the prohibition on attending circuses persisted through the centuries, despite the definition of "circus" shifting dramatically toward our modern idea of a circus with jesters and clowns.
Someone put their hand up and asked "what if they're Jewish clowns at a Jewish circus?" to which the rabbi side-eyed deadpan and said, "we call that a congregation". Then she led us into the Amidah.
I'm just surprised that this wasn't taken seriously as a question!
The source is here by the way - the translation I'm looking at rendered the Rabbi's name as "Yirmeya."
Viv's beautiful blessing in Tefilat Trans formed the initial inspiration & core of this amulet, which will be printed on 2.5" square cards that can easily fit in your wallet, inside a phone case, or whatever you're carrying (i probably can't be the first person to think of making amulets using a print company's business card template, but i bet it's not their usual fare).
planning to have them with me at the upcoming Hanukkah market on a sliding scale / by donation (down to $0!). if you're trans/GNC & Jewish, you're also welcome to just print one for your own personal use! i may eventually make a higher-res download available on my itch.io for that purpose.
these were also visually inspired by historical Jewish written amulets in the Gaster & Gross Family collections, which i highly recommend browsing if you love antique Judaica as much as i do!
Shabbat Shalom 🕯️🕯️
🌼🍎⭐🩵
Linda Pastan
"The prophecy was unambiguous and immutable."
"I know."
"No weapon forged on Earth could defeat the Lord Baarthus"
"I know."
"And yet here we are, you telling me, Lord Baarthus was struck down by the Peasant King. Wielding... just a regular sword. Forged on Earth."
"I know what I saw, okay! The Peasant King walked up to him, shoved the sword in his neck, and then just kept going. It was nasty!"
"Okay, okay, fine. Clearly what's happened here is there's some kind of loophole in the prophecy that enabled this. Happens all the time. No weapon forged on Earth... How sure are you that sword is of this world?"
"What do you take me for? I've done my research. Even tracked down, interviewed the original blacksmith."
"There must be something. Prophecies can't be wrong!"
"I mean... I didn't take stock of her inventory. If it was one of those meteorite swords..."
"No, no. The prophecy didn't say 'No weapon with parts sourced on Earth'. It was pretty specific about the Forging."
"I don't hear anything better coming from you!"
"How about this. What if it wasn't a weapon? The Peasant King... it'd only be fitting for him to slay the Dark Lord with a blade meant for peasantry! Not a weapon, but a farming tool, like a scythe, or a really long trowel--!"
"A long trowel?? It looked like a damn sword!"
"That doesn't mean anything! A ritzy, college-educated diviner like you, you wouldn't know a trowel from a ploughshare!"
"It had a hilt, and a pommel, and it went in a scabbard-- come on! Even if it was some kind of-- newfangled grass cutter I've never heard of, it was used as a weapon, and it was forged to be a weapon! I've seen the ledgers!"
"Clearly you screwed something up, madam, because the Lord Baarthus just got sliced up like an old dairy cow and the prophecy very clearly specifies the only instrument that could bring his end is--!! Oh. Ohhh. Oh, gods damn it."
"What?"
"Fucking... 'forged on earth'."
"Yes, and?"
"It wasn't forged on earth. It was forged on a fucking anvil."
"What? No, you're-- you're joking. That wouldn't-- that couldn't-- what weapon would be forged on earth, by that definition!!?"
"I hate prophecies so much..."
Book of Esther in fish-like case, Eastern Europe,
19th century
this week's parshah highlight...we are here to hold each other's hands steady. gut shabbes my friends, take care of yourselves
FEYGELE, 2020.
a sheyd (Jewish demon) inspired by two major stylistic influences, Leonard Baskin & Aubrey Beardsley, and also by the #AugustAdiPOSE & #FatArt hashtags on Twitter. the title/text “feygele” is a Yiddish word meaning “little bird” often used as pejorative slang for a queer person – here also playing off the figure’s size & the bird-like attributes of sheydim in folklore. a queer/trans fat Jewish aspiration!
paired with the poem “sheyd” from my chapbook:
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14th century Jewish prayer in the shape of a dragon
