Torah Studio

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[maimonideznuts]

We are Jews, the people of the book, and that book, and those books too... Please help I've been trapped under an avalanche of books

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[torahstudio]

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[gliklofhameln]

Jour de fête (Le Rabbin au citron) — Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

Oil on canvas

Signed Chagall (lower right)

Jour de fête (Le Rabbin au citron) represents an aspect of Jewish ritual. As described by Susan Compton: “In his right hand, the rabbi holds an etrog, a lemon, and in his left the lulav, a palm branch, to which are tied a branch of myrtle and willow. This identifies the feast of the title with Succot, which Chagall presented in another form in 1917. The Feast is first mentioned in Leviticus XXIII, 40, ‘On the first day you shall take the fruit of citrus trees, palm fronds, and leafy branches, and willows from the riverside, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.’ The artist has added a touch of fantasy in the doppelganger perched on the rabbi’s head. Dressed slightly differently and lacking the ritual emblems, the ‘other’ faces away from his host as though reluctant to celebrate the Feast. Or maybe he simply represents 'another’, the one who 'gets on my back’: Chagall’s symbol is a potent myth with multiple possible interpretations.

[chavastavitsky]

"In the West, they recite the following blessing: 'Blessed is the One who renews the months.' Our women recite this one too."

- Sanhedrin 42a:4

Was inspired to do some art based on my deep dives into moon rituals lately :)

[torahstudio]

The Book of Esther, Chapter 9 - blackout poetry

(liana)

[yiddish-american-princess]

what if we all just started typing english in hebrew script like as direct transliteration

[torahstudio]

FINALLY SOMEONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT JUDEO-ENGLISH!

[torahstudio]

This is an art piece I (liana) made for my course Art Midrash on parshat yitro. It's based on the text below.

“And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lowermost part of (lit: underneath) the mount” (Exodus 19:17).

Rabbi Avdimi bar Ḥama bar Ḥasa said: The verse teaches that the Holy One, Blessed be He, overturned the mountain above the Jews like a tub, and said to them: If you accept the Torah, excellent, and if not, there will be your burial.

Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: From here there is a substantial caveat to the obligation to fulfill the Torah. The Jewish people can claim that they were coerced into accepting the Torah, and it is therefore not binding.

Rava said: Even so, they again accepted it willingly in the time of Ahasuerus, as it is written: “The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them” (Esther 9:27), and he taught: The Jews ordained what they had already taken upon themselves through coercion at Sinai.

[baroque-hashem]

Whenever I see Jews on my dash arguing about interpretations of the Talmud I just chuckle and I'm like...Nothing's changed. Nothing has changed in over 3,000 years. We're still the same Jews. Our clothes, hairstyles, slang may be a bit more modern, but we're still the same Jews. And I love us.

[chaoticmitzvah]

Jewish Book Club: meeting once a week (or every day for some) for 3,500 years.

Reading the material over and over and over again.

L’dor v’dor.

[timothywinters]

If you say the Shema you get resistance to poison damage and you get to roll twice on an INT or WIS check

[eliyahu613]

If you say Mi Shebeirach you and everyone in your party will gain a temporary +20% boost to their HP

[entomologist-of-abraham]

The Kol Nidre let's you dispel magic, contracts, curses, pacts, and vows.

[prismatic-bell]

The Shehechiyanu raises your base INT stat, as it’s a sign of the constant seeking of new knowledge and experience.

[koshercosplay]

if you say Modeh Ani first thing when awakening from a long rest, you gain temporary advantage on saving throws

[discordantq]

takes notes takes notes takes notes takes notes takes notes takes

[ceaseless-exhauster]

V’ahavta puts a tiny pocket friend in your bag of holding - it has no powers and adds no buffs, but it’s with you.

[neshamama]

ken goldman, “kisses torah mantle,” silk and lipstick