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need some Jewish joy today so I'm going share the cello piece that makes me want to learn the instrument: the 1880 piece Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch.

Bruch wasn't Jewish. He was Protestant, and was introduced to the Kol Nidrei prayer by a chazzan friend of his. He was so moved that he composed the piece, and it's his second most famous piece after his Violin Concerto No. 1.

While there is room for discourse on non-Jewish composition of Jewish music, that honestly kind of melts away when i listen to this and actually hear the words of the prayer in my mind as the cellist plays.

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This is one of my favourite pieces to play. I rearranged it for my quarter and we performed at yom hashoah and it was so moving to be able to do something like that

#music

Goals for Elul 5786:

1) Finish "This Is Real And You Are Completely Unprepared" by Alan Lew.

2) Acquire a sketchbook and turn it into my planner for 2027.

3) Make progress on the pile of Nu Reads books.

4) Remember to add in Psalm 27.

5) Try to remember that Selichot is a thing.

#rosh chodesh #sharing my path

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Goals for Av 5786:

1) I should look into Hebrew resources (current aim of recognizing letters).

2) Remember Tisha B'Av.

Posted late for Rosh Chodesh Av, but I'm keeping #rosh chodesh as a tag for organizational purposes.

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I caught Local-ish Synagogue's livestreamed services for Tisha B'Av.

There's really been no progress on the language learning front.

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Today, Tisha b’Av, we mourn. But I think it is important to remember, too, how we have persevered.

Mir veln zey iberlebn.

Am Yisrael chai.

May all those fasting have a meaningful fast.

#Tisha B'Av

Goals for Av 5786:

1) I should look into Hebrew resources (current aim of recognizing letters).

2) Remember Tisha B'Av.

Posted late for Rosh Chodesh Av, but I'm keeping #rosh chodesh as a tag for organizational purposes.

#rosh chodesh #sharing my path

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Goals for Tammuz 5786:

1) I should look into Hebrew resources (current aim of recognizing letters).

2) Do some math on a feasible monthly donation for Local-ish Synagogue.

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17 July: Late update for Tammuz.

It's, like, 50/50 on if I remember fast days like Tzom Tammuz. TBH, I was absolutely not in a physical state to actually worry about fasting today because I'm in the broad swath of the USA [that was] experiencing a heat wave [on that date].

I didn't make any progress on trying to recognize Hebrew letters.

Right now, I would like to donate via the existing member portal login I have from taking the Judaism 101 class, so it's with Local-ish Synagogue. However, I'd like to go with a number a little higher than Sibling-Shul's lowest suggested tier (180 per year) and aim for 20 per month.

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To the Jews in my phone,

Things are really difficult right now. It sucks. How are you holding up? Are you okay?

Please remember, you are worthy of love and acceptance. And if you think no one cares about you, think again. I care about you. And I plan to stick around for a long time, because surviving, even through spite, is a victory.

It’s hard right now, I’m sorry. But I’m checking in on you.

#general tag

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Mapping women's spaces in synagogues around the world

Hey frumblr! JOFA has a new project so you can know what the women's sections are like at a shul, which could be very helpful if you're moving somewhere or visiting. It currently assesses the size of the women's section compared to the men's section, and a star ranking of how well you can see and hear. I haven't put in any rankings yet but there's one I want to put in where the size is decent compared to the men but you have no idea what on earth is going on in the men's section, and the #$@#$@ shul calls itself Modox.

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This is so cool!

#Orthodox

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WE FINALLY HAVE A MEZUZAH!!!!!!!!!!

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MYZUZAH Together, let’s put a mezuzah on the front door of every Jewish home in the world. I WANT ONE! DONATE Join the #MyZuzahYourZuzah mov

MyZuzah also takes donations via their website. I made a donation before requesting a mezuzah set up for my brother when he bought his first house. They help you get the mezuzah properly set up and everything.

#general tag

Goals for Tammuz 5786:

1) I should look into Hebrew resources (current aim of recognizing letters).

2) Do some math on a feasible monthly donation for Local-ish Synagogue.

#rosh chodesh #sharing my path

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Goals for Sivan 5786:

1) Finish counting the omer.

2) Remember Shavuot.

3) Make a decision on taking a Hebrew 101 class through Local-ish Synagogue.

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14 June: I finished out with counting the omer. I think I only had one day where I messed up the mental math and counted the day before's number twice. I did remember Shavuot. I did not make the decision on taking the Hebrew 101 class before the deadline for signing up passed, though.

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For people who asked about donating to help Holocaust survivors in Eastern Europe (including Ukraine, which is especially important given the Russian invasion), here’s the Survivor Mitzvah project:

The Survivor Mitzvah Project delivers humanitarian aid to elderly Holocaust Survivors in Eastern Europe.

You can donate directly here or here:

Your donation enables The Survivor Mitzvah Project to provide a Holocaust Survivor with food, medicine, heat, shelter and care-givers for th

https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=4134065080185153

#Holocaust related tag

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Hate how lighting a candle does wonders to my mood. Like wowwww. Grug like fire? Grug not sad anymore because Fire in Cave? Wow. Real predictable of Grug.

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BIG Shabbat mood. Highly recommend for secular Jews.

#shabbat

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I read a piece today that described the tradition of Judaism as one of Memory.

It is not just a religion or an ethnicity. it has been built up from the very beginning as a tribe that struggled through the desert to learn how to find their way through life.

A group of people that saw the rise and fall of small and large empires and tribes. They formed traditions that helped them survive. That kept them from assimilation.

And when they were scattered across the globe, their memory never faded.

From Ashkenazi to Sephardic, to Mizrahi to Ethiopian, they not only passed on the survival and tradition of their current way of life, but they passed on tradition from the very beginning.

We remember things as if they happened yesterday. We still mourn the fall of the temple as if we were on that long trek into Babylon. We still remember the bitterness of being slaves in Egypt. Is it any wonder that the Shoah still feels like it was not even one generation away?

Memory as a culture is such a unique and amazing thing. It brings everyone together and puts us all there at each moment.

As someone with memory issues and time problems, being able to count my weeks by the Sabbath has helped me stay grounded. Being able to say "I was at Sinnai" or "We left Egypt" has helped me to put myself into the tradition and understand this amazing tribe.

Every step of the way, we were all there and because of this, we remember.

#general tag

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Shavuot is about the Jewish people signing the Terms & Conditions before reading them.

Every generation, however, gets patch updates and both the user manuals and technical documentation are incredibly detailed.

And excellent user support is available from specialists who have made it their life's work to study the documentation, Rabbis.

A good Rabbi will never just tell the user to RTFM.

#shavuot

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I know that we often think of Shavuot as cheese/cheesecake day... But the day is a Celebration of Ruth (well King David, but we have to read the Megillat Ruth for that).

So Chag Shavuot Sameach to all Jewish Converts and those converting, our Gerim Tzedek. Thank you for loving Judaism and Jews so much that you felt compelled to be one of us, and importantly thank you for an excuse to make and eat cheesecake every year.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ שָׁ֣בָה יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ אֶל־עַמָּ֖הּ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ שׁ֖וּבִי אַחֲרֵ֥י יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃

So she said, “See, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and her gods. Go follow your sister-in-law.”

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רוּת֙ אַל־תִּפְגְּעִי־בִ֔י לְעׇזְבֵ֖ךְ לָשׁ֣וּב מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ כִּ֠י אֶל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֵּלְכִ֜י אֵלֵ֗ךְ וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּלִ֙ינִי֙ אָלִ֔ין עַמֵּ֣ךְ עַמִּ֔י וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ אֱלֹהָֽי׃

But Ruth replied, “Do not urge me to leave you, to turn back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

#Shavuot

Goals for Sivan 5786:

1) Finish counting the omer.

2) Remember Shavuot.

3) Make a decision on taking a Hebrew 101 class through Local-ish Synagogue.

#sharing my path #rosh chodesh

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