Thoughts
Shemini 5784
SheminiLeviticus 9:1-11:47Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Who wants to hear another drash about strange fire? I sure don’t feel like giving one. So let’s talk about something else instead. Being raised by a parrothead, I often look at life through the late Jimmy Buffett’s lyrics....
5784, Terumah
Exodus 25:1-27:19 Here we have another parsha that is less narrative and more instruction. And I like that. Just as we have four children and different answers for them during the Passover seder, we have different narrative styles for different people and different...
5784, Vaera
Exodus 6:2-9:35 There’s much I can say to this parasha. The idea of escaping the corruption of the city for wilderness especially speaks to me. But today I want to focus on something else. We learned last week that Pharaoh intentionally made the Israelites’ work more...
Context on the Israel-Hamas war by a left leaning Jew
I’m going to talk about the indigenousness of Jews in Israel, how Palestine got its name, how modern day Israel was founded, the origins of Zionism, the start of Hamas, what Hamas is doing now, and how Israel has been trying to do to deal with it. I’ll also give a brief history of antisemitism, mostly to give it a definition that’s actionable. Everything is easily verifiable, though I’ll try to include links where I can to back up what I say.
Challah recipe
Bread machine directions 1. 1 C (8 oz) room temperature water2. 2 large eggs3. ? C (3 oz) sugar4. ? C oil (3 oz)5. 1 ½ tsp salt6. 1 ? C (8.7 oz) white wheat flour7. 2 ? C (13.8) bread flour8. 2 1/4 tsp yeast (for glaze)1 egg yolk½ tsp waterpinch of sugar Preheat oven...
36 year in review
2019. 36. What a year. My birthday goals for that year were to continue building myself up and to find things which would make me happy. That, I did. Sadly, I wasn't able to find a new theme song for that year, though it didn't really seem I needed one. Double-chai...