son-of-avraham

[son-of-avraham]

I love that we have so many names for g-d in judaism. But I've found that out of every name we use, my favorite name of g-d is the intimacy of silence

[son-of-avraham]

I made pizza bagels. Is this cannibalism? Discuss.

[son-of-avraham]

Jewish culture is coming across a new leonard cohen song and having an Existential moment

[son-of-avraham]

So I'm doing a bit of a kosher run again on stardew and as such, I decided to do two bedrooms for me and my wife. It's funny to see how underwhelming my room is in comparison though 😭

[son-of-avraham]

Jewish (convert) culture is getting together all your jewish books and hounding the new jew-by-choice at shul

[son-of-avraham]

Everyone is so focused on certain positions when it comes to israel that we neglect to consider the plan that norman boutin proposed in his magnum opus Empress Theresa:

Creating an artificial land bridge to crete and moving the entire population of israel across the bridge to said island. This solves everything, btw

[son-of-avraham]

[Image Description: Two crocheted kippot side by side. To the left is a kippah which is mostly bright red. There are many rows of geometric motifs done in segments of gold, red, and white. To the right is the other kippah, primarily in hunter green. This kippah has unique geometric motifs as well, though it is primarily done in sage and white. /End of Description]

while I was resting, I learned how to make kippah (:

I definitely would make a pride one for myself, I just need to choose which one it'll be

[son-of-avraham]

I took a class that mentioned how genetics can influence one's level of religiosity and I think that's true because why did my dad and I make our phone wallpapers dedicated to our religions 😭😭

[son-of-avraham]

[Image Description: The "don't make me tap the sign" meme from The Simpsons. Each of the memes are edited so that only the text on the sign is different.

Image One Text: Ethnicity refers to cultural communities and has little to nothing to do with genealogy

Image Two Text: Defining ethnicity by genetics is just race science with extra steps

Image Three Text: Having Jewish ancestry doesn't make you ethnically Jewish. Being part of a Jewish cultural community makes you Jewish. Converts with no Jewish ancestry are ethnically Jewish. /End of Description]

local sociologist deeply fucking tired of people on the internet using basic soc terminology incorrectly and harmfully

[son-of-avraham]

Also when it comes to separation during menstruating, why are we pressuring people to have sex when they don't want to ?? I am all for ending stigma towards menstruation but if someone says "I don't want to have sex– I'm on my period" and you respond saying "no thats anti-feminist / but period sex helps with cramps / but that's an outdated custom / but menstruation isn't gross" etc. you aren't abiding by no means no. SOME of those statements are true and should be shared, but if you're using them to coerce someone into sex (even if it's with someone else, like their spouse) that's still not cool

I'm of the belief that judaism has obligations which are as practical as they are spiritual. I think if you only focus on the spiritual side of judaism, you miss a ton of beauty in the practical. Same with only focusing on the practical. I think they coexist, and that's what makes judaism what it is.

What is menstruation? Well, it's a time that's uncomfortable for a lot of people. You might be cramping, dizzy, nauseous, and you're literally bleeding. People aren't happy when they're uncomfortable. I'm speaking in generalities, but it's entirely fair for someone to "be/act hormonal" (see: not sociable or ~pleasant~) as a result of being on their cycle. That's entirely rational. It is entirely human.

I think judaism answers this practically: this is a time for you to take it easy. You don't need to be physical with someone, you don't need to do things that are uncomfortable while you are bleeding. You have the opportunity to use this time for you - in fact, you're entitled to it.

And that's why I'm so against telling jewish women (jewish people as a whole, even) what they "should" do or think or practice. There are so many reasons for the obligations we have that calling any one "totally wrong and problematic" is inevitably going to backfire. Judaism is not a people who believe one thing - even when we do agree unanimously or whatever, it's often for wildly different reasons. You cannot pigeonhole us

[son-of-avraham]

I find it interesting the way that so many people lose their minds about the mitzvot for women that they demand jews as a whole answer for them (especially jewish women) because it's like...

What are my thoughts about a woman who chooses to separate herself when she's menstruating? I don't know, ask my future wife. Her preferences are my preferences.

What are my thoughts about women covering their hair and how they choose to? I don't know, ask my future wife. Her preferences are my preferences.

What do I think about women who- I think we should actually leave jewish women alone for once in the timeline of there being jewish women. How about that?

[son-of-avraham]

If you're shocked and appalled that Black people can be jewish, I don't think you should be talking anything about jews, honestly

You do not represent my interests at all as a jew if you insist on severing my family from me🫰

[son-of-avraham]

Since my birthday and becoming jewish, this has been my nightstand and it just makes me so happy to see

[son-of-avraham]

If you're shocked and appalled that Black people can be jewish, I don't think you should be talking anything about jews, honestly

You do not represent my interests at all as a jew if you insist on severing my family from me🫰

[son-of-avraham]

It's one thing for something to be scheduled on shabbos when goyische people do it (and I wouldn't expect that unless it involves jews for whatever reason), but it's a different thing altogether when jews schedule something right on shabbos 😭😭

[son-of-avraham]

Jewish culture is remembering the "I've seen the bastard sitting in his office spinning a fucking menorah" quote from american psycho and almost doubling over in laughter

[son-of-avraham]

How I feel when I hear people speak german: