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La diversità di genere nei testi sacri ebraici

I testi sacri ebraici offrono l’opportunità di interagire con una varietà di voci ebraiche che sono state una parte centrale del pensiero e della pratica ebraica negli ultimi duemila anni. I testi stessi parlano tra loro. A volte litigano, a volte sono d'accordo. Tocca a noi entrare nella conversazione e rendere questi testi significativi e rilevanti nella nostra vita.

Termini per la diversità di genere nei testi sacri ebraici:

Zachar: questo termine deriva dalla parola spada appuntita e si riferisce a un fallo. Di solito è tradotto come "maschio" in inglese.

Nekevah: questo termine deriva dalla parola "fessura" e probabilmente si riferisce a un'apertura vaginale. Di solito è tradotto come "femmina" in inglese.

Androgino: una persona che ha caratteristiche sessuali sia “maschili” che “femminili”. Nel Talmud, l'androgino è inteso come qualcuno che possiede sia un pene che alcuni tratti sessuali femminili. 149 riferimenti nella Mishna e nel Talmud (I – VIII secolo d.C.); 350 nel midrash classico e nei codici giudaici (II-XVI secolo d.C.).

Tumtum: una persona le cui caratteristiche sessuali sono indeterminate o oscurate. Nel Talmud il tumtum ha genitali indeterminati. 181 riferimenti nella Mishna e nel Talmud; 335 nel midrash classico e nei codici giudaici.

Ay'lonit: una persona identificata come “femmina” alla nascita ma che sviluppa caratteristiche “maschili” durante la pubertà ed è sterile. 80 riferimenti nella Mishna e nel Talmud; 40 nel midrash classico e nei codici giudaici.

Saris: una persona identificata come “maschio” alla nascita ma che sviluppa caratteristiche “femminili” durante la pubertà o successivamente. Un sari è considerato maschio, ma non ha pene o ha un pene molto piccolo. Un sari può essere “naturalmente” un sari (saris hamah), o diventarlo attraverso l’intervento umano (saris adam). Questo status è anche conosciuto come eunuco. 156 riferimenti nella Mishna e nel Talmud; 379 nel midrash classico e nei codici giudaici.

Testo 1: Creato in modo strano

וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמֹ֔ו בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱל ֹהִ֖ים בָּרָ֣א אֹתֹ֑ו זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם בראשית א:כז Dio creò l'Adamo [il primo essere umano] a sua immagine; a immagine di Dio lo creò: maschio e femmina [Dio] li creò.

– Genesi 1:27

אָמַר רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה בָּן אֶלְעָזָר: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁבָּרָא הַקָּ דוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן. אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס בָּרְאוּ – פָּרָשָׁה

Disse Rabbi Jeremiah ben Elazar: “Quando il Santo, benedetto sia l’Uno, creò il primo Adamo [essere umano], [Dio] lo creò [un] “androgino”.

– Midrash Rabbah 8:1

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Testo 2: I generi oltre il maschile e il femminile

Mishna Bikkurim Capitolo 4

פרק ד א אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס יֶשׁ בּוֹ דְרָכִים שָׁוֶה לָאֲנָשִׁים, וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ דְרָכִים שָׁוֶה לַנָּשִׁים, וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ דְרָכִים שָׁוֶ ה לָאֲנָשִׁים וְנָשִׁים וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דְרָכִים אֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה לָאֲנָש ִׁים וְנָשִׁים

Mishnah 1: Androgynos è in qualche modo simile agli uomini, e in qualche modo simile alle donne, e in qualche modo simile sia agli uomini che alle donne e in qualche modo né agli uomini né alle donne.

משנה ביכורים ד׳ ַאַנְדּרוֹגִינוֹס, יֶשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לָא ֲנָשִׁים; וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לַנָּשִׁים; וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לָאֲנָשִׁים וְנָּשִׁים, וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים אֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה לאַַ לָאֲנָשִׁים וְלא לַנָּשִׁים

Mishnah 2: In che modo egli (sic) è come gli uomini? Diventa impuro quando ha una secrezione seminale come gli uomini, e si veste da uomini. Può prendere moglie, ma non può essere preso in moglie come gli uomini... Non deve essere solo in compagnia di donne come gli uomini... E deve eseguire tutti i comandi della Torah come gli uomini.

כֵּיצַד שָׁוֶה לָאֲנָשִׁים? מְטַמֵּא בְּלֹבֶן כָּאֲנָשִׁים, וְזוֹקֵק לִיְבּוּם כַּאֲנָשִׁים וּמִתְעַטֵּף וּמִסְתַּפֵּר כַּאֲנָשִׁים, וְנוֹשֵֹא אֲבָל לא נִשָֹּּא א כָּאֲנָשִׁים, בְּכָל מִּצְוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה כָּאֲנָש ִׁים

Mishnah 3: E in che modo assomiglia alle donne? Diventa impuro quando ha il flusso mestruale come le donne, e non deve stare solo in compagnia di uomini come le donne; e non condivide l'eredità con i figli come le donne... Come le donne, non è idoneo a fare da testimone.

כֵּיצַד שָׁוֶה לַנָּשִׁים?

Mishnah 4: In che modo assomiglia sia agli uomini che alle donne? Si incorre nella colpa per averlo ucciso o per averlo maledetto, come nel caso di uomini e donne; chi lo uccide involontariamente deve andare in esilio, e chi lo uccide intenzionalmente riceve la pena di morte... Eredita in tutti i casi di eredità sia come uomini che come donne.

ֵֵֵּּּכֵּיצַד שָׁוֶה לַאֲנָשִׁים וְלַנָּשִׁים: חַיָּבִים עַל מַכָּתוֹ וְעַל קִלְלָתוֹ כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְכַנָּשִׁים, וְהַהוֹרְגוֹ שׁוֹגֵג גּוֹלֶה וּמֵזִיד נֶהֱרַג כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְנָשִׁים, וְיוֹשֶׁבֶת עָלָיו דָּם טָמֵא וְדָם טָהוֹר כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְכַנָּשִׁים, וְחוֹלֵק בְּקָדְשֵׁי קֳדָשִׁים כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְכַנָּשִׁים, וְנוֹחֵל לְכָל הַנַחַלוֹת כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְכַנָּשִׁים, וְאִם אָמַר “הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה " הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר

Mishnah 5: E in che senso non somiglia né agli uomini né alle donne? … A lui non può essere assegnato un valore (per la tassa biblica del Tempio, perché è specificato un importo per gli uomini e un altro importo per le donne) a differenza degli uomini o delle donne; e non può essere venduto come schiavo ebreo, a differenza degli uomini o delle donne. Se qualcuno dice: “Diventerò un nazireo (prenderò i voti di ascetismo) se non è né un uomo né una donna”, allora diventa un nazireo.

כֵּיצַד אֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה לֹא לַאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא לַנָּשִׁים: אֵין חַיָּ בִים לֹא עַל מַכָּתוֹ וְלֹא עַל קִלְלָתוֹ לֹא כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא כַּנָּשִׁים, וְאֵינוֹ נֶעֱרָךְ לֹא כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא כַּנָּשִׁים, וְאִם אָמַר “הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה לֹא אִישׁ וְלֹא אִשָּׁה” אֵינו ֹ נָזִיר . רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס בְּרִיָּה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמ ָהּ הוּא וְלֹא יָכְלוּ חֲכָמִים לְהַכְרִיעַ עָלָיו אִם הוּא אִישׁ א וֹ אִשָּׁה. אֲבָל טֻמְטוּם אֵינוֹ כֵּן, פְּעָמִים שֶׁהוּא אִישׁ פְּעָמִים שֶׁ הוּא אִשָּׁה

Rabbi Yose dice: Androgynos è una creazione a sé stante, e i saggi non potevano decidere se fosse un uomo o una donna. Ma questo non è il caso del tumtum: a volte un tumtum è un uomo, a volte un tumtum è una donna.

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Testo 3: Che colore di scarpine per il bambino: blu, rosa, viola o verde?

הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר לִכְשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִי בֵן, וְנוֹלַד לוֹ בֵן, הֲרֵי ז ֶה נָזִיר. נוֹלַד לוֹ בַת, טֻמְטוּם, וְאַנְדְרוֹגִינוֹס אֵינוֹ נָזִיר. אִם אָמַר כְּשֶׁאֶרְאֶה כְּשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִי וָלָד, אֲפִלּוּ נוֹלַ ד לוֹ בַת, טֻמְטוּם, וְאַנְדְרוֹגִינוֹס הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר

Se qualcuno dicesse: «Diventerò nazir quando mi nascerà un figlio» e gli nascesse un figlio, ecco, costui è un nazir!

Se gli nasce una figlia, un tumtum o un androgino, non è un nazir.

Ma se dicesse: “Quando vedrò che mi nascerà un bambino [sarò un nazir]”, anche se gli nascesse una figlia, un tumtum o un androgino, ecco, egli è un nazir!

– Mishna Nazir 2:7

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Testo 4: I nostri antenati Genderqueer: Abramo e Sara

דף סד:א דף סד:ב א”ר יצחק: מפני מה היו אבותינו עקורים? מפני שהקב”ה מתאוה לתפלתן של צדיקים א”ר יצחק: למה נמשלה תפלתן של צדיק Lo sai? Se hai bisogno di più soldi, non preoccuparti, non lo faresti più. של הקב”, שנאמר : +ישעיהו נ”א+ הביטו אל צור חוצבתם ואל מקבת בור נוקרתם, וכתיב: +ישעיהו נא+ הביטו אל אברהם אביכם ואל שרה תחוללכם אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה: שרה אמנו אילונית היתה,שנאמר: +בראשית י”א+ ותהי שרי עקרה אין לה Va bene, אפי' בית ולד אין לה

Talmud babilonese Yevamot 64a-b

R. Isaac ha detto: Perché i nostri antenati (Abramo e Sara, Isacco e Rebecca) erano sterili? Perché il Santo, sia benedetto, desidera ascoltare la preghiera dei giusti.

R. Isaac affermò inoltre: Perché la preghiera dei giusti è paragonata a un forcone? Come un forcone sposta i covoni di grano da una posizione all'altra, così la preghiera dei giusti trasforma il cuore del Santo, benedetto sia, dall'attributo del severo giudizio all'attributo della compassione.

R. Ammi disse: Abramo e Sara erano originariamente tumtum, poiché è detto: "Guarda la roccia da cui sei stato tagliato e la cavità della fossa da cui sei stato estratto". ( Isaia 51:1 ), e questo è seguito dal testo: “Guarda ad Abramo tuo padre e a Sara che ti ha generato”.

R. Nachman disse nel nome di Rabbah b. Abbuha: Nostra madre Sara era una aylonit, poiché è detto: "E Sarai era sterile, non aveva figli" ( Genesi 11:30 ). [il versetto dice sia 'era sterile' che 'non aveva figli' per dirci che] non aveva nemmeno un grembo.

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Testo 5: Dio apprezza le persone di genere

E non dicano i sari: “Io sono un albero secco”. Poiché così dice Dio: Quanto ai sari che osservano i miei sabati, che hanno scelto ciò che desidero e che si attengono alla mia alleanza , io li darò nella mia casa. , e dentro le Mie mura Un monumento e un nome, meglio che figli o figlie. Darò loro un nome eterno che non perirà.

-Di Ari Lev Fornari, Rabbi Elliot Kukla, Rabbi Dev Noily

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Strong's Concordance #2113 zevaah: From zuwa'; agitation, fear -- be removed, trouble, vexation; a trembling, an object of trembling or terror, enormity Original Word: זְוָעָה

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Strong's Concordance #1423 gedi: a kid (a young goat) Original Word: גְּדִי

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Strong's Concordance #1606 gearah: a chiding, a rebuke, a reproof Original Word: גְּעָרָה

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Strong's Concordance #43 Ebyasaph: Ebiasaph; contracted from 'Abiy'acaph; from 'ab and 'acaph; Father of gathering (i.e. Gatherer), "My Father has gathered" Original Word: אֶבְיָסָף

Strong's Concordance #4 eb: fruit, freshness, fresh green, a green plant Original Word: אֵב

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Strong's Concordance #4396 milluah: a filling, i.e. setting (of jewels), full. Original Word: מִלֻּאָה

"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid." - J. R. R. Tolkien

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John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Gardner is a surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin. Most sources say it is an occupational surname that comes from the word "gardener". Other sources claim that it is derived from the old English words gar-dyn meaning "warrior", "one who bears arms".

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023… John 20:11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. John 20:12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. John 20:13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” John 20:14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. John 20:15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” John 20:16 “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”). John 20:17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John 20:18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message. John 20:19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. John 20:20 As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! John 20:21 Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Strong's Concordance #410 el: God, the one only and true God of Israel, almighty, angels, applied to men of might and rank. Original Word: אֵל

Strong's Concordance #22 Abiel: "El/the God of Israel is my Father," an Israelite name Original Word: אֲבִיאֵל

"The symbol of the house of El means 'Hope.' Embodied within that hope is the fundamental belief in the potential of every person to be a force for good. You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you. They will stumble. They will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders." - Jor-El to Kal-El (Man of Steel)

Taylor Swift - "Superman" Speak Now World Tour

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September 24th, 2011 (267th day) Duration: 8:38 (518 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsu8wQEfSIA Qsu8wQEfSIA (8) QsuwQEfSIA aefiqqssuw 1+5+6+9+70+70+90+90+200+900=1441. 1441+8=1449. 1449+518=1967. 1967+267=2234.

Strong's Concordance #2234 zera: a seed Original Word: זְרַע

Mark 4:30 Again he said, “What shall we say the Kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? Mark 4:31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Mark 4:32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

2 Corinthians 12:5 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 2 Corinthians 12:6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 2 Corinthians 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

"If I had been popular, I would've been content staying where I was and I wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere outside of my bubble where I was comfortable and happy. It just wasn't the cool thing to be trying to do anything different. And I think that that caused me to spend a lot of time alone, and spending a lot of time alone gave me a lot of time to think. And having a lot of time to think allowed me to write songs. In the real world, if you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky; it's not a curse." - Taylor Swift (Best Buy @ 15)

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Strong's Concordance #1830 dama: sore, to weep Original Word: דָּמַע

Strong's Concordance #11 abaddon: a perishing, (place of) destruction or ruin, Abaddon, Hades Original Word: אֲבַדּוֹן

What is Taylor Swift’s dispute with her old label? But Swift’s behind-the-scenes moves became front-page news when Big Machine sold to private-equity group Ithaca Holdings, an entity owned by powerhouse music manager Scooter Braun. He then sold her masters to another company, Shamrock Holdings, for a reported $300 million in 2019. On a business level, Braun’s move was smart: Swift’s master recordings reap profits whenever the songs are streamed or bought. On the personal front, it was contentious: Swift claims Braun, who manages stars like Kanye West and Justin Bieber, has repeatedly bullied her, and so she slammed the sale publicly and promised to rerecord those original six albums, this time with the masters under her own control. Anyone who hits play on an old version of Swift’s early songs right now will still pay into the bank of Braun. https://time.com/5949979/why-taylor-swift-is-rerecording-old-albums/

Strong's Concordance #5949 alilah: from alal in the sense of effecting; wantonness, an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity -- act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work, plot. Original Word: עֲלִילָה

Strong's Concordance #979 bechurim or bechuroth: youth (collectively and abstractly), girls Original Word: בְּחֻרוֹת

I have to choose (Hebrew): עֲ לִי לָהבְּחֻ רוֹ ת God bless you (Yiddish): עֲ לִי לָהבְּחֻ רוֹ ת I love you (Yiddish): עֲלִי לָהבְּחֻ רוֹ ת

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 138: Exodus 12:36 And the Lord had disposed the Egyptians favorably toward the people, and they let them have their request; thus they stripped the Egyptians.

The Avengers (2012): Bruce Banner Channels Swifties and Taylor Swift's "Owned by Taylor Swift Versions" "Devaluing" Scott Borchetta's "Taylor's NOT My Boss/My Hustled Taylor's Music Still Has Value Versions"

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Strong's Concordance #1159 bau: a petition, a request, came, arrived, entered, reached Original Word: בָּעוּ

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 582: 1 Samuel 6:6 Don't harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts. As you know, when He made a mockery of them, they had to let Israel go, and they departed.

The earliest uses of the phrase “May the 4th Be With You” that we have evidence for date from 1978, one year after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope. By then, Star Wars was firmly established within American popular culture and became “like a handshake,” as Professor Leo Braudy would later comment in the documentary, Empire of Dreams. That summer of ’78, clever newspaper writers used the phrase as a gimmick to mark Independence Day celebrations on the Fourth of July. “May the Force be with you,” as heard in A New Hope, had been appearing on licensed (and unlicensed) buttons, posters, and various items for months, enough to convince those writers that the joke would be well-received by their readers. In 2011, Lucasfilm began to take a more active role in the unofficial holiday, helping sponsor and promote events and sharing resources for free use. We started to see “May the 4th Be With You” on local television news, at the grocery store, coffee house, bookstore, or sports game. Each time the holiday came back around, it felt like Star Wars was re-emerging in the mainstream, perhaps not unlike how it had become that “handshake” back in the late 1970s. Lucasfilm’s acquisition in 2012 and the subsequent announcement of new films going into production came like lightning from a clear sky for a lot of us fans. Star Wars was center stage again, and everywhere we saw T-shirts and bumper stickers and advertisements. The new films, series, books, comics, and games have done a great deal in fueling this surge of relevancy, but I can’t help but feel that the grassroots rise of Star Wars Day indicated that it was going to happen in some form anyway. The timeless appeal of Star Wars matched with the passion of its fans is a guarantee. https://www.starwars.com/news/may-the-4th-be-with-you-cultural-history

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33 AD: The love, salvation, and redemption of Jesus Christ's Passover sacrifice and resurrection.

Strong's Concordance #33 Abi Haezri: From 'ab and Ezer; Father of help (i.e. Helpful), "My Father is help"; a descendant of Abiezer Original Word: אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי

Strong's Concordance #298 Achirami: From From 'ach and ruwm; brother of height (i.e. High), "brother of (the) lofty"; descendant of Ahiram Original Word: אֲחִירָמִי

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Strong's Concordance #116 edayin: then, thereupon, then (of time) -- now, that time Original Word: אֲדַיִן

Strong's Concordance #181 ud: to rake together; a poker (for turning or gathering embers), a brand, firebrand Original Word: אוּד

Taylor Swift Arm Lyrics - Speak Now World Tour: San Jose, California: September 2nd 2011: “For what its worth, it was worth all the while.” - Green Day, “Time of Your Life”

Taylor Swift Talks About "Out Of The Woods"

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Strong's Concordance #2621 Chosah: From chacah; to have hope, to be hopeful, to seek refuge, to flee for protection, to confide in, to put trust in; a Levite, also a place in Asher; lettuce Original Word: חֹסָה

Taylor Swift - "Out of The Woods" (Taylor's Version) (Lyric Video)

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Published: October 27, 2023 (300th day) Duration: 4:02 (242 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp1MR2WAAXY gp1MR2WAAXY (1, 2) gpMRWAAXY aagmprwxy 1+1+7+30+60+80+900+300+400=1779. 1779+1+2=1782. 1782+242=2024. 2024+300=2324.

Strong's Concordance #2324 chava: to declare or show Original Word: חֲוָא

Luke 12:35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, Luke 12:36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. Luke 12:37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. Luke 12:38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.

John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. John 12:36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

Taylor Swift - "Slut!" (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) (Lyric Video)

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Published: October 27, 2023 (300th day) Duration: 3:06 (186 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrxsceexTBw qrxsceexTBw qrxsceexTBw bceeqrstwxx 2+3+5+5+70+80+90+100+900+300+300=1855. 1855+186=2041. 2041+300=2341.

Strong's Concordance #2341 Chavilah: from chuwl; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men -- Havilah, a son of Cush, also a son of Joktan; sick Original Word: חֲוִילָה

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1052: Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is he who trusts in the Lord, Whose trust is the Lord alone. Jeremiah 17:8 He shall be like a tree planted by waters, Sending forth its roots by a stream: It does not sense the coming of heat, Its leaves are ever fresh; It has no care in a year of drought, It does not cease to yield fruit.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1427: Psalm 17:8 Guard me like the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings from the wicked who despoil me, my mortal enemies who encircle me.

Mark 12:36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “’The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."’

Taylor Swift Arm Lyrics - Speak Now World Tour: Auckland, New Zealand: March 18, 2012: “You know wherever I am, I’ll come running to see you again” – James Taylor, You’ve Got A Friend.

Touch: "Pilot" (alternatively "Tales of the Red Thread") is the first episode of Touch. It originally aired in a special preview event held January 25, 2012, on FOX.

"Today we'll send over 300 billion e-mails 19 billion text messages. Yet we'll still feel alone. The average person will say 2,250 words to 7.4 other individuals. Will these words be used to hurt or to heal? The ratio is always the same. 1 to 1.618, over and over and over again. The patterns are hidden in plain sight. You just have to know where to look. Things most people see as chaos actually follow subtle laws of behavior. Galaxies, plants, seashells. The patterns never lie. But only some of us can see how the pieces fit together. 7,080,360,000 of us live on this tiny planet. This is the story of some of those people. There's an ancient Chinese myth about the Red Thread of Fate. It says the gods have tied a red thread around every one of our ankles and attached it to all the people whose lives we're destined to touch. This thread may stretch, or tangle, but it'll never break. It's all predetermined by mathematical probability, and it's my job to keep track of those numbers, to make the connections for those who need to find each other, the ones whose lives need to touch. I was born 4,161 days ago, on October 26, 2000. I've been alive for 11 years, 4 months, 21 days and 14 hours. And in all that time I've never said a single word." - Jake/Jacob/Israel Bohm

October 26, 2000: Strong's Concordance #4161 motsa: a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring, growing place, a mine. Original Word: מוֹצָא

A Web search leads Jake's father, Martin, to the Teller Institute, a rundown home at 318 West Tesla Street. Arthur Teller explains that, on his own, Jake discovered the Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical ratio concerning patterns repeated in nature: a wave's curve, a shell's spiral, segments of a pineapple. Jake sees vast connections that amount to road maps, and it's Martin's job, his destiny, to follow them for Jake.

"Imagine the unspeakable beauty of the universe he sees! No wonder he doesn't talk." - Arthur Teller on Jacob/Israel Bohm

In the 2012 television series Touch, season 1, episode 9, "Music of the Spheres", Jacob "Jake" Bohm, a mute boy who mysteriously feels the suffering of those along his path and aims to positively adjust their fates, is revealed as possibly one of the "Lamed Vav Tzadikim" by a Hasidic man. In the second season of Touch, Jake and other people who have special gifts are referred to as members of the 36; throughout the episodes they are exploited for their capabilities and are hunted down by one who believes they hold too much power. The final episode features consideration of the Kabbalah and the mystical roots of the legend of the 36. Lamedvavnik (Yiddish: למד־װאָװניק), is the Yiddish term for one of the 36 humble righteous ones or Tzadikim mentioned in kabbalah or Jewish mysticism. According to this teaching, at any given time there are at least 36 holy persons in the world who are Tzadikim. These holy people are hidden; i.e., nobody knows who they are. According to some versions of the story, they themselves may not know who they are. For the sake of these 36 hidden saints, God preserves the world even if the rest of humanity has degenerated to the level of total barbarism. This is similar to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Hebrew Bible, where God told Abraham that he would spare the city of Sodom if there was a quorum of at least 10 righteous men. Since nobody knows who the Lamedvavniks are, not even themselves, every Jew should act as if he or she might be one of them; i.e., lead a holy and humble life and pray for the sake of fellow human beings. It is also said that one of these 36 could potentially be the Jewish Messiah if the world is ready for them to reveal themselves. Otherwise, they live and die as an ordinary person. Whether the person knows they are the potential Messiah is debated. (Wikipedia)

Touch - Season 1 Trailer

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TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Pages 870 and 871: Isaiah 11:1 But a shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse, A twig shall sprout from his stock. Isaiah 11:2 The spirit of the Lord shall alight upon him: A spirit of wisdom and insight, A spirit of counsel and valor, A spirit of devotion and reverence for the Lord. Isaiah 11:3 He shall sense the truth by his reverence for the Lord; He shall not judge by what his eyes behold, Nor decide by what his ears perceive. Isaiah 11:4 Thus he shall judge the poor with equity And decide with justice for the lowly of the land. He shall strike down a land with the rod of his mouth And slay the wicked with the breath of his lips. Isaiah 11:5 Justice shall be the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness the girdle of his waist. Isaiah 11:6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard lie down with the kid; the calf, the beast of prey, and the fatling together, With a little boy to herd them. Isaiah 11:7 The cow and the bear shall graze, Their young shall lie down together; And the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw. Isaiah 11:8 A babe shall play Over a viper's hole, And an infant shall pass his hand Over an adder's den. Isaiah 11:9 In all of My sacred mount Nothing evil or vile shall be done; For the land shall be filled with devotion to the Lord As water covers the sea. Isaiah 11:10 In that day, The stock of Jesse that has remained standing Shall become a standard to peoples--Nations shall seek his counsel And his abode shall be honored.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1053: Jeremiah 17:13 O Hope of Israel! O Lord! All who forsake You shall be put to shame, Those in the land who turn from You Shall be doomed men, For they have forsaken the Lord, The Fount of living waters.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1459: Psalm 39:7 Man walks about as a mere shadow; mere futility is his hustle and bustle, amassing and not knowing who will gather in. Psalm 39:8 What, then, can I count on, O Lord? In You my hope lies.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1616: Proverbs 10:28 The righteous can look forward to joy, But the hope of the wicked is doomed. Proverbs 10:29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the blameless, But a ruin for evildoers.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1617: Proverbs 11:7 At death the hopes of a wicked man are doomed, And the ambition of evil men comes to nothing.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1620: Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred sickens the heart, But desire realized is a tree of life.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English): Page 1678: Job 14:7 There is hope for a tree; If it is cut down it will renew itself; Its shoots will not cease.

“I believe with complete faith in the coming of Mashiach. Though he tarry, nonetheless I await him every day, that he will come.”.

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." - Audrey Hepburn

"The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey." - Sarah Fielding

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." - Robin Williams

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill." - Buddha

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings." - Henry David Thoreau

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What I love about Sukkot is that it's the one Chag out of the Shalosh Regalim (three agricultural pilgrimage holidays) that hasn't really changed much since the Chorban (destruction of the second Temple). A big part of Shavuot is Bikkurim (produce offerings of the first fruit), but we can't bring Bikkurim anymore because we don't have a Beit HaMikdash (Holy Temple). A big part of Pesach is the Korban Pesach (Pascal lamb), but we can't bring Korbanot anymore because again, the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed. But Sukkot.....the essence of Sukkot is living in a Sukkah and shaking the Lulav and Etrog, and we can still do that! Yes, there are Korbanot associated with Sukkot, but they're not the main thing. The main thing is living in a Sukkah and shaking Lulav, just as our ancestors have done for thousands of years unchanging. I think it's such a beautiful and bittersweet thing.

#jumblr #sukkot #if jew know jew know #judaism #we've changed so much yet not at all

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The Unique List of Revelation 7 & Firstfruits

written by Will Schumacher

Revelation 7 has a unique list of tribes that form the 144,000 sealed:

Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

Missing is Ephraim and Dan. Included is Levi and Joseph. Joesph’s two sons Manasseh and Ephraim are typically used in place of Joseph.

The gematria of the unusual list in Greek is 8480 in-text as written:

Judah 485

Reuben 630

Gad 8

Asher 309

Naphtali 650

Mannasseh 500

Simeon 1495

Levi 445

Issachar 912

Zebulon 1360

Joseph 1518

Benjamin 168

8480 ft = 2584.7 meters or 2585 if you round it off. Strong’s H2585 = Enoch

Enoch is a type of the Church.

The above is something I have posted on before and have always found interesting. What is next blew my mind away.

Let’s look at the Hebrew gematria then.

I added up the gematria of the 12 tribes camping around the Tabernacle in Numbers 2.

The total gematria is 3390. (Ephraim 331, Manasseh 395, Benjamin 152, Dan 54, Asher 501, Naphtali 570, Judah 30, Issachar 530, Zebulon 95, Reuben 259, Simeon 466, Gad 7)

Strong’s H3390 = Jerusalem.

New Jerusalem in the Bible is the Bride. The Numbers 2 encampment of the tribes around the tabernacle/the place where God dwells is a picture of New Jerusalem.

When you take the Numbers 2 encampment and the gematria of the tribes of 3390 and take out Ephraim and Dan and their gematria of 331 and 54 and add in the gematria of Joseph and Levi of 156 and 46 to reflect the list of Revelation 7 you get 3207.

3390-331-54+156+46 = 3207.

The number 3207 is quite fascinating.

The 144,000 of Revelation 7 are sealed. The 144,000 of Revelation 14 are called “firstfruits”.

The firstfruits are the 7 species of Israel found in Deuteronomy 8:8. The gematria of this verse is 3207:

Deuteronomy 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

So the 144,000 sealed have a Hebrew Gematria of 3207. The 144,000 are called firstfruits. The firstfruits of Israel are listed once in the bible in a verse with a gematria of 3207. Interesting.

From Wikipedia about the first fruits:

“Shavuot was also the first day on which individuals could bring the Bikkurim (first fruits) to the Temple in Jerusalem (Mishnah Bikkurim 1:3). The Bikkurim were brought from the Seven Species for which the Land of Israel is praised: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates (Deut. 8:8).

In the largely agrarian society of ancient Israel, Jewish farmers would tie a reed around the first ripening fruits from each of these species in their fields. At the time of harvest, the fruits identified by the reed would be cut and placed in baskets woven of gold and silver. The baskets would then be loaded on oxen whose horns were gilded and laced with garlands of flowers, and who were led in a grand procession to Jerusalem. As the farmer and his entourage passed through cities and towns, they would be accompanied by music and parades.[9]”

Notice from the above story that the firstfruits were marked just like we are marked or sealed with the Spirit and the 144,000 are sealed in the book of Revelation.

We are the firstfruits marked by the Spirit. The 144,000 is the completed Church.

#Revelation #firstfruits #144000 #Bride #Tribes of Israel #sealed #bible gematria #strong's numbers #gematria #jesus christ

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(via Intersex and Trans Jewish Lives - JewThink) Intersex in the Talmud

So what does Judaism have to say about intersex & trans? There are no less than seven sexes listed in Talmud. Other than zachar (male) and nekivah (female) there are:

1. Androgynous: having characteristics of both males and females, in some ways similar to both and some ways to neither (Mishnah Bikkurim 4:1).

2. Tumtum: ambiguous sex (Bikkurim 4:5).

3. Aylonit: no breasts, low libido, no mons pubis, and a deep voice that is indistinguishable from that of a man (Mishneh Torah, Hil. Ishus, 2:6).

4. Saris Hamah – a non-reproductive male.

5. Saris Adam, a man who becomes non-reproductive through human interference (Tosefta Yevamot 10:3.6).

By Martin Dimaggio Martin is a community development worker who provides training for public sector organisations on various aspects of LGBTI+ rights, including intersex and neurodiversity, as well as being an advocate for religious literacy among LGBTI+ communities. He is a member of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and grew up in Hereford and Worcester to a mixed British-Italian-Albanian family. He is also a sociolinguist with a Masters in Language Documentation for endangered languages and has a BA in Anthropology and Community Development. He has previously worked with the CPS to improve the police force’s response to hate crime reports from marginalised communities.

#intersex #transgender

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1 Chronicles 7: 6-13. "The Lord's Gage."

Benjamin "The Right Hand."

We show deference to the right side because the Torah specifies to use the right side on various occasions.21 The Me'iri22 explains that the right side represents the side of good, and by giving it precedence we remind ourselves to follow the right path. Kabbalistically, the right side represents the side of chesed (kindness), which is supposed to prevail over the left side, which represents gevurah (discipline).23

6 Three sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

Bela= "To snake one's prey"

Beker= Adam and Eve

The verb בכר (bakar) means to be born first or rise early or earliest. The masculine noun בכור (bekor) describes the firstborn or eldest son, and the feminine counterpart בכירה (bekira) describes the first-born daughter. Noun בכרה (bekora) refers to the right of the first-born. Noun בכורים (bikkurim) means first fruits. Noun בכורה (bikkura) refers to the first ripe fig; a proverbial delicacy.

Jediael=What is known of God.

7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

Ezbon=

אזן

The verb אזן ('azan) means to balance or equalize. Noun מאזן (m'zn) describes a merchant's scale or balance and noun אזן ('ozen) means ear. The denominative verb אזן ('azan) means to harken or hear and obviously describes the turning of one's face to where sound comes from.

Uzzi=strength, fierceness

Uzziel= God is my strength

Jerimoth=the High Place is the death of pride

Iri= To be bare and also to accumulate.

22034=

"This is the Lord's Gage, what is perceived with the eyes, to be seen, visited and understood."

5 Heads= the Five Levels of Consciousness which unclothe the body from its ignorance and add to it the soul's proper Godly adornment:

The soul enclothed within the body is a reflection of the Divine Form, called the tzelem, or tzelem Elokim. This tzelem Elokim may be described as the spiritual mold of man's physical form, linking his body and soul. This mold is derived from the configuration of the sefirot, which structure the worlds through which the soul descends on its journey down into the body.…man includes all of Creation within him…

At the same time that the soul's outer dimension reflects the configuration of the sefirot, the inner dimension of the soul reflects the Infinite Light, which illuminates the sefirot. This reflection is called the demut Elokim (the image of G‑d). Thus man includes all of Creation within him, from the loftiest spirituality to the most mundane physicality.

Viewed from the point of view of man's service to G‑d, these levels of soul may be described as five ascending levels of awareness of, and communion with, G‑d. They are called (in ascending order) Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya and yechida.

Regarding these levels of soul, the Zohar states that when a person is born, he is given a Nefesh from the world of Asiya, the lowest world, representing the greatest concealment of G‑d. If, through his divine service and proper action, he makes himself worthy, he is then given Ruach on the plane of Yetzira.

With greater effort, he can earn the revelation of Neshama, paralleling the world of Beriya. If he purifies himself greatly, he may be able to attain the level of Chaya paralleling Atzilut, and even yechida — the G‑d consciousness of the level of Adam Kadmon and beyond. ("Beyond," because the level of soul called yechida in essence transcends all the worlds, since it is never separated from G‑d. It is described as being "truly part of G‑d above," and as "a spark of the Creator enclothed within a spark of the created").

8 The sons of Beker: "The Firstborn."

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. 9 Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

Zemirah=

זמר

Verb זמר (zamar) basically means to cultivate and is used in two main ways: (a) to prune trees in an orchard or vineyard, and (b) to hone a crowd into a choir.

Joash=

יאש

The verb יאש (ya'ash) means to despair and is pretty much parallel with the English verb to despair. It occurs less than a dozen times in the Bible (Jeremiah 2:25. Isaiah 57:10).

Eliezer= God will help, but through His servants, like Eliezer served Abraham.

Elionai=Unto Yah Are My Eyes, Yah The God Of My Eyes

*Recall in the movie, "Call me by your name" the older scumbag "the Oliver" or olive tree, kept trying to get the son, "the sun" Elio, to switch names with him-this was idolatry ripe ruff and ready. He even tried to put the Fruit of the Tree right back up inside and that was just wrong.

This process of Seeing God, of committing all one sees to understanding the wiles of God is called "Elioenai". To reverse the view is unholy. We are always what is planted and grows by the sufferance of the Light, never ever the other way around.

Omri= "to be bound to that which one worships"

עמר

The root עמר ('amar) means to grip or bind, to deal tyrannically with, or to be enthralled by and worship.

Noun עמר ('omer) means sheaf or describes a unit of measure (like our "bushel"). Denominative verb עמר ('amar) means to bind in sheaves. Noun עמיר ('amir) denotes a row of fallen grain.

Jeremoth= pride, not arrogance

Abijah= "The Alpha Male"

אב

The noun אב ('ab) means father, but describes primarily a social relationship rather than a biological one. That social fatherhood was the defining quality of the community's alpha male, the one around whom all economy revolved and from whom emanated all instructions by which the 'sons' (בן, ben) operated. It's unclear where this word אב ('ab) comes from but the verb abu means to decide.

Anathoth="the answers to afflictions":

ענה

There are four verbs of the form ענה ('nh), or perhaps one verb with four distinct usages:

Verb ענה ('ana I) means to answer, respond or correspond, and since in the old world time was considered a cycle, noun עת ('et) means time. Temporal adverb עתה ('atta) means now; adjective עתי ('itti) means timely or ready, and conjunction יען (ya'an) means on account of. Noun מענה (ma'aneh) means an answer and noun ענה ('ona) means cohabitation.

Verb ענה ('ana II) means to be busy or occupied with. Noun ענין ('inyan) means occupation or task, and noun מענה (ma'ana) means place for or agent of a task.

Verb ענה ('ana III) means to afflict, oppress or humble. Noun ענו ('anaw) refers to the poor, afflicted or needy. Noun ענוה ('anawa) means humility. Noun ענות ('enut) means affliction. Adjective עני ('ani) means poor or afflicted. Noun עני ('oni) means affliction or poverty, and noun תענית (ta'anit) means humiliation.

Verb ענה ('ana IV) means to sing.

Alemeht="Alem" what He veils from sight, "the secret"

10 The son of Jediael:

Bilhan=

Verb בלה (bala) means to wear out, annul or use until worthlessness. Adjective בלה (baleh) means worn out. Noun בלוא (belo) describes worn out things or rags. Noun תבלית (tablit) means annihilation or destruction.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

Jeush=Yah helps

Benjamin=the Right Hand

Ehud=

הוד ידה

The related verbs ידה (yada), to praise, and הוד (hod), to be worthy of praise, conjugate into such similar forms that it's often not clear which verb in which tense is used. From the verb ידה (yada), to praise, come:

The plural noun הידות (huyyedot), meaning songs of praise.

The noun תודה (toda), meaning confession or praise.

From the verb הוד (hod), meaning to be praise-worthy, comes the noun הוד (hod), meaning splendor, majesty, vigor, glory or honor.

Kenaanah=

כנע

The verb כנע (kana') means to synchronize, or to give up individual leanings in order to unite more effectively as a group. Noun כנעה (kin'a) means bundle or pack.

Zethan=

זהה

It's not clear whether the verb זהה (zaha) or זתת (zatat) ever existed but if it did it probably meant to emerge fresh or bloom (it does so in cognate languages). Note that a flower contains a plant's reproductive organs and by displaying its flowers a plant indicates its willingness and readiness to reproduce. In our modern times flowers have managed to attain a kind of romantic innocence but their native function and original symbolism is that of sexual union (which is why dudes bring flowers), or rather more general: the willingness and ability of being fruitful.

Tarshish= His Excellency Breaking, Subjection White Dove, Search For Alabaster Courage, Confidence.

שש

There's an odd correlation between the color white and the number six. The nouns שש (shesh) and שיש (shayish) mean alabaster, which is a whitish translucent material. The identical word שש (shesh) means six. The noun שושן (shushan) describes the lily, which has six leaves and is proverbially white. The adjective ישש (yashesh) or ישיש (yashish) means old or white-haired.

The relatively rare verb שוש (sus) or שיש (sis) means to exult or rejoice, and its nouns ששון (sason) and משוש (masos) mean exultation, joy or gladness. Despite their similarity to the previous, these words seem to have little to do with the number six or being white, which is possibly why these words were pointed differently in the Middle Ages (the previous words have sh-sounds while these words have s-sounds).

Ahishahar= Brother of the Eclipse- to see life as God and others see it, consistent with the Gematria for this section. Without the quality of Ahishahar, kindness is not possible, but is automatic when the little sun inside the mind is eclipsed by the moon, a satellite mirror of the sun's light.

שחר

The verb שחר (shahar) means to be black or dark (mostly of skin, hair and horses). The adjective שחר (shahor) means black, and adjective שחרחר (sheharhor) means blackish. Nouns שחור (shehor) and שחרות (shaharut) mean blackness.

The noun שחר (shahar) is generally thought to mean dawn, but here at Abarim Publications we find that unlikely (for our reasoning, follow the link at the foot of this paragraph, to the full Dictionary article). Instead, we propose that this noun describes a solar eclipse, which occurs when an invisible moon moves in front of the sun and blocks out its light. This causes a brief and unexpected moment of nightly darkness, which in turn makes the stars and planets visible.

An observer can see other people, but she cannot see what they see. This means that the sun she sees is hers alone, and equal to her own ratio. A solar eclipse also eclipses one's own solar ratio and reveals the many ratios of other people. This awakens one's stellar consciousness, or Theory of Mind, which counts as being "born from above" (John 3:3). These events are obviously mimicked in the Biblical accounts of the crucifixion and resurrection.

From the noun שחר (shahar), solar eclipse, derives the denominative verb שחר (shahar), meaning to diligent search for God and wisdom; again qualities of a stellar consciousness.

17200=

"I bind you with mirrors."

12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites[a] the descendants of Aher.

Naphtali "To struggle for what is just"

פתל

The verb פתל (patal) means to twist or contort, or even to be cunning or crafty. Noun פתיל (patil) describes (a twisted) cord or thread. Adjective פתלתל (petaltol) means tortuous. Plural noun נפתולים (naptulim) means wrestlings or contortions, obviously with a cognitive connotation.

13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem[b]—the descendants of Bilhah.

Jahziel="The Allotment of the Lord"

Guni= "Garden Wall."

גנן The verb גנן (ganan) means to surround, cover or defend. Nouns גן (gan) and גנה (ganna) mean garden. Noun מגן (magen) means shield and verb מגן (magan) means to shield or deliver.

Jezer=to form or shape

Shillem=to make whole or complete.

The Gage, or the "object of faith" is to see oneself simultaneous to God looking back. First we need to grow up, develop our physical capacity to learn. This happens just when that which makes us stupid, the snake penis, comes lurking around. This is what is meant by "snake the prey to know what is known."

God told Adam and Eve not to listen to Adam's penis, it did not know what it was doing with the rest of its life but the did not listen and God became angry. Later in the Torah God says "if thou arest prepared to be upright, now thou mayest eat of the cake of the penis."

Come what may, all we need to do to be sin free, to be able to do what we want is to be affectionate. To be gracious and kind is to become bound in the mirror with God. It is the one thing you can do to make life, "the allotment of God", complete.

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Parashat Ki Tavo

by Meir Anolick

Written for Shabbat Parashat Ki Tavo, יח באלול תשע”ד:

This week’s Parasha starts off with the well-known section of theBikkurim, first fruits. The first few verses constitute the main section of the Pesach Haggadah. These provide a concise summary of how we went down to Mitzrayim, were enslaved there, and then were brought out and brought to Eretz Yisrael to be the nation of Hashem.

However, before this whole narrative begins, there is one other line that is said. Only after this line is said does the Kohen take the basket of fruit and place it before the Altar, enabling us to say the Bikkurim declaration. “You shall come to whoever will be the Kohen in those days, and you shall say to him, ‘I declare today to Hashem, your God, that I have come to the Land that Hashem swore to our forefathers to give to us.’” (26:3). Notice the phrase, “I have come”; I have done it, not that Hashem brought me here, but it was of my own choice that I came here. Though this is intended as an expression of gratitude to Hashem, I feel that the phrasing here is important.

As the saying goes, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink”. So, too, is it with Mitzvot. Hashem brought us to the edge of the Land, gave us the opportunity to go in and take, but we refused, and we have suffered greatly for it ever since. The next time Hashem brought us to the borders of the Land, we made the right choice and took it. Yes, Hashem brought us there, and yes Hashem presented the opportunity, and yes he gave us the ability, but in the end it was our choice when we went in, and it is our choice when we refuse. Hashem gives us B’chirah Chofshit, free choice, and it is up to us to make the right choice.

Now again today, the gates to Eretz Yisrael have been opened for us. It is now easier for us to enter and live in Eretz Yisrael than it has been since Yehoshuah first led us over three thousand years ago. We have the opportunity to go, we have the ability to go, and Hashem has made it possible for us in a way it has not been for a long time, but still it is down to us to make that decision. We do not bring Bikkurim anymore because there is no longer a Beit HaMikdash nor a Kohein Gadol. However, I would posit that even if there were, we could not bring the Bikkurim until we are able to say the one line before our fruit can be placed before the altar: “I have come”, not “I was forced”, nor “I refrained from coming as long as I could”. Hashem gives us a choice, but He also makes it clear which choice is the one He desires. When there is a Beit HaMikdash again, who can bring their Bikkurim and honestly say before Hashem, the King of all Kings, “I have come”? Shabbat Shalom.

Source: amchachamvnavon.wordpress.com

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Finding Your Shidduch: Bikkurim and Basar b’Chalav

The orthodox Jewish world is in the midst of a crisis, a crisis of not being able to find one’s marriage partner [shidduch]. Many young men and women are either not dating, or even if they are dating, they are having a difficult time finding that ‘perfect match’, the person with whom they are willing and wanting to raise a family and with whom they are committed to spending the rest of their lives. Why is this so? What’s at the root of this crisis? Further, is there anything we can do about it? We plan on writing, ב"ה, a series of articles to answer these questions. In this article, we will define the problem, and in future articles we will examine some solutions from the teachings of R' Nachman of Breslov.

What does the Torah’s prohibition against mixing meat with dairy (issur basar b’chalav) have to do with finding one’s shidduch? Most people would respond with a resounding, “Huh? What kind of a question is that? Obviously, they have nothing to do with each other!” However, the Torah is deep and its secrets even deeper, so let’s not be too hasty in judging the matter until we examine the subject.

To lay out the underlying problem, we will need to study a rather lengthy section from Tikkunei Zohar Tikkun 14. Instead of quoting and translating it phrase by phrase, we have reproduced the relevant section (see reverse bottom) and will rely on the Matok m’Dvash commentary to explain its meaning.

R' Shimon bar Yochai is learning the esoteric teachings of the Torah with his talmidim. In the course of discussing a particular topic, they bring up Shemot 23:19: רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ (The earliest first fruits [bikkurim] of your soil you shall bring to the House of Hashem your G‑d; you shall not cook a kid [gedi] in the milk of its mother). The question is asked: What does the mitzvah of bikkurim have to do with the issur basar b’chalav? In other words, what are we to learn from the juxtaposition [semichut] of these two Biblical commandments? R' Yochanan teaches in Berachot 10a that we are to expound, i.e. derive meaning from, juxtaposed scriptural passages [semuchin], as it is written (Tehillim 111:8): סְמוּכִים לָעַד לְעוֹלָם עֲשׂוּיִם בֶּאֱמֶת וְיָשָׁר (They [i.e. Hashem’s mitzvot] are reliable [semuchim] for eternity; made in truth and uprightness). Therefore, there must be some reason for the semichut.

One way to understand the semichut is that just as the mitzvah of bikkurim only applies in Eretz Yisrael so to the issur basar b’chalav only applies in Eretz Yisrael. However, R' Shimon knew this was an incorrect conclusion, and he wanted to make sure that the correct halachah was transmitted and that no confusion arose in the mesorah. For it is written explicitly in a Tosefta at the beginning of the 8th chapter of Chullin: בשר בחלב נוהג בארץ ובח"ל בפני הבית ושלא בפני הבית בחולין ובמוקדשים ([The issur] basar b’chalav applies in Eretz Yisrael and outside of Eretz Yisrael, in the Temple and when not in the Temple, with unconsecrated meat and with consecrated meat). Further, the Rashbam (see Tosafot on Chullin 103b) specifically explained that this teaching is necessary because without it, one might erroneously conclude based on a comparison with the law of bikkurim that the issur basar b’chalav only applies in Eretz Yisrael.

So what did R' Shimon do? He quickly summoned Eliyahu ha-Navi to come down from Heaven—with permission from Hashem—to join them in order to shed light on the matter. He needed Eliyahu to come with the permission of Heaven, i.e. dressed in a body like a Tanna and Torah Sage, so that he will be able to decide the halachah conclusively. What did Eliyahu say?

Eliyahu explained that the semichut is indeed important, but it has nothing to do with concluding (erroneously) that the issur basar b’chalav only pertains to Eretz Yisrael. He said that the secret has to do with the laws of forbidden mixtures, i.e. kilayim. The verse in question is Devarim 22:10: לֹא־תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹר יַחְדָּו (You are not to plow with an ox and donkey together). The reason why the Torah prohibits plowing with an ox and a donkey at the same time is because an ox is kodesh while the donkey is tamei. We are not to mix the two together because, in the upper worlds, it will lead to the ‘external forces’ nourishing off of the kedushah. The semichut is to teach that if the Jews are negligent in observing the mitzvah of bikkurim, they will unwittingly cause basar to be cooked with chalav. What does that mean? Chalav being white is chesed and basar being red is gevurah. Since the two are not from the same root, this mixture will result in a nullification of the chesed by the gevurah. This parallels the prohibition against plowing with an ox and a donkey. Both laws are based on the same principle of forbidden mixtures, i.e. kilayim. Here, specifically, the prohibition is against benefiting from mixtures that are min b’she’eino mino [one type mixed with another that is not of the same type].

But R' Shimon raised an important distinction. An ox and a donkey are certainly not of the same type. The ox is a kosher animal, i.e. it is pure [tahor], whereas the donkey is non-kosher, i.e. it is impure [tamei]. So truly, this is kilayim of the good with the bad and thus forbidden. But basar and chalav are both kosher. They are both tahor. He argued that chalav is chesed d’kedushah and basar is gevurah d’kedushah. Why should this be forbidden? Shouldn’t the chesed sweeten the din of the gevurah as opposed to be nullified by it?

Eliyahu states that R’ Shimon’s logic would be correct under normal circumstances; however, the verse itself is coming to teach a different secret. And what is that secret? Even with issues of kedushah, we are not allowed to mix min b’she’eino mino. Where do we learn this secret? From Bereshit 1:24: וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ (And G‑d said, let the land bring forth a living soul [not ‘living creatures’ as in most translations] according to its kind). The land is the sefirah of malchut, the origin of the soul of Yisrael, the ‘living soul’. The phrase ‘according to its kind’ indicates that each soul emerges from its source as a unique pair made up of male and female. In other words, the paired souls are one min [type] from one root. And even though they are both tahor, they emerge from their source as a pair, a zivug. And they come down to this world in pairs. Therefore, each male needs to find its zivug in order to join with each other exactly as they were when they emerged from the sefirah of malchut, the source of Jewish souls.

However, if someone doesn’t merit to find and marry his zivug, and he ends up marrying another woman instead, and then a son is born from that union, that son is considered a graft, i.e. a ‘mixture’ from two separate sources. And that’s why the Torah teaches that, in that case, we are not to cook a gedi in its mother’s milk. The baby boy is called a gedi. And the verse refers to the relationship as his mother’s milk because she’s not from the same root as his father because the mother and the father have no soul-relationship with each other. In a deep sense, they really have nothing to do with each other; they don’t belong to each other. As a result, the Torah’s concern is that the son won’t be brought up well, i.e. won’t be cooked right. Even though they are both tahor, i.e. they are both holy Jewish souls, but not from the same root, the mixture is forbidden.

R' Shimon emphatically stated that Eliyahu had correctly explained the esoteric secret behind the issur basar b’chalav. He then added his own chiddush based on Shemot 22:28: מְלֵאָתְךָ וְדִמְעֲךָ לֹא תְאַחֵר (Do not delay m’lei’atecha and dimacha). Understood to refer to one’s bikkurim and terumah (even Rashi admits that he doesn’t understand how dimacha refers to terumah), their literal meanings are ‘your fullness’ and ‘your teardrop’. The word m’lei’atecha, i.e. your fullness, refers to one’s zivug, the paired soul that fills and completes the essence of one’s half-soul (just as Chavah completed Adam’s half-soul). And the word dimacha, ‘your tear drop’, is a reference to one’s holy seed that one is to give to his zivug in order to bring forth holy offspring. The expression ‘don’t delay’ teaches that one is not to postpone marriage. Why not? One might, G-d forbid, come to emit his seed in vain or give his first drop to a niddah, a maidservant, a non-Jew or an adulterous woman, all of which are synonyms for Lilit, the unholy zivug of the Samech-Mem, the Primordial Serpent. What’s the concern? The concern is that she would snatch or kidnap the drops and create from them impure klipot that would nourish from the kedushah and wreck havoc in all the worlds. If this isn’t bad enough, these actions could cause another man’s prayers to become effective and award him the merit to take the first man’s zivug, G‑d forbid, as it is taught by Shmuel in Moed Katan 18b: שֶׁמָּא יִקְדְּמֶנּוּ אַחֵר בְּרַחֲמִים (Perhaps another would preempt him through Divine mercy, i.e. through prayer). And all of this would be middah k’neged middah [tit for tat]. How so? Since the first man preempted his first seed by giving it to someone who was not his zivug, so another man comes along and preempts his wife, thus taking someone who is not his zivug.

And even if he merits to marrying his zivug, she will cause him no end of grief. How do we know this? This comes from a famous exposition on Bereshit 2:18: וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ אֱלֹקִים לֹא־טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ אֶעֱשֶׂה־לּוֹ עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ (And Hashem G‑d said, ‘It is not good that the man be alone; I will make for him a helper opposed to him [ezer k’negdo]). R' Elazar asks in Yevamot 63a: So what is she, a helper or an opponent? He answers: זָכָה עוֹזַרְתּוֹ לֹא זָכָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ (If he merits, she helps [ezer] him; if he doesn’t merit, she opposes [k’neged] him). Or as Rashi says on Bereshit 2:18: זָכָה עֵזֶר לֹא זָכָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ לְהִלָּחֵם (If he merits, she is a ezer; if he doesn’t merit, she opposes him [k’negdo], to make war with him). Putting this together with the Tikkunei Zohar we have learning, we now may understand what determines his merit. If he guards his brit then he merits marrying his zivug, and she will fulfill the role of ezer to help him in learning Torah and fulfilling mitzvot with love and reverence. She will be his ezer in this world and in the world to come. But if he doesn’t guard his brit, then even if he merits to marrying her, she will be k’neged him in these four aspects and cause him to lose out in the two worlds. What a series of multiple tragedies! And this whole mess happens only because a young man blemished his brit when he was a bachelor.

Can anything spare us from this terrible fate? Yes, the earliest bikkurim of your soil (see Shemot 23:19 above). Bring your bikkurim, i.e. your first drops of seed, to the House of Hashem. And what is the ‘House’ of Hashem? It is one’s wife, the true ‘house’ that Hashem assigned for the man from the beginning when they emerged together from the source of souls. Therefore, if a young man guards his brit, he won’t cause the gedi, i.e. the son, to be cooked, i.e. to be reared, in the milk of its mother, the son being a mixture that comes from a woman that is min b’she’eino mino to his father. This is the deep, esoteric answer to the existence of the semichut in Shemot 23:19.

Let’s now be honest. These days, how many young men have guarded their brit in the manner in which we have just explained? Very few people will speak of it, but this is the real reason behind the shidduch crisis in the orthodox Jewish world today.

But don’t despair. There is hope. With G-d’s help, in the next issue, we will address the issue of what can be done if someone was not so careful to guard his brit. Is there any tikkun [repair/fix] by which he can still merit his zivug who will be an ezer to him? The short answer is that he will need to do teshuvah (and this can be effective even in the case when his zivug was taken by another man), as the prophet wrote (Yeshayah 6:10): שָׁב וְרָפָא לוֹ (Do teshuvah and He will heal him).

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