#Klafs

[eurosmart]

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[esteponatarot]

Contemporary Bathroom - Bathroom A large, modern sauna design example with a brown floor, a medium-tone wood ceiling, and a wood wall. The walls are beige.

[carleighrose]

Bathroom - Contemporary Bathroom

[challahbeloved]

I reached up to kiss my mezuzah, then remembered that the scroll isn’t there right now :(

[indigo]

SPOTIFY WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

[dieinct]

i finally put up my mezuzah today - there was a whole thing with getting me a klaf (there's no sofer in western canada so the rabbi was like how... would you feel about busting open one of the mezuzahs they have at the chabad. because one of those i can get you easy. so that's what i did) - but in any case it's like so nice to have judaica... truly...

[dandushon]

שיהיה לך יום נעים!

לא היה לי יום נעים....

לא אמרתי המלך אמר!!! קח 4 קלפים מהקופה על אי השמעת ברכה לאריה אדום🤪

[pctaldrunk]

interview day...vibrates

[keshetchai]

I hadn't yet taken down my mezuzah at my ex-roommates house. I was meaning to, I just hadn't had the time to go over and remove the nails. She just texted me to ask if i tried to take it down while she was out this weekend and it broke.

She sent me this to show what she meant:

....someone smashed my mezuzah and I'm pretty sure they stole the scroll inside too.

I feel horrible. Not only that someone would smash my mezuzah intentionally and steal the klaf - probably to desecrate it - but also because I could've taken it down this last weekend. I thought about taking it down. I was there to pick up a misdelivered package. And I didn't get to it. I forgot to bring my hammer to pull up the nails.

[hindahoney]

(Also I know you're not supposed to have it on the bathroom door. When I say "every door" this excludes plsced they aren't supposed to go)

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

Since my previous post didn't turn up anything comprehensive like I was hoping for, I'm just going to do an informal writeup of advice on how to approach traditional Jewish observance with limited funds. I am not a rabbi or formal educator or anything official, nor is this in any way exhaustive. This is just based on my experiences as a 30ish year old adult who converted Conservative with no prior familial connections to Judaism and did so on a limited budget. I strive for traditional observance and would describe my practice as leaning more traditional egalitarian or Conservadox rather than what is most common for typical Conservative Jews in the US.

Okay? Okay.

Taking up traditional observance on a limited budget

So you're looking into traditional Jewish observance for the first time, either as a reclaimant, baal teshuva, or convert. One of the the first things you probably realized is that this lifestyle - especially the initial startup costs - is expensive. If, like me, you started reeling from the sticker shock but don't want to let that dissuade you out of stubbornness, commitment to Torah, or both, you're probably wondering where to go from here. Here is a list of things that you will need or want for an observant lifestyle that could cost money (some of this may be different based on your community and/or gender):

Ritual use (and practical use) items:

Mezuzot with a kosher klaf inside for each halachic doorway

Shabbat candles and candlesticks

Kiddush cup

Havdalah set

Challah cover

Tzedekah box

Tallit

Tefillin

Handwashing cup (and basin)

Tzniut clothing (this may be incredibly community specific) that is also practical

Tallit katan

A legitimate and covering rain coat

Walking shoes that you're not embarrassed to wear at shul (no really)

Kippot (and any other relevant head coverings, depending on your community)

**Replacing any kitchen utensils, appliances, and dishes that cannot be kashered if you're starting from scratch in keeping kosher, possibly ×2 or even ×3 depending on whether you intend to have a dual kitchen (or a meat, dairy, and pareve set of kitchen items)

Sukkah/building materials and decorations

Lulav & Etrog (these are plants; they are for ritual use but you will need to buy them each year obviously)

Menorah & Chanukah candles

Pesach dishes and kitchen utensils (noted separately because not everything is likely to be able to be kashered over for Pesach from year round) and any additional cleaning and covering items (so much tin foil lol)

Seforim (religious books)

Siddur

Bentcher(s)

Chumash

Tanakh

Practical halacha/practice guides and other basic reference books

Ongoing expenses:

Tzedekah (including special holiday giving such as mishloach manot and extra tzedekah for Purim or maot chitim for Pesach)

Shul membership fees

Kosher food is often more specialized and therefore more expensive, especially Pesach food

Wine or grape juice for Shabbat

Extra food if you're hosting people for Shabbat or potentially to bring to your host's home if you are invited over frequently

Specialized food for holidays (e.g., special fruit on Rosh Hashana, blintzes on Shavuot, brisket or matzah ball soup on Pesach, etc.)

Mikvah costs if you are married, menstruate (or have a spouse who does) and are shomer taharat mishpachat and/or if your community has a tradition of men using the mikvah before, e.g. Shabbat and holidays. Even if you don't need the mikvah for personal reasons, you will still need to pay a fee to immerse for conversion (if relevant) and to toivel any new kitchen items. You will also need bedika cloths for taharat mishpachat.

Housing in an area that allows you to walk to your shul, ideally within an eruv

Day school/Hebrew school if you have kids, and summer camp during the summers

Fees for certain classes and events; especially if you are a convert, you will likely need to pay for an Intro to Judaism course through your shul or at another local shul.

Other things that are extremely helpful, make observant life much easier and more pleasant, may help you fit into your community better, and/or enable more advanced participation, or are just nice to have:

Timers for electronics on Shabbat and Yom Tovim

Light switch covers for Shabbat

Hot water carafe for Shabbat/Yom Tovim

Plata or other type of warmer for Shabbat lunch and/or seudah shlishit

Specific laundry dealibobs (idk what they're actually called) for keeping your tzitzit in good condition

Shabbosdik watch

Shabbos key (especially if you live outside the eruv, but it's good to have for if the eruv goes down anyways)

Light box and/or thrip cloth for bug-checking produce

Bedikat chametz set

Purim costumes

If, like me, you owned exactly zero white clothes before now, you may want to invest in a white outfit for Yom Kippur &/or a kittel

Shofar (if you plan on contributing to your shul that way)

Etrog container and lulav transport bag

Machzor

Haggadot

Aramaic dictionaries for Talmud study

(Depending on the community) some amount of the Talmud

Commentaries

Tikkun

Talpiot

An extra bookshelf for all your Jewish books (not a joke)

Hebrew language classes and learning materials (which are extremely helpful in getting you integrated and up to speed)

This list doesn't even touch on things you might just want, like attractive judaica (hiddur mitzvah), jewelry, Jewish art and decor, etc.

(I also didn't touch on things that are part of major simchas such as bnei mitzvot or weddings, or travel to Israel, or studying in seminary, or other significant but highly specific expenditures that are unfortunately outside the scope of this one layperson's tumblr post)

Oy, that's a lot! This list (with a few exceptions) was generated by me going through everything I've had to invest in over time and ongoing expenses (or that I've had to find a workaround for), or things that are on my list for later when I have the funds.

I'm sure there's plenty I forgot. Where to even start?

Well, the first thing to note is that what I have took seven and a half years (and counting) to obtain, so don't expect to compile this all at once, and don't worry that you'll have to have all that money/resources marshaled up front. It will take time, and that's okay!

The other good news is that while some of this is nice to have, there's a lot that is not immediately (or ever) necessary for most/all folks to personally own, even if it is common for observant folks to own them.

A reality: Sometimes you're going to feel poor, and there will likely be a lot of people in your community who just, won't get it. Sometimes those people are in leadership. Yes this sucks and is sometimes really painful.

A counterbalance to that reality: A lot of people and communities are extremely generous and kind, even if they don't quite get it. Tzedekah is a huge mitzvah, and it is an added bonus for a lot of folks if that tzedakah goes toward enabling another Jew to observe more mitzvot. Hosting is also a major mitzvah. By accepting other people's help and being a guest at their Shabbos table, you are actually doing them a favor by giving them an opportunity to give tzedakah and host. Drill that into your head now, and early; don't be ashamed to ask for and receive help.

Now that I've laid all that out, some general advice. I will follow up later with specifics for each item from the above lists to the best of my ability in a later post.

Skip the judaica store for anything you can get at a thrift store. Candlesticks? Goodwill. B'samim jar? Find a cute container and throw some spices in there. Kiddush cup? Get a cute cup or wine glass at Target.

Start small, and take on one mitzvah at a time. It can be frustrating to have to wait, but it will help you pace yourself in reshaping your lifestyle, which is actually a very good thing. Also, before you take up a particular new mitzvah, learn deeply about it first so that you understand what is actually required, and what is customary (minhag) or stringency (chumra). You may not need the specialty pre-approved [read: more expensive] version of the thing if you know enough of what you're doing.

See if your shul, another nearby shul, or JCC ever has a community rummage sale. If so, check that out for secondhand menorahs, tallitot, siddurim, etc. (If not, consider suggesting that they do to leadership that organizes events or offer to organize it yourself if you're on that committee.) Also check out thrift stores and secondhand bookstores in particularly Jewish areas.

Talk to your rabbi about your needs. Your rabbi may have good suggestions that are specific to your area/community, may have discretionary funds to help, or may know folks who would be willing to pass on extra judaica they don't need.

Your shul may also have items you can borrow. I was able to, for example, borrow a machzor for the high holidays, and borrow a set of tefillin for nearly two years while I saved up for my own set. (And even then, the rabbi helped cover half of the cost from discretionary funds when I did purchase my own set, and was happy to do so.)

Honestly, just borrow whatever books you can until you can get your own. You can do this from your shul, your shul's library if they have one, or even the public library for reference books and certain commentaries. I would buy them in the following order: the siddur your shul uses, a chumash, a Tanakh, and then whatever else you're interested in. Sefaria.org is an incredible free online resource, but you'll want these for Shabbat and Yom Tovim sooner rather than later.

Talk to your rabbi or shul leadership about reduced membership fees, or join a shul that has a pay-what-you-can fee structure.

Look for classes that are free, have a sliding scale fee structure, or scholarships. If you're dead-set on a particular class and it doesn't advertise reduced fees or scholarships based on need, reach out to the organizers and ask. They might not have advertised it, but would be able to ask if someone would sponsor a student or give you ideas of other funds you could apply for.

Keep a wish list updated, and if friends or family are buying you birthday or holiday gifts, ask for important (and specific) items. I recommend an online registry so that you get the specific thing you need/want.

For specialty kosher food, see if your area has a kosher co-op so you can buy for bulk prices. (This is especially helpful for Pesach.)

These are general suggestions, but there's a lot more. Stay tuned!

[amodernjunecleaver]

To celebrate my conversion a dear friend gifted me with a mezuzah and klaf, the mezuzah matching my Shabbat candle sticks and the Kiddush cup he gave me for Hanukkah.

To say that I am touched would be a woeful, woeful understatement…

[silverjetsystm]

💔 BROKEN HEART — is there anyone in your life you wish you had a better relationship with? if so, how come? what makes this person important to you?

IN CHARACTER CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS. | Accepting

After two or so years of becoming itself, Mission continues to evolve in architectural defying structures. Outside office facade could not possibly contain long branched hallways, multiple floors stretching towards the star studded sickle shaped sky. Personal touches. Mezuzot sprout all at once, eclectic yet fitting for each doorpost; Jake made sure to get kosher klafs, proudly tucking them in many cases. How many? Enough! An espresso machine for the kitchen gleams across from the gas stove, cheerfully at home with the scuffed and pitted cherry kitchen table.

Nesting.

It’s this kitchen table Brunn and Marc finish up dinner. Beef Bourguignon, somehow successfully made by Marc mopped up by crusty and soft bread from a bakery. Couple bottles of wine and nonalcoholic offerings. Plenty of food for a fighter pilot and a vigilante.

“Frenchie always said ‘it is not difficult, Marc, it takes time,’” he drops in passable French accent. Cloth napkin wipes schmutz from his lips. Broad shoulders shift, self-effacing quirk to his smile. Weird, how he can be without cloth face in front of her. Not weird. Unexpected.

Then again, he was nothing without his friends. Brunn has a whole page in different categories – comrade in arms, former ??? lover, pilot. Fellow dead. He had seen her in a hundred different moods. Figuring out what they are now as it comes. Complicated, considering he kind of offered her a job and -

Slow is fast.

“Frenchie. Ah. Duchamp.” Jerk of his jaw to the dregs. “Gave our cook the recipe a long time ago.” Back when Frenchie lived with Marlene and Steven in the Long Island mansion. Back when Steven had staff.

“He was my old pilot. Best bird pilot I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.” Helicopters were a different category than jets. “Légion étrangère. Got done with that. Drifted into mercenary work. Where we met and…” History in hard brown eyes. That first death. “Turned over new leaves together. He’d fly the bird, I’d glide out, doing what I do best.” Spector and Duchamp. Two halves of one macabre Moon Kni.ght. Closer than brothers.

He wants her to know what happened to those who got too close to him. Air jockeys included.

“We’d go at it. Y’know how I am. He’d challenge me on making the work harder. Hypocrisy. I don’t use firearms but was alright with him having them. On not killing. Until I snapped. Went too far. Uh. He had multiple crashes. Leg injuries. Till one time too many and they were amputated.” He pokes his spoon. “After, we’d. We’d still work together from time to time. Be in each other’s lives. But it got too much. I was too much. He’s better off without me.”

@valkxrie

Marc isn't mentioning how Frenchie 100% had a crush on Marc but that's straight up canon. Marc didn't know until much, much later. Dense.

[challahbeloved]

she was really interested in smelling my mezuzah klaf

[carouselpony]

tagged by @elfgarlic to answer these silly questions :) thanks for thinking of me!! 🪻

favourite colour(s): moth dust pink, sage green, or wisteria

last song played: 'pagan poetry' - bjork

currently reading: Omg... a dusty old 1964 print of 'complete and unexpurgated kama sutra of vatsyanana: the long-suppressed oriental manual on the art and techniques of love' by franklin s. klaf, m.d. It's extremely dated and sexist & a fascinating read . I love finding old books on spirituality or psychosexuality and getting 500kW to the system in culture shock . Oh how much we've evolved....

currently craving: an amaretto sour with a benson & hedges

coffee or tea: green tea in the morning and jasmine milk tea throughout the day

tagging: @plasticine-deer @yveltal @lostcryptids @psychicpervert @8hlune @youreaclownnow @mortimer @vampfucker666 @virtua if you guys wanna! ^_^

[rememberwehadthestars]

I wanted to create a Mezuzah for Tim to have for his new house. Some might ask: What is a Mezuzah?

In the Jewish religion:

A mezuzah is a piece of parchment, known as a klaf, contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah.

Whenever passing through the doorway, many people touch a finger to the mezuzah as a way of showing respect to God. Many people also kiss their finger after touching it to the mezuzah.

I figured a CMBYN mezuzah would be perfect as both Elio and Oliver are also Jewish. Also The boys would get to see this every time they entered the house. 🥺 So Tim this is for you:

(I think Armie will like it too as his ancestors were also Jewish 💙)