#SVARA

[whatlieswithintheorchard]

Y’ALL!!!! IT’S HERE!!!!

The Trans Halakha Project seeks to curate existing and developing resources that have been created for trans Jews, by trans Jews and engage trans & non-binary people in the creation of specific rituals and blessings. This work is expressed below in Tefillat Trans: Blessings and Rituals for Trans Lives.

[my-jewish-life]

Just got this from SVARA! I'm so excited to learn!^^ ✡️

[mensministry]

"Ayurveda," Raga Svara, Rajkot, India

Shanmugam Associates

[junkjounral]

June 14, 2023

ואהבת לרעך כמוך

V'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha, Love your neighbor as yourself

Under the read more are translations and transliterations for all the Hebrew, and more info abt this journal entry.

In the center: V'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha, Love your neighbor as yourself.

Top left: Sh'mirat halashon, Guarding one's use of language

Bottom left: Shalom bayit, Peace in the home

In the apple: B'tzelem elohim, In G-d's image

Bottom right: Al tifrosh min hatzibur, Do not separate yourself from the community

Middle right: Kavod, respect

Top right: Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh, All Israel is responsible for one another.

I normally don't give any explanations of my journal entries when I post them, even the ones that were v special and meaningful to me, bc i want ppl to bring whatever they have to it (or just have fun looking at stuff on the internet!). but this is one i thought long and hard abt posting at all, and i decided that if i was going to then i'd like ppl to know what it means for me even if they see smth else when they look at it. going into every little detail would be overkill, but i'll give the highlights.

i'm a trans jewish person who is hella involved at my shul, helping organize events, starting new initiatives, and being in various leadership roles. i have been openly trans there for a number of years now (basically since i first discovered it myself). important to the story, though, is i haven't taken part in any sort of medical transition yet. someone else trans and jewish who has also been at my shul many years is leaving bc of harassment they've faced since coming out and transitioning. a lot of ppl have come outta the woodwork to make their disapproval known and to just be disrespectful overall, and i think i no longer have a place in that community.

so, while making this journal entry i was thinking about intersections btwn judaism, community, transness, and transformation/change. and grief i'm feeling at this loss. and irony abt this all coming to a head during pride month. how are our jewish values being neglected, and where are they present? what does it mean for me to be jewish as a queer person? what does it mean for me to be jewish if i'm leaving this community? where am i going to go? what if i don't go to a diff shul and only engage w community elsewhere? what ramifications does that have for my practice?

it was a lot of wrestling. and i'm gonna continue to wrestle.

[ofpd]

anyway. stream geshmak to be a yid

[gay-edwardian]

I have had the chorus of Sång Till Görel stuck in my head for the past half hour.

It’s lovely and catchy, but so upbeat and I am trying to sleep.

Those damned Swedes-

[linguenuvolose]

Ny nivå svarade på ett sms från en månad sen idag :,) EN MÅNAD! Från min fd handledare lmao han gjorde inget fel inte hans fel att jag blir knas med sånna här grejer och nu är jag stressad att han kommer säga herre gud Ida du är hopplös

[roboromantic]

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[shinkaishoujo103]

GOOD HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEI MIYAMA MORNING🎉

[astrologersandilya]

Astrologer Sandilya is well known Hindu astrologer who has made lots of the people to come out from the troubles. He has made it aware to every person even who were no idea of how astrology is working for them.

[garden-ghoul]

oh yeah my review of new synagogue project services: batya levine was there lmao. uh so there were a Lot of niggunim and we didn't make it more than 2 lines into any of the introductory songs but the rest of the service was perfectly respectable. personally I find that tzedek chicago has a lot more joie de vivre even on yom kippur, but as ray pointed out at least nsp services do not contain any bluegrass

[princessleiaqueen]

hii annu i love you so much girl 🤍 puss på dig 😚💋

love you too sanna 🩷🩷🩷 mycket kärlek 😚😚😚😚

[saintedbythestorm]

Fyyyy faaaan för furuvik... fyyyy faaan.

[ofpd]

In the wake of the May 2, 2022 SCOTUS leak concerning Roe v. Wade, I felt an initial urge to study up on what Jewish wisdom or law has to say about abortion. I have studied this issue somewhat in the past and certainly have read many personal essays from my rabbi friends on the topic, so I kind of knew what I’d find. But then I stopped and considered, what the Jewish tradition has to say about abortion is what the Jewish tradition has to say about any topic, in some way. For the Jewish tradition is not just the final conclusion, but the process of democratic and intuitive decision making in and of itself.

[melodiark]

I wish i could jump into your mind and make you see all the good things in your life

about yourself