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[yourhavruta]

Hey, it has been a while, hasn't it?

I'm doing a school work on Kalonymus ben(/bat) Kalonymus. More specifically about a section from their book Even Bohan. The section is called "the perks of woman's destiny" {מה טוב גורלה של אישה}

If you know this text and have some interesting takes, I would like to hear them.

[yourhavruta]

אמן.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים:

[yourhavruta]

Well we are, but we're not counted as Asians and our culture is nothing alike, so it is culture blending.

So I was walking in Jerusalem with my friend earlier today and we found this at an Asian food store:

I find it hilarious that it didn't have a kosher tag on it.

[yourhavruta]

Wait I didn't know that! I mean it WAS and the indian isle, but idk I thought it was pasts.

So thank you! It looks yumm

So I was walking in Jerusalem with my friend earlier today and we found this at an Asian food store:

I find it hilarious that it didn't have a kosher tag on it.

[yourhavruta]

So I was walking in Jerusalem with my friend earlier today and we found this at an Asian food store:

I find it hilarious that it didn't have a kosher tag on it.

[yourhavruta]

How do they celebrate ANY Holyday, tbh?

Hanukkah starts today, what exactly are they celebrating?? Do they not play with driedles??

genuine question like I'm being so serious how do anti-zionist jews celebrate pesach . do they just skip over the parts about israel in the haggadah or something

[yourhavruta]

I think maybe the person who asked the question mixed some things up.

The megillah tells us nothing about children or women being killed by the jews, there for - it didn't happen.

It sounds like I'm biased, but my conclusion is very simple:

"וְכׇל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה תׇקְפּוֹ֙ וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ וּפָרָשַׁת֙ גְּדֻלַּ֣ת מׇרְדֳּכַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר גִּדְּל֖וֹ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֙פֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔ים לְמַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃" {אסתר, פסוק ב' פרק י'}

"All his mighty and powerful acts, and a full account of the greatness to which the king advanced Mordecai, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Media and Persia." {Translation from - Sefaria}

Esther is the only text in the Tanakh that has documents in other regions' texts. Not only that, but we actually KNOW about all this because of the records of Persia.

If the Jewish people were murdering children and women that day, I'm sure the Persians would've recorded that in their texts.

What I think this person is confused by, is what happened in Parashat Zakhor.

hey quick question, how is purim a celebration of survival if its literally the day jews massacred tens of thousands of persians including women and CHILDREN? and its literally in the torah too like huh

https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-megillat-esther-massacre

starting off with some context first.

the story of purim isn’t in the torah just to be clear. what you visited is a website called the torah. i also found it odd that i personally didn’t know about this website and researched it a bit to find that it’s known for its controversial takes and reframing of jewish stories. so take it with a pinch of salt.

what the article talks about is the revenge the jews took on haman that is an element that happened in the story of purim but megillat esther is like an hour long and a lot happens in that story. i personally think the story is about mordechai and esther’s bravery, and to remember the day that haman decided would be the day to exterminate all jews and then it didn’t work out for him so the jews survived.

jews are famous for disagreeing with each other on many things but i’d think the general opinion of purim is similar in that “this was the day they were gonna kill us and they didn’t so let’s get drunk!” as a whole. of course religion is up to interpretation and discussion and understanding in all different ways.

in my opinion it’s a celebration of our survival but if you’re interested in more information i can give you a run down of the megilla

[yourhavruta]

I want to add that "name (ben/bat) name" is common in Jewish orthodox communities, and sometimes a surname already have "ben" in it from times when it was more used (Example: Ben-Nun).

Another difference between Orthodox jews (Hasidim/Charedim/Dosim) and religious/semi-secular/secular jews is that in the more orthodox communities, is is more common to actually use the middle names.

It will be "Ruth Miryam come down for dinner" or "Binyamin Noah please clean your room", while in the other communities, only the first name will be used.

I have a middle name, but no one ever used this name.

Another thing is that the tradition of middle names is different between Ashkenazis to other Edot (I'm not sure if Sephardic and Mizrahi share the same tradition on this topic, and unfortunately I also don't know the Beta Israel naming tradition):

When discussing naming your kids after a family members, Ashkenazis would name their kids after family member who passed away to honour them; while Sephardic/Mizrahis would name their kids after a family member who is still alive to honour them.

This is because Ashkenazis believes that naming a kid after an alive person would make a confusion in heaven between the older person and the kid which will lead to the death of the child in a young age.

On the other hand, Sephardics/Mizrahis believe that naming the kid after a dead family member would "curse" the child in a similar death ti whom they are named after (pls correct me if I'm wrong about this).

For example: before My sister was born, my great grandma was really sick and my family knew she didn't have a lot of time left. My parents thought she won't be alive to the time of my sister's birth, and they had in mind the idea of giving her name to my sister as her middle name. But when my sisters was born, my great grandma was still alive, and even though they all knew she won't be alive for long, they still didn't name my sister after her.

My GG passed away a couple of weeks after my sister was born. The one who got her name as her middle name was my cousin, who is one year younger than my sister.

I'm not Jewish, but I thought I knew how Hebrew names worked in Judaism, but I don't think I do 😅. Shocker I know, the non-Jewish person doesn't know something about Judaism. I thought it was just "First Name" (A Hebrew name) then Ben/Bat "Mother's Name" (or sometimes both the Mother and Father's name) (or "Sarah/ Avraham" for converts).

When receiving (being born Jewish) or picking (if someone is converting) a Hebrew name, does the person get two names? A first and middle/not sure what it's called?

For example, In your Hebrew name headcanon post, both Pietro and Wanda have different 2nd names? As in, their Hebrew name ends(?)in Chaim and Chava. Peretz Chaim and Mazal Chava. What is that 2nd name? A middle name of sorts?

I did try to check your previous posts and look up answers beforehand, but I must have missed it or just didn't understand. If you have covered this before, apologies in advance.

Some of the sources I looked at beforehand:

https://www.kveller.com/article/jewish-baby-naming-rules/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/choosing-a-hebrew-name/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-conversion-lineage/

Yes, you were entirely correct in what you thought about Jewish naming. The second names in my post are middle names. Middle names are pretty common in Jews, I myself actually have two middle names!

[yourhavruta]

STOP THIS IS SO FUNNY

Jewish culture Is being told by your Friends that you dont look jewish cuz you dont have Blue eyes and blonde hair.

☠️the level of ignorance!!!!

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The fact that technically Jews didn't even kill Jesus, the Romans did.

can't believe I really just came across someone saying "nono, the JEWS didn't kill jesus, the ZIONISTS killed jesus."

I'm literally laughing. This is histeric. It almost makes it hard to see these antisemites as a serious threat. Almost.

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"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning." - {"אם אשכחך ירושלים, תשכח ימיני"}

Be'ezrat HaShem - with the help of HaShem {בעזרת השם}

E'm Yirtze HaShem - if HaShem would want/ HaShem 's will {אם ירצה השם}

It is not that Jews are a more superstitious people I think, it's just that we have a really strong cultural taboo against expressing optimism, and an even stronger one against expressing certainty.

[yourhavruta]

A friendly reminder to Am Yisrael: there has never been a political leader that has been the cause of Jewish success. No government has ever single-handedly saved the Jews. It has always been up to us to take care of Am Yisrael. Our miracles are our miracles. We are the reason we have survived and thrived. Please vote but don’t ever think that our security can be guaranteed by anyone but the tribe.

[yourhavruta]

Never seen something more accurate then this post.

Jewish culture is arguing with the hebrew academy

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[yourhavruta]

I feel like David is a bad rep for Bisexuality. Does he like men? Maybe, I personally don't think he does, but either way he has really bad morals in all things related to sex and sexuality.

Since Hoshana Raba is the day David HaMelech is the Ushpiz, I think we should declare Hoshana Raba for the Jewish bisexuals

So, happy Jewish bisexual day!!

[yourhavruta]

Very interesting post.

Can you explain the Jewish sidekicks post?

So. We all know (I hope) that Jews invented the superhero comic book medium. One of the most famous sidekick-hero duo, Batman and Robin, was created by Jews (Bill Finger and Bob Kane), as was Captain America and Bucky (Jack Kirby and Joe Simon). Sidekicks have become a staple of the superhero genre (although unfortunately in modern comics they've been in decline).

In Jewish storytelling and theology, the idea of the lone hero is a foreign one. All of the most notable Jewish heroes in Tanakh did not act alone- Avraham had Eliezer. Moshe had his brother Aharon to act as his interpretor, Yehoshua to act as his right-hand man and apprentice, Aharon and Chur to hold his hands up in the battle with Amalek, and when leading the Jewish people alone became too taxing for Moshe, he set up a system of delegates to ease his load on his father-in-law Yitro's advice. Eliyahu had Elisha. Devorah had Barak. While the relationship types between these people varied from siblings to master-and-apprentice to a married couple, the running theme is that all these great leaders had assistance.

In fact, for Noach, while he was considered a righteous man in his time, one of his main criticisms is that he acted alone, that he didn't make enough of an effort to reach out to others. In the very beginning of the Torah, G-d says "It is not good for Man (humans) to be alone, I will make him a counterpart" (Bereishit 2:18).

The idea of a lone hero getting all the credit and responsibility is present in various European mythologies, and subsequently Christian theology with Jesus as the singular Messiah and saviour. In contrast, while the idea of Mashiach is bit more fluid in Jewish theology, even Mashiach is thought to not act alone, with two counterparts to Mashiach, a Mashiach ben David and a Mashiach ben Yosef being recognized, as well as Eliyahu HaNavi to usher in Mashiach. This also intersects with Jewish ideals of masculinity contrasting with Western ideals. The ideal Jewish man is not characterized by brute strength and the lone wolf persona, but rather by a gentle, intellectual man with close bonds and loyalty to his family and community. (I highly recommend reading the essay by Jonathan Sexton in Chapter 5 of 'Jews in Popular Science Fiction' for more about superheroes and Jewish masculinity, especially with regards to Batman).

Sadly, there has been a noted decline in the popularity of and depiction of sidekicks in superhero media, which coincides with the increasing erasure of Judaism and Jewish influence in the field. Sidekicks are integral to the superhero medium, and it's a shame more people don't recognize their significance.

[yourhavruta]

A preface/preparation for my next post -

Feel free to comment if you have anything to add to your answer:)

[yourhavruta]

I screenshot this rather then reblogged this from the original post it was connected to because I wish to respect the person who this ask was sent to boundaries.

I have to ask @asexualautistic how do expect to enter our community wanting to join our family and not understand the deep and meaningful ties that we as a 4,000 year old people have with our Homeland.

Not understand just how many of our Holidays are intertwined with the land itself. That when we pray we pray in the direction of Jerusalem.

That there is a famous poetic line that we often say, "my body is in the west and my heart is in the east." This was written by the Sephardic 12th Century poet Yehuda Halevi יהודה הלוי, who is consider one of greatest Jewish poets.

To have such a fundamental lack understanding about us as people and our connection to where we come from and our long held desire to return there. A desire we have always held even when we in chains weeping on shores by the river of Babylon.

Every Pesach we end the Seder by saying Next Year in Jerusalem L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשָלָיִם and we say the same to end every Yom Kippur.

The land was named with the same name as us before we ever entered Diaspora.

So come into our homes and our places of worship and then accuse us of Genocide is just not just high handed, but it is cruel and lacking decency.

We are a people who survived multiple Genocides and to accuse of supporting Genocide is just I really find myself at a loss for words.

We are people who hold life to be so precious, to be so important, to be so valued that we are obligated to forsake 610 of the 613 mitzvot.

So to take us as a whole, as a group, as a people and to just make such a judgement call, to have such a lack of understanding about us, and to not understand the reality of what is even going on in the region, what makes something a Genocide, have understanding, compassion, or empathy for the great pain and trauma that Jews are under going right now, and just so much more.

And you want in to our family.

Forgive me if I find myself with hair on the back of neck standing up, forgive me for I find myself saying not like this, we can not open the door not like this.