I think she’s holding tractate יבמות (yivamot), i.e. one of the tractates from נשים (nashim: ladies).
(Source: themagneticquaker)
Edjewcation Part II
Here, Drake can be seen delivering an angry screed against Christendom; however, I want you to draw your attention to the gentleman behind him in the center.
He is pouring what appears to be Manischewitz into a red plastic cup. In Yiddish, “Manischewitz” means “the blood of our enemies,” with most historic evidence pointing towards the idea that the enemies in this case are goyim. It’s no wonder, then, that Manischewitz (or “Mani” and “literally the most disgusting wine in the world” as Jews call it according to regional dialect) was traditionally used at any occasion that celebrated Jewish supremacy over anyone who was not a light unto the nations. Although it should be noted that it is also consumed in exorbitant amounts during the brit milah, a Jewish ceremony during which the mohel (penis remover) cuts a baby’s foreskin for reasons known only to Jews. Some scholars suggest that the wine is drunk at such occasions to erase the guilt.
Some ways Manischewitz may be incorporated into Jewish speech:
Dude with bottle of Manischewitz: Hey Drake do you want to get trashed on really sweet wine until our vomit tastes like cake
Drake: Maybe later, put that Manischewitz on ice while I rap with Zionist imagery in the background
Accurate
Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: In 1988, Nicholas Winton’s wife revealed to the BBC his long-kept secret: He’d saved 669 children from the Nazis at the dawn of World War II through his organization of the Czech Kindertransport. (This clip is from a BBC program that honored the “British Schindler” by inviting some 80 of the children he saved to surprise him in the audience.) In all, more than 5,000 people owe their lives to Winton.
In the more than two decades since the media got wind of his humanitarian exploits, Winton has been knighted, had a minor planet named after him, been commemorated by two statues — one each in Prague and London — and been the subject of three films and a play.
Winton still wears a ring given to him by some of the children he saved. It is inscribed with a line from the Talmud, the book of Jewish law: “Save one life, save the world.” He celebrates his 103rd birthday this week.
[reddit]
uncontrollable sobbing.
“ In the famous Talmudic story of Hillel and the would-be convert, Hillel says to that man: what is hateful to you, do not do to others. (B.T. Shabbat 31)
We may ask why Hillel told the man the Golden Rule in these words. Why did he not use the words of the Torah, you shall love your neighbor as yourself?
It seems to me that Hillel responded as he did because he understood the spritual level of the man who came to him. The man was looking for easy answers; he was not ready for a challenge.
Hillel understood from this that the man was ready only for the ‘thou shalt not’ aspect of religion, which is the easiest part. The man was ready to refrain from doing evil deeds. He was ready to refrain from doing anything that would do direct harm to another human being.
The higher level of ‘love’ which is the essence of religion contains many obligations and responsibilities. These are expressed as ‘thou shalt’. Love your neighbor as yourself is a ‘thou shalt’ mitzvah, which requires the performance of many acts of tsedakah and hesed that go beyond refraining from murder and theft and other prohibitions.
Hillel wanted to bring this man under the wings of the Divine Presence, so he gave him only what he was ready for. But Hillel concluded: zil u’gmar - go and learn! Once the man had converted and learned much Torah he was ready to accept the multiple obligations which we call ‘the yoke of the Torah.’
We may ask why Hillel told the man the Golden Rule in these words. Why did he not use the words of the Torah, you shall love your neighbor as yourself?
It seems to me that Hillel responded as he did because he understood the spritual level of the man who came to him. The man was looking for easy answers; he was not ready for a challenge.
Hillel understood from this that the man was ready only for the ‘thou shalt not’ aspect of religion, which is the easiest part. The man was ready to refrain from doing evil deeds. He was ready to refrain from doing anything that would do direct harm to another human being.
The higher level of ‘love’ which is the essence of religion contains many obligations and responsibilities. These are expressed as ‘thou shalt’. Love your neighbor as yourself is a ‘thou shalt’ mitzvah, which requires the performance of many acts of tsedakah and hesed that go beyond refraining from murder and theft and other prohibitions.
Hillel wanted to bring this man under the wings of the Divine Presence, so he gave him only what he was ready for. But Hillel concluded: zil u’gmar - go and learn! Once the man had converted and learned much Torah he was ready to accept the multiple obligations which we call ‘the yoke of the Torah.’
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Hidushei HaRYM, grandfather of the Safat Emet (via svetlana-del-rey)
take note, frum mafia
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What?!
fuk yea
skaiansightseer asked: Wait, when you say "these guys" do you mean the people on the blog Jewish Atheist, Jewish Atheists in general, or just people in general who identify as jewish mainly culturally, and less so religiously?
I mean jewish people who ignore secular/cultural movements within the jewish community in favor of dawkinsy capital-a atheism and similar? like it is a phase a lot of us go through but if you haven’t grown out of it by the time you graduate high school maybe you should examine where you get your ideas about religion, secularism, and truth.
Have you ever experimented with other sects of Judaism, such as the Reconstructionists?Anonymous
The above question was directed at jewishatheist. they responded thus:
Nah.
I’m interested in finding out the reality about religion and god, and I don’t consider the other sects…
we at kibitzing firmly believe that these guys are just the secular/cultural answer to jews for jesus
Salt Shaker
Jewish, 19th century
edit: whoop I thought it looked like a havdalah spice container but I was too lazy/tired to make a note of it, however as Kibitzing friend Pell has pointed out it does say havdalah on it, so that is what it is. no salt!
“ My cousin Helen, who is in her 90s now, was in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. She and a bunch of the girls in the ghetto had to do sewing each day. And if you were found with a book, it was an automatic death penalty. She had gotten hold of a copy of ‘Gone With the Wind’, and she would take three or four hours out of her sleeping time each night to read. And then, during the hour or so when they were sewing the next day, she would tell them all the story. These girls were risking certain death for a story. And when she told me that story herself, it actually made what I do feel more important. Because giving people stories is not a luxury. It’s actually one of the things that you live and die for.
— Neil Gaiman (via jaynestown)
“New memoirs by transgender authors Kate Bornstein and Joy Ladin illustrate the power of religion to shape how people construct their identities”
(Source: fuckyeahgenderstudies)
