#Torah

It's Bible Study Coffee Time!April 25, 2020Parshas Tazria-Metzora (Leprosy)LET'S GET GOING Primary reading: Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33Supplemental reading: II Kings 7:3 - 7:20https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/tazriametzora Here is a link to the Hebre
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Thread. 1/xSometimes people tell me they want to explore the possibility of conversion to Judaism, ask what their first steps should be. Some of this advice also work imho for
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Today I gave the invocation on the House floor.I prayed for love to guide our policy-making.A radical love for the oppressed, the hungry, the homeless, and the sick. #txlege “Holy
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Bible study discussion thread: covers Leviticus 25:1-7, the seventh year rest, also called the sabbath year and shmita, in view of a) farming and gardening standpoint, and b) shadow and
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This isn't the first Passover Jews will be celebrating during times of affliction and pain. What the wisdom of our ancestors can teach us about this moment. 1/x Thread. This
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Thinking about community.Wondering how much stable co-location is a requirement (online communities are hard to build a full social life around)Thinking about ways economic factors can fuck with co-location (e.g.
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Justice Work is Pastoral Care in PublicMy Sermon for tonight, Shabbat B’har-B’chukotai 57811/ The first time Ruth came to my rabbinic study, it was winter. I remember because as cold
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A baby is among 7 injured after car crashes into Mennonite horse and buggy. Stop riding horses on the road you antiquated animal abusers. Your religion is SOO not doing
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I want to disagree significantly with this thread, written by a dear former student. I hope that I can manage to convey disagreement on substance without rancor or personal animus.
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Korea's Hyundai & Kia car companies lost a 6,933 car cargo ship named #GoldenRay when it overturned in St. Simon's Sound, Georgia, leaving for Baltimore, MD. This happened 3 years
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A THREAD: For my brother @al__muhaajirun1. I see at least one person is able to have a civilised discussion without resorting to foul language. However, I see you have tagged
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Since people seem to be a little fuzzy sometimes about what Jews have been doing since, you know, the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, a
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Hello Tweeps! It seems quite a few of you are new followers these days. Welcome! Since we’re new to each other, here’s some stuff to know about me. A thread:1.I
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Isaiah 61 today. I’ll never be able to read it without turning to Luke 4. Jesus returns from the wilderness of temptation in the power of the Spirit (that’ll preach
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Let’s talk about The Last Jedi and The Bible. Yeah, really.Out of all the ongoing stories and multi-layered sagas that have been dreamt up in the last century, Star Wars
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This Shabbat is Shabbat HaGadol, "The Great Shabbat" - the Shabbat that comes right before Pesach. I read somewhere in rabbinical school that traditionally, this is the Shabbat where rabbis
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