The interesting thing, to me, is that circumcising baby boys was seen as a way to protect them from evil spirits (blood in general is seen as a prophylactic against evil in the ancient world), so here’s Tzipporah using the same ritual as a way to protect her husband from God, as...
there’s a prayer or a lesson from the Talmud to help you through it and to acknowledge that this is life and every moment of it, however painful, has value. It’s like a complex piece of music, where each note matters: each pause, each cacophony, each harmony, each predictable scale...
My favorite meme so far this year said, “2017 sucked but at least it had a spring.” AND MY GOD. Have truer words ever been spoken? I was starting to get spoiled thinking New Jersey was no longer going to have long, horrendous winters, but we were so wrong. Winter started late and...
being asked if she is indeed african american. it is the look of a cover blown. at first, as i watched dolezal’s story rise from meme to morning show, i wasn’t completely sure what to think, or particularly sure how much i cared; there are, obviously, a host of more crucial issu...
I likeMean Girlsa lot! It’s a fun and pleasant movie to think about, and has a lot of memorable moments. I’m happy it has stayed alive in internet culture. (I really like Jamie Loftus’s takehere.) My sensibility can run fairly dark, so I’m not surprised I had this idea w...
So, first of all, don’t wrong the stranger. Don’t do anything to the stranger/sojourner that would be abhorrent to you, like making them into your slave, or stealing from them, or hurting or killing them. Basically, recognize that the laws of good behavior are not nullified in your...
Don’t do anything to the stranger/sojourner that would be abhorrent to you, like making them into your slave, or stealing from them, or hurting or killing them. Basically, recognize that the laws of good behavior are not nullified in your interactions with the stranger as if they are ...