Wait till I ask you to beta read the sequel...

Broken Faith - Ben Yehuda Press The small Catskills town of Red River is rocked when the dynamic young heir to the local rabbinic dynasty is found murdered in the synagogue his family split from.

They said "write what you know" so I wrote about synagogue politics, the Catskills, and murder.

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What?
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Your child is, as always, wise beyond her years.

I know the feeling, I do.

And yes your facial hair game is strong.

I had a "roadshow" tech event yesterday, which would have been a heter to shave... but I was going as a buyer not a seller. So I just groomed

@thedevilspanties.com need a computer or did you already get one?

Parshat Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: Arayos as Torah Ethics of Power - Luchins We act like the Torah is naming something we would rather not discuss, and so we rush through it as quickly as possible. But the Torah is not uncomfortable. The Torah is not whispering. The Torah is n...

I"ntimacy without boundaries is not intimacy: it is access. And access, in the hands of the powerful, becomes entitlement."

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Parshat Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: Arayos as Torah Ethics of Power - Luchins We act like the Torah is naming something we would rather not discuss, and so we rush through it as quickly as possible. But the Torah is not uncomfortable. The Torah is not whispering. The Torah is n...

This week's Torah Portion features the infamous "clobber verses". My bshert does not shy away from them:

"The Torah is not whispering. The Torah is not blushing. The Torah names what we would prefer to leave in the shadows."

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This week's Torah Portion is Acharei-Kedoshim, most infamous for the verses of forbidden relationships.

I'll be sending out my bshert's article tomorrow, and when I say it is one of the strongest things she's written. I am not messing around.

Let me know if you want to be added to her email list.

Took a sick day but still cooking for #shabbat with help from very helpful son

Pre-seasoned slow braised brisket, seasoned roasted cauliflower, and the star of the show? Fried chicken made using a seasoned meal made from leftover hand matzah from Pesach!

Soughdough Laffa. Experiment!!!

I figure @damnyouwillis.bsky.social may actually know this: Do we ever see Fort Maximus transform in the #IDW comics?

New Passover sandwich just dropped.

The newspaper that publishes my bshert’s articles just hand delivered a fan letter.

I had to explain “RAM futures” to some yesterday and it took him a bit but now they get that it’s about Commodities not Real World value.

It's tulips all over again. Always.

AH. The company was sold to vulture capitalists at the start of the month.

Well, glad I got my shoe order in.

Shoe company pivots to AI compute in sign of a totally normal and healthy economy The shoe company Allbirds is pivoting to AI compute. The name is even changing to NewBird AI.

WTF, Allbirds?

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"The company plans on getting rid of any eco-friendly branding, with stockholders being asked to approve a charter amendment proposal to "remove references to the company being operated for the environmental conservation public benefit.""

Oh, she knows exactly what she is doing

Sometimes I have to fight the urge to end a message to a client with "nachon?"

It's literally Ivrit for "understand?" but colloquially it's more like "Can you not FUDGING READ?!"

When the Self Loses Its Edges: Reading Tazria–Metzora Without Moral Panic - Luchins The metzora becomes a moral cautionary tale, a tidy narrative about the consequences of misused speech. It is a neat reading, but it is almost entirely insufficient.

"We hear “tzaraas” and the familiar associations arrive: impurity, gossip, punishment, exile. The metzora becomes a moral cautionary tale, a tidy narrative about the consequences of misused speech. It is a neat reading, but it is almost entirely insufficient."

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#parsha #torah

“How’s your anxiety in the current political climate?”

“So um, I’ve been doing the ‘name 5/4/3/2/1 things’ exercise like a grade schooler practicing the Mah Nishatana for the Seder”

“So not great then!”

Don’t give CUFI a pass please. Their Death Cult wants this so badly.

Thank you!

I’m thinking of going back to the ones on the site and adding footnotes explaining the Jewish “inside” info

Me: ***posts that local ShopRite has Kosher for Passover Soda in stock***

Random Person: Soda is Number One (#1) on the "List Of Foods That Kill People"

Me: Cool. Anything that shortens my life is a good thing.

Like, did I ask you?!

Every week, I post my bshert's articles on #Torah, Philosophy, and Leadership. I also send them as a newsletter. If you'd like to be added to that newsletter, please let me know.

It is for SURE not easy. Both my bshert and I have chronic health issues, and sometimes we feel the waters pressing in. Thankfully we do have each other to lean on. I hope you find someone who will do this for you.

PSA: if you’re trying to find Passover Coke/Pepsi, ShopRite in Nutley, NJ still has OODLES in stock

Aurora later snuck upstairs and and gave me a look of “she’s finally asleep, I’m gonna have some ‘me time’. Don’t anyone’s wake her up!”

Junebug took over kitten duties for her.

Aurora the husky was a bit annoyed that Freya, the itty bitty kitty, is sleeping on “her” couch. But she’s also guarding her. Freya meanwhile, reached over and “held” Aurora.

Walking Through the Sea: The Second Half of Pesach and the Courage to Hold the Key - Luchins The sea never splits until you’re in so deep you can feel it pressing against your breath.

Most of us, at some point, have lived a version of that moment. There are seasons in all of our lives when we find ourselves standing exactly there: suspended between what was and what will be, caught in the narrow place between fear and necessity.
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