#HAFTARAH hashtag - Bluesky

3 months ago

Isaiah 66:24 speaks of those rebelling against God by continuing IGM — as both mutilating and mutilated — as dead because they don't live self-determined lives. The undying worm and the unquenched fire describe the state they perpetuate. #Haftarah #StopIGM 3/3

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A new haftarah for Yom Kippur morning For the last several years I’ve used different variations on the haftarah reading from Isaiah that we hear on Yom Kippur morning. I love this interweaving of Isaiah with Simon and Garfunkel, …

6 months ago

Sharing again for anyone who needs it: a new poem to use in place of, or accompanying, the #haftarah reading for #YomKippur morning from Isaiah demanding to know if this is the fast God desires. (Spoiler: it is not. God wants us to be ethical, dammit.)

velveteenrabbi.com/2025/09/30/a...

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A new haftarah for Yom Kippur morning For the last several years I’ve used different variations on the haftarah reading from Isaiah that we hear on Yom Kippur morning. I love this interweaving of Isaiah with Simon and Garfunkel, …

6 months ago

Because the thing to do, the day before Kol Nidre, is obviously to write a new version of the Yom Kippur morning #haftarah reading.

...So, yeah! New poem / reading to use on #YomKippur morning, available at Velveteen Rabbi! velveteenrabbi.com/2025/09/30/a...

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New Haftarah for Mideast Peace (Rosh Hashanah 5786) - Bayit: Building Jewish With the approaching new year’s sweetness, we taste the bitterness of suffering across the Mideast. What does this poignant Season of Meaning ask of us, and can we breathe new […]

6 months ago

For anyone who's still looking for a creative / alternative #haftarah for #RoshHashanah, this one by R. David Markus and me opens with a short poem that retells the story of Hannah and then links it to the Prayer of the Mothers by R. Tamar Elad-Applebaum and (1/)

yourbayit.org/hannah2025/

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New Haftarah for Mideast Peace (Rosh Hashanah 5786) - Bayit: Building Jewish With the approaching new year’s sweetness, we taste the bitterness of suffering across the Mideast. What does this poignant Season of Meaning ask of us, and can we breathe new […]

7 months ago

ICYMI: from R. David Markus and me at @bayit.bsky.social, a new #Haftarah for #RoshHashanah - a page of original poetry retelling the story of Hannah, followed by the Prayer of the Mothers by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum & Sheikha Ibtisam Maḥameed, all set in haftarah trope.
yourbayit.org/hannah2025/

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New haftarah for a new year …Here is a new telling of the story of Hannah, connected with the “Prayer of Mothers for Life and Peace,” written by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and Sheikha Ibtisam Maḥameed (and s…

7 months ago

New at Velveteen Rabbi: some backstory on how R. David and I came to create this new #haftarah for #RoshHashanah, and why it matters to me.

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7 months ago

My people went down to Egypt first; then the Assyrian oppressed them. ‘Now, what do I have here,’ says God. ‘My name is blasphemed without cease. Yet My people shall know My name - I am speaking: Here I am.’ (Isiah 52:4-6) #Haftarah 1/2

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7 months ago

“I will make your pinnacles of crystal and your gates of ruby, and all your boundaries of precious stones. And all your children shall be taught by the Eternal, and great shall be the peace of your children.
(Isaiah 54:12–13)” #Haftarah 1/2

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8 months ago

The ox knows its owner – for it was them who made it an ox. The donkey knows the manger of its master – that could be taken from it anytime. Both are not free.
But Israel knows nothing, my people do not understand – that they are loved and meant to be free. (Isiah 1:3) #Haftarah #StopIGM

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9 months ago

Not having taken a donkey, means not having performed male intersex genital mutilation, which is the main theme of Numbers 16.
The #haftarah shows 1. Samuel 12:3 with a similar expression, extended to not having taken an ox either, which is the metaphor for IGM-female.
#stopIGM

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1 year ago

Jauchzet, Tiefen der Erde! Jubelt, Berge und Wälder samt den Bäumen darin 44.23, ist das Lob der adulten intersex Scham. Darum ist für #Jesaja die intersex Verstümmelung ein Götzendienst 9-17. Und ausgerechnet Abraham soll damit gesündigt haben 43.27? Schwer zu verstehen 44.18. #Haftarah

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1 year ago

The house of Jacob, Israel, embodies the intersex ideal (Isaiah 27.6+29.23), whereas when it is murdered (27.7) or there is spoken of lies (27.15+17), the surgical sex assignment is meant.
#stopIGM #Haftarah 1/2

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Visual Mahzor - Bayit: Building Jewish

1 year ago

And before I close this tab and go focus on sermons, am linking to the Visual Mahzor that we published at @bayit.bsky.social - visual #art arising out of the #Torah and #haftarah readings for #RoshHashanah and #YomKippur across the denominations.

yourbayit.org/mahzor

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New Jonah - With Visual Mahzor Art - Bayit: Building Jewish This new rendering of Jonah for 5785 features a renewed telling of the story illuminated by art from Bayit’s Visual Mahzor, our new volume of artwork inspired by the Torah […]

1 year ago

New from @bayit.bsky.social: a retelling of the book of #Jonah, illuminated with artwork from the new Visual Mahzor we just released (featuring art inspired by the #Torah and #Haftarah readings for the #DaysOfAwe / #HighHolidays.) Click through to learn more:

yourbayit.org/new-jonah-wi...

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