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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ

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Whovian, Trekker, general geek. Culture Vulture (esp classical music, opera). Choral Singer. Veggie. Political Leftie. Sweet Jewish Person. She/her. Bookkeeper - business account @timeoffbooks.bsky.social

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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · Oct 13

I am a Jew, an American, a music lover, and a nerd, and I unconditionally denounce all violence against innocent people whoever and wherever they are. The Hebrew in my Bluesky name means 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 9h

SHABBAT SHALOM!

a bunch of bread is wrapped in a blue and white cloth next to two lit candles

Alt: a challah loaf is wrapped in a blue and white cloth next to two lit blue candles

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RabbiRaps @rabbiraps.bsky.social · 12h

You don’t have to hustle for every blessing. Shabbat brings them right to your door. Light the candles and receive.

#BlessingsFlow #ShabbatShalom #SacredStillness

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 11h

Shabbat shalom from me and from this handsome gentleman who was released by our 6th graders today. (He is chilling here on the ofrenda created by our Newcomers class…)
May you, too, have a place and time to rest.

A bright orange and black Monarch butterfly with white spots rests on a bouquet of bright orange marigold flowers

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 10h

May we rage when we must and rest when we can.
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.

The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.

Shabbat Shalom ❤️

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Jewish Language Project @jewishlanguageproj.bsky.social · 10h

This weekend we are saying Shabbat shalom and hoping for shalom - for peace. 🕊

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Rachel FigueroAAAH! 👻💀 🎃 @jewyorican.bsky.social · 9h

Shabbat Shalom darlings may we all know peace soon

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Zohran is IN A FUCKING TREE HOUSE. WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

Pictures via @abbystein.bsky.social.

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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 19h

I’m finally sharing the (unpublished) column that led directly to my firing as a columnist at the Minnesota @startribune.com.

Read it here:

angeladenker.substack.com/p/the-column...

The column that got me fired

A Special Edition of News with Nuance ...

angeladenker.substack.com

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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 9h

How good was your sense of smell when you were a kid? The hadass and the etrog must be what paradise smells like.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 15h

Ah Gitten Moied from Omaha, Nebraska!

One of the traditional reasons given for the ritual of the Lulav and Etrog, is that it brings joy. When I first heard it as a child, I was skeptical. I still don't understand why, but it surely gives me joy 🌴🍋

א גוטן מועד • מועדים לשמחה, חגים וזמנים לששון!

Photo holding the "4 species" of the Lulav (a big palm tree branch), the Hadassim (Myrtle branches, 9 in this photo), and 2 willow branches, tied together. Plus an Etrog (Citron), greener than usual. Held next to a bug windows overlooking the street, while wearing a tallit.

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THE Notorious R.A.V., Jewish Connectivity @thenotoriousrav.bsky.social · 11h

Going into Shabbat with hope for the release of the Israeli hostages and for a break from the war that has lasted so long and taken so many lives in Israel and Gaza. This holds the possibility of a larger more lasting peace. May it be so

a person holding a red heart in their hands with hebrew writing on it

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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 10h

Pumpernickel Everything? Where?

Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 10h

Apparently, some members of my synagogue are getting phishing emails from scammers pretending to be the rabbis.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

You know how there’s been this big push towards encouraging older people to do puzzles, cognitive games, and to learn new things to keep them from succumbing to dementia?

Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture

SteveIsDamaged @steveisdamages.bsky.social · 1d

Cognition is like strength. Use is required to not just gain, but maintain. The more thinking and cognitive work we offload, the duller we become as a result.

It's like deciding you'll use a mobility scooter without need and then figuring out a year later that you can no longer walk.

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FLU SHOT ACQUIRED!

*Doesn't hurt as much as it usually does.

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Rabbi Emily Cohen @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social · 12h

Text here: morethanfourquestions.beehiiv.com/p/question-2...

Question 22: How do we live knowing we will die?

On encountering death on Yom Kippur so we can live fully the rest of the year

morethanfourquestions.beehiiv.com

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Rabbi Emily Cohen @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social · 12h

This is much less controversial than my Kol Nidre drash, but sharing my Yom Kippur sermon anyway. On living fully knowing that we're going to die.

The Most Important Dress Rehearsal - Yom Kippur 2025/5786

YouTube video by Rabbi Emily Cohen

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jun 23

My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.

Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago

Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 17h

Seeing a lot of folks being shocked by this but this is just a training agreement. Mountain Home is a major F-15 base & the Qatari air force just bought a bunch. This is pretty common, Norway & the UAE both have facilities in AZ for flight training.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Anne 🩵🩷🤍 [נעמי יעל] @tranniehathaway.bsky.social · Nov 30

I remember a tweet in like December 2016 from a Trump supporter who said something along the lines of "i know trump's not the antichrist because not enough people like him" and i think about that a lot.

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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 13h

Is he OK? I remember he had a urinary blockage a few months ago.

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 22h

This made me so happy

Screenshot of Claire's last skeet with one from the Frog and Toad bot underneath of Frog saying "don't be silly"

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Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 14h

Thread.

Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 14h

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)

Peter Davison, a fair-skinned blond man, as the fifth Doctor, circa 1982.

Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 14h

Same for tomorrow night's LA SONNAMBULA. Plenty of seats left in the orchestra.

I should point out there's a 20% discount for lottery losers.

Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 2d

Going to the Met tomorrow night to see Turandot!

Pissed that I didn't win the $25 Orchestra seat lottery considering there are LOTS of seats left in the Orchestra. It's not like they're going to sell $7,500 worth of seats by tomorrow night; they could still make money on the lottery.

Juicy Cake Of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 14h

{HUGS} May her memory be a blessing.