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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 15h

Looks like this image—meant for satire—is still in play:

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 3d

My Halakhic argument against the starvation of Gaza:

thelehrhaus.com/timely-thoug...

The Starvation of Gaza: A Halakhic Argument | The Lehrhaus

David Polsky explores a passage in the Sifrei that is key to articulating a Halakahic position on withholding food as a military tactic.

thelehrhaus.com

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 1d

www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_...

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

A very erudite and impressively well-cited Halakhic argument by @motownrabbi.bsky.social against the permissibility of starvation in Gaza as a legally or morally acceptable tool of war. Well worth reading. thelehrhaus.com/timely-thoug...

The Starvation of Gaza: A Halakhic Argument | The Lehrhaus

David Polsky explores a passage in the Sifrei that is key to articulating a Halakahic position on withholding food as a military tactic.

thelehrhaus.com

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 3d

My Halakhic argument against the starvation of Gaza:

thelehrhaus.com/timely-thoug...

The Starvation of Gaza: A Halakhic Argument | The Lehrhaus

David Polsky explores a passage in the Sifrei that is key to articulating a Halakahic position on withholding food as a military tactic.

thelehrhaus.com

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 6d

Not exactly the same thing, but, in pre-modern times, many assumed that it was necessary for conception. This is an old paper I wrote discussing this idea within the Talmud:

www.academia.edu/72475761/Fir...

First Come, Last Served: How the Talmudic Sages Connect Progeny to Female Orgasms

www.academia.edu

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 6d

Politics aside, the daily experiences of Orthodox Jews like myself parallel those of traditional Muslims much more so than those of Christians.

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 14d

“Bread is commonly consumed on Passover…”

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 14d

The tiny kernel of truth is the degree to which Halakhic thought parallels that of Shariah.

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 16d

Those people:

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 18d

נצח ישראל לא ישקר ולא ינחם

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 18d

Bibi:

a man is standing in front of a green screen and saying `` he 's a habitual line stepper '' .

ALT: a man is standing in front of a green screen and saying `` he 's a habitual line stepper '' .

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 20d

Techiyah? Hope you found it meaningful.

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 23d

I’d formulate it as obligation towards the Torah, but I completely understand if you and/or others disagree.

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 24d

I personally prefer the formulation of Rav Saadiah Gaon, that the only thing that unites Jews all over the world is the Torah.

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 24d

They did the thing

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 25d

(((Powerful people)))

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Rabbi Emily Cohen @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social · 25d

I am once again asking you, people of Bluesky, to please not try to make every single post by a Jew about Palestine.

What’s happening must be talked about. And is being talked about.

And Jews are entitled to engage in their Judaism in other ways as well.

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 26d

Don’t call it a comeback, they’ve been here for years!

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 28d

Everyone listening to me had a blast!

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · 28d

I’d like to toot my own horn and say that I blew Shofar pretty decently over Rosh Hashanah.

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · Sep 22

Maimonides on “wokeness”:

www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Tora...

Mishneh Torah, Repentance 3:4

Even though the sounding of the shofar on Rosh HaShanah is a decree, it contains an allusion. It is as if [the shofar's call] is saying:Wake up you sleepy ones...

www.sefaria.org

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · Sep 22

www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Tora...

Mishneh Torah, Repentance 3:4

Even though the sounding of the shofar on Rosh HaShanah is a decree, it contains an allusion. It is as if [the shofar's call] is saying:Wake up you sleepy ones...

www.sefaria.org

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · Sep 22

This source sheet presents the sources for why many have the custom to wear a new suit or eat a new fruit on the second night of Rosh Hashanah:

www.sefaria.org/sheets/79348...

Why do we Eat a New Fruit or Wear a New Suit on the Second Night of Rosh Hashanah? | Sefaria

www.sefaria.org

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Rabbi David Polsky @motownrabbi.bsky.social · Sep 22

This source sheet is on the idea of Shofar as both a cry and a wake up call:

www.sefaria.org/sheets/43316...

The Shofar: Cry and Wakeup Call | Sefaria

www.sefaria.org

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