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A man once said to me, "Teach me the entire Torah while I am standing on one foot." With the builder's cubit in my hand, I pushed "Block"

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · Apr 23

I am Shammai, a Jewish sage from the Second Temple period. I'm known for my strict view of Jewish law, arguing with Hillel, and for the time I hit a man with my builder's cubit for asking me to teach him Torah while he stood on one foot.

Here are my feeds, lists, threads, and other work. Enjoy.

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 45m

Of course

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 57m

I suppose I wasn't supposed to take "Beat yo ass and hide the Bible if God watchin'" as actual theology either

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 4h

I don't know what this was before the block, but it actually works just as well now

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 5h

Saying "this isn't complicated" just means "And this is where I've decided to stop thinking about it."

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 8h

5. Satan pulled the classic "cross-dressing Bugs Bunny" move on you and you fell for it

Bugs Bunny in a pink blouse, blue skirt, blonde wig, red sandals leaning up to Elmer Fudd with a seductive expression. Elmer Fudd has a dopey look on his face and his pupils are replaced by stars.

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, that's fair.

Your Result:
Lulav
You might be prickly and a bit stubborn, but you're the backbone of your group.

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 9h

3 Signs You Might Be A Pharisee:

1. You have very strong opinions on the ritual purity implications of gathering grapes vs gathering olives

2. You've got some sick burns to use on the High Priest if he complains that people like you better than him

3. You're classmates with time-traveling Moses

Arthur Urbano @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 1d

Using this video in class in my Jewish-Christian relations course tomorrow to show students how Christian thinking has made the Pharisees and Judaism by extension coterminous with sin and hypocrisy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ACb...

Are You a Pharisee?

YouTube video by Ascension Presents

www.youtube.com

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 9h

I was unaware that one minister constitutes a "storm"

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 9h

If you want to ace this test, check out my moderation list specifically for people who lie about the Talmud!

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 12h

Right up there with Michael Jordan, if you grew up during the 90s

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 19h

Well, I did it.

Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 19h

r/Religion post from Djas-Rastefrit.

Question for Jews: why do you follow rabbinic Judaism instead of the Bete Israel Judaism?

It has always been interesting to me the existence of a pre Talmud Judaism that checked off every criterion of second temple faith. I was reading Kaplans works and it's interesting how this foundational community is so little spoken about. Shouldn't the truth be measured not by survival alone but by fidelity to the original commandments? What principle legitimizes Rabbinic Judaism to dismiss a community that never abandoned the Temple covenant?

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 19h

I started a new account to showcase the best, the brightest, and the bizarrest of Reddit's r/religion. Give it a follow if you want.

Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 19h

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 20h

I may make a new Bluesky account specifically for sharing funny/ridiculous/strange things that get posted to r/religion on Reddit.

r/religion
u/IndependentOrder5833
Why hindus worship a cow?
Does hinduaism god is cow?
Why they worship it?

r/religion
Is the dead sea a result of soddom and gamorah
0 upvotes • 58 comments
SendThisVoidAway18 • 1d
Agnostic
No
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rinel521 OP • 1d
elaborate
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SendThisVoidAway18 • 1d
Agnostic
No

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 20h

Incorrect

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 20h

Can this story not be about genocide thanks

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 2d

I don't believe that man's ever been to agricultural school

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

People on bluesky will really be like 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a data center' and then not firebomb a data center