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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 · 11m

I was unaware that one minister constitutes a "storm"

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 13m

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

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3h

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

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 9h

Well, I did it.

Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 9h

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 · 9h

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 10h

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 · 11h

Incorrect

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 2d

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

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

If you see this post, a random photo (or meme) from your photo gallery without explaining it.

A pop-up from Twitter. It says:

Most people on Twitter don't send Tweets like this.

We're asking people to review replies with potentially harmful or offensive language.
Want to take another look before Tweeting?

The highlighted post is from Rabbi Elazar,
@Elazar b Shimon. It says:

Look at this worthless person, he's so ugly. Is everyone from his town that ugly?

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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 3d

Chag Sukkot Sameach to Robert Alter fans! (iykyk)

An altoid box that says “mere breath”
“Curiously existential”

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

You do know all the worst people

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not here to enable your Islamophobia 📏

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

It says that they're created in the image of God, and if they're righteous they merit a place in the World to Come

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

I can't decide between a Genie joke or a Rita Repulsa joke

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

No thanks, I've already got one, you see

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

No, those are the ones who have been blowing the animal horns

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

- Michael Scott

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

In all seriousness, this is true but that's what's so flagrantly hype about all this. They're comparing "AI actors" to real actors when they should be comparing them to CGI. But then anyone could see how they'd be a strictly worse product than CGI for consumers.

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, that makes sense. So then why would anyone continue to use AI actors now that we have invented CGI technology?

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

Pictured: an AI actress

A still of Bo Peep from Toy Story (1995) making eyes at Woody.

Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

What is the difference between "AI actors" and CGI? Or is this the same as when they claimed to have invented "autonomous bodega boxes" and it was just vending machines?

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

These protesters are getting out of hand, now they're building little huts and shaking branches in a threatening manner

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 3d

Poyim versus

An edited picture of a Pikachu, wearing a black hat and with a beard so as to look like an Orthodox Jew. It's captioned "Pika-Jew."

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