Arachne · @Arachne
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Huh. This is something I did not know (but then, I am not a Talmudic scholar) The Talmud recognizes 8 genders. myjewishlearning.com/article/t

-binary

#halachah #jewish #queer #non

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FairYouSee · @fairyousee
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If after the search for Chametz, you leave the Chametz out overnight, and in the morning, you find that some of it is missing, with cat bite marks on it, can one take the precedent of pesachib 10b and assume that the cats didn't scatter any of the Chametz, or so I have to research the kitchen?

#mazeldon #halachah

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James M. Branum יעקב מתתיהו · @jmb
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cnn.com/2023/03/22/world/ramad

Delightfully fascinating article that discussed the religious aspects of space travel by Muslims, Jews and Christians.

#islam #judaism #christianity #mazeldon #ramadan #halachah

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James M. Branum יעקב מתתיהו · @jmb
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sheepchase · @sheepchase
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This is my .

“During the same period when the Church Fathers were drawing a razor-sharp distinction between correct doctrine and heresy, while taking a Paulinian, antinomian vote about matters of law, the Rabbis were defining with the utmost precision what constitutes correct action, while permitting virtually unrestricted freedom of speculation in theology.”

- Rayner, 1998, Jewish Religious Law: A Progressive Perspective, p. 29

#shabbatreading #judaism #halachah #aggadah #mazeldon #babka

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