The Call That is Answered by #Presence. New blog post. #ShabbatShalom #Shemot #mazeldon #Hineni #mindfulness #exodus http://bit.ly/3Zs0uSq

#parsha #shemot can teach us #queer people when is the time to raise our individual voices together.

So #Rambam’s explanation is the simplest one. But it is something I can relate to living in #Asia. I can’t even bring myself to imagine setting foot into a (Buddhist or Shinto) temple in #Japan while wearing my shoes!

#parsha #shemot

Why did God make Moses remove his sandals? “Thus the entire site became holy and therefore the wearing of sandals was forbidden. A similar case is found in Joshua. Likewise, the priests ministered in the Sanctuary only while barefoot.”
#parsha #shemot

https://www.sefaria.org/Ramban_on_Exodus.3.5.2

I’ve basically done everything on my list except for the blog post draft. But I’ve an urge to read this week’s #parsha, #shemot, so I’m doing that and then will see how I feel.

Why did Pharaoh want to kill the male Israelite children? Rashi says:

“He was particular only about the male children because his astrologers had told him that there was to be born to a Hebrew woman a son who would become their deliverer (Exodus Rabbah 1:18).”

https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Exodus.1.16.3