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And now, we present the #WholeMegillah... @JewishTweets style!
Book of Esther, Chapter 1: Achashverosh hosts massive party. EVERYONE is invited. #WholeMegillah #Purim
Queen Vashti denies the king. Oooo she's in trouble. A new queen is sought. #WholeMegillah #Purim
In honor of #Purim, here's my thread of 2 yrs ago where I explain why I say <ym'sh> after Trump's name that doubles as a class about the book of #Esther
Actually I see that the thread is old and there's a broken link somewhere, so I will reprint it in tweets below. Again, this is from June 20, 2018:
1/ Thread: Thoughts abt. the #TrumpCrisis, 18 months of living in a proto-dystopia that followed the 2016 campaign:
When this started I tried to limit how often I used Trump's name; he loves his name sooo much (see: everything he owns) that I felt saying it was giving him a gift
When this started I tried to limit how often I used Trump's name; he loves his name sooo much (see: everything he owns) that I felt saying it was giving him a gift
THREAD: In honour of #Purim2020, some (reworked) thoughts on the big story of Benjamin…
…and its connection to the story of #Esther.
Below, a 19th cent. scroll from Iraq (cf. kedem-auctions.com),
w. blessings and curses to be read before and after in the 1st column.
…and its connection to the story of #Esther.
Below, a 19th cent. scroll from Iraq (cf. kedem-auctions.com),
w. blessings and curses to be read before and after in the 1st column.
BACKGROUND
Scripture isn’t a library; it’s a story—one of creation and redemption and more besides.
Intertwined within Scripture, however, are various sub-themes/stories,
which are typically defined by their intertextuality.
In the present note, we’ll consider Benjamin’s.
Scripture isn’t a library; it’s a story—one of creation and redemption and more besides.
Intertwined within Scripture, however, are various sub-themes/stories,
which are typically defined by their intertextuality.
In the present note, we’ll consider Benjamin’s.
The story of Benjamin unfolds against an enigmatic backdrop.
When Jacob first meets Rachel (Benjamin’s mother), he begins to weep (Gen. 29.11).
At first blush, his tears appear to be tears of joy.
Might they also, however, embody a deeper significance?
When Jacob first meets Rachel (Benjamin’s mother), he begins to weep (Gen. 29.11).
At first blush, his tears appear to be tears of joy.
Might they also, however, embody a deeper significance?
And now, we present the #WholeMegillah... @JewishTweets style!
Book of Esther, Chapter 1: Achashverosh hosts massive party. EVERYONE is invited. #WholeMegillah #Purim
Queen Vashti denies the king. Oooo she's in trouble. A new queen is sought. #WholeMegillah #Purim
On #Purim, as with every day, we must always ask ourselves, what does #God want of me in this place, at this time? Because there is always something God wants of us, and we don’t have to be anyone special to have a sacred task.
We can just be a #Jewish woman called #Esther, or a Jewish man called #Mordechai, and yet, somehow or another, our acts might have consequences that we cannot even begin to imagine.
Even though you may feel sometimes that this is a world or age in which there is 'hester panim', where you look for God and you can’t find Him, He is still saying to us "U’mi yodeia im l’et kazot higa’at lamalchut?", “Was it not for this moment that I placed you here on Earth?”
#PURIMLIMERICKS!
Chapter 1:
In #Persia, in days long ago
The king tossed 'em back like a pro.
But he wasn't amused
when Queen #Vashti refused,
so he opted to change status quo.
Chapter 1:
In #Persia, in days long ago
The king tossed 'em back like a pro.
But he wasn't amused
when Queen #Vashti refused,
so he opted to change status quo.
#PURIMLIMERICKS!
Chapter 2:
#Achashveirosh's anger was shed
and he thought, "It's about time I be wed."
Then just as was planned,
he took #Esther's hand --
though her or'gins she kept in her head.
Chapter 2:
#Achashveirosh's anger was shed
and he thought, "It's about time I be wed."
Then just as was planned,
he took #Esther's hand --
though her or'gins she kept in her head.
#PURIMLIMERICKS!
Chapter 3 (part 1):
The royal advisers just stared
when #Mordechai wasn't prepared
to bow to a man
whose Amalekite clan
had too often in mem'ry been spared.
Chapter 3 (part 1):
The royal advisers just stared
when #Mordechai wasn't prepared
to bow to a man
whose Amalekite clan
had too often in mem'ry been spared.
