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137.01/ Week one-hundred and thirty-seven, February 25-March 3, 2023, thread begins here.

Week 136 below.
137.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight has turned into watching a live #Mets game with the full booth of Gary, Keith, and Ron. Oh, how I missed this. I should've benched Shehechiyanu. #LGM
137.03/ For your reading pleasure: my wife, Dr. Rebecca Cypess', just published piece in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth about Ignatius Sancho, an Enlightenment era Black composer. Plus bonus @lizzo content!
earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/2…
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82.01/ Week eighty-two, February 5-11, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 81 below.
82.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues, an all-timer, a cornerstone of the nerd canon, one of the greatest cultural touchstones of comedy, "Monty Python's Holy Grail"
82.03/ OLP links for #Terumah (sorry it's late; technical difficulties):
5779 Sally Mayer blogs.timesofisrael.com/always-there/
5780 Tikva Blaukopf blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-tabernacle…
5781 Peta Jones Pellach blogs.timesofisrael.com/god-is-so-emot…
5782 (none; so here's JOFA's) Amy Newman blogs.timesofisrael.com/imaging-a-diff…
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33.01/ Week thirty-three, Feb. 27-March 5 2021, begins here.

Week thirty-two linked below
33.02/ #ReshetKeshet for #Tetzaveh: a good resource for understanding the laws of the priestly clothing (bigdei kahuna) is the Rambam. See Hilchot Klei Hamikdash, esp. chapters 8-10, in Rabbi Eliyahu Touger's exemplary translation below:
chabad.org/library/articl…
33.03/ I missed the entire discourse about the horrible National Anthem at CPORK? CPAWK? (whatever) but whoa just heard it. My wife just showed me this great attempt by pianist Brandon Ethridge (@brandonethridge) to accompany the roiling swamp of this song
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32.01/ Week thirty-two (Feb. 20-26) thread begins here. Week 31 - which was broken into three pieces like Gaul - is linked below:


32.02/ Well put. The key difference is whether they can treat people, any person, as having equal humanity no matter their abilities/background and not as a collection of specific identities.
32.03/ The GOP & 'conservatives' seem to lack empathy & an ability to imagine others having a different mindset from their own. They don't care about right vs wrong, only Us v. Them, so they assume we're the same. Their mentality is insulting but revealing
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Here's a thread from my #Tetzaveh essay. Full essay: 🇬🇧 bit.ly/38nUZIO / 🇮🇱 bit.ly/2TxqESI / 🇪🇸 bit.ly/2TAW3DH / 🇫🇷 bit.ly/2x2NutI / 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Edition bit.ly/2x5jFst / 🎧 Listen spoti.fi/33Npq9s. #ShabbatShalom Image
There is a place for aesthetics and the visual in the life of the spirit. In modern times, Rav Kook in particular looked forward to a renewal of Jewish art in the reborn land of Israel.
Hiddur mitzvah – bringing beauty to the fulfilment of a command – goes all the way back to the Mishkan. The vestments of the officiants and the Sanctuary/Temple itself were to have the glory and splendour that induced awe.
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Here is a thread from my Covenant & Conversation essay on #Tetzaveh called "Brothers: A Drama in Five Acts". You can read it in full here: bit.ly/2Idz6Eg & download the accompanying Family Edition here: bit.ly/2tkJ4tb. #ShabbatShalom Image
“Who is honoured?” asked Ben Zoma. “One who honours others.” Aaron honoured his younger brother Moses.
That is why Moses (not mentioned by name but by implication) is told in this week’s parsha, “Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him honour and splendour” (Exodus 28:2).
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