1/ Welcome to the Cypess Weekly Thread Index Thread.
I implemented the long thread concept in July 2020 in order to have an easy system to access my weekly writing.
Week 1, July 18-24 2020, 10 posts:
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2/ Week 2, July 25-31 2020, 14 posts:
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3/ Week 3, July 25-31 2020, 13 posts:
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4/ Week 4, August 8-14 2020, 33 posts:
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5/ Week 5, August 15-21 2020, 34 posts:
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6/ Week 6, August 22-28 2020, 28 posts:
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7/ Week 7, August 29-Septemeber 4, 2020, 26 posts:
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8/ Week 8, September 5-11, 2020, 43 posts:
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9/ Week 9, September 12-18 2020, 43 posts:
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10/ Week 10, September 20-25 2020, 2 parts
part 1) 49 posts:
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part 2) 43 posts:
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11/ Week 11, September 26-October 2 2020 (containing Yom Kippur), in 2 parts:
part 1) 31 posts:
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part 2) 42 posts:
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12/ Week 12, October 4-9 2020, in 2 parts:
part 1) 36 posts: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1372201…
part 2) 37 posts:
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13a/ Week 13, October 11-16 2020, in 70 posts:
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13b/ While this started only for the 'week' compilations, I will add the mini-threads that I write during the week (hoping that I haven't made this so difficult that I won't be able to sustain it).
Oct 12, 2020, 4 posts:
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13c/ Oct 14, 2020, 13 posts:
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13d/ Oct 16, 2020, 9 posts:
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14/ Week 14, October 17-23, 2020 begins here. 37 posts:
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14b/ October 21, 2020. 5 posts.
Topic: boost Blue confidence
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14c/ October 21, 2020. 15 posts.
Topic: Toobin
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15/ Week 15, October 24-30, 2020. 66 posts:
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16/ Week 16, Oct. 31-Nov. 6 2020. 5 separate threads reconstructed:
(Original, if you're into that) threadreaderapp.com/thread/1322897…
16a/ The 5 threads above are
part 1: 23 posts
part 2: 21 posts
part 3: 31 posts
part 4: 35 posts
part 5: 73 posts (sigh. yeah, I know)
16b/ #PowerIsPeople Thread, 19 posts:
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16c/ An election prediction thread from the morning of Nov. 3, 2020.
10 Posts.
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16d/ Thread of mid-election-week singleton comments.
18 Posts.
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17a/ Week 17 Thread, Nov. 7-13, 2021.
83 Posts.
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17b/ How I spent the post-election Shabbat.
12 Posts.
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17c/ Why I put up lawn signs despite - or because of - my identity and role as an Orthodox rabbi.
13 Posts.
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17d/ Why drawing conclusions of 'what America wants/is' from the election is a fool's errand.
7 Posts.
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17e/ #Steelers thread. It was fun while it lasted.
13 Posts.
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17f/ Thread about the legal gambits by the GOP to overturn the election.
9 Posts.
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17g/ Two points about the historic implications of electing Biden-Harris and repudiating Trumpism
12 Posts.
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18/ Week 18, November 14-20, 2020.
30 Posts.
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18b/ Thanksgiving, Purim and the Pandemic.
15 Posts.
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19/ Week 19, November 21-27 2020.
16 Posts.
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19b/ Thread about the corrosive effect of turning a blind eye to cheating in every arena, especially sports and politics.
11 Posts.
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19c/ #ReshetKeshet Torah thread on Parshat Toledot, answering "why did Isaac intend to bless Esau?"
12 Posts.
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20/ Week 20, November 28-December 4, 2020, thread.
27 Posts.
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21/ Week 21, December 5-11, 2020, thread.
17 Posts.
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21b/ #ReshetKeshet. Thread about my attitude - in my roles/identity as a rabbi, medical-ethicist, and American citizen - towards abortion. AKA, the debate between forced-birth vs. anti-forced-birth.
17 Posts.
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22/ Week 22, December 12-18, 2020, thread.
38 Posts.
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23/ Week 23, December 19-25, 2020, thread.
23 Posts (how 'bout that)
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23b/ #ReshetKeshet. Thread about why I've avoided the easiest money available for someone with multiple graduate degrees: 'conservative' think-tanks. TL;DR: they exist to place a patina of philosophy on cruelty & greed.
8 Posts.
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23c/ #ReshetKeshet thread about how I teach #Midrash and what are my red lines: cruelty & avoda-zara.
23 Posts.
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23d/ #ReshetKeshet thread about memory in Jewish cultural practice that demonstrates history isn't written by the 'winners' if we put effort into recording atrocities.
14 Posts.
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24/ Week 24, December 26-January 1, 2021, thread.
24 Posts (second time in a row that's happened)
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25/ Week 25, January 2-8, 2021, thread.
85 Posts (breaking the trend). This was #insurrection week, so that makes sense.
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25b/ #ReshetKeshet, thread about the staggering number of Modern Orthodox leaders who passed away over that past year.
12 Posts.
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26/ Week 26, January 9-15, 2020, thread.
112 Posts.
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26b/ #ReshetKeshet thread about #Literalist thinking (a subject I've invented, sorry) which inevitably ended up with a Dvar Torah on Va'era (that week's parsha)
27 Posts.
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26c/ #ReshetKeshet, this thread connects with the previous & is about free-will, determinism, the role of the leader in both (and how God interacts with the world).
16 Posts.
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26d/ Thread about understanding Trump (ym'sh) as a direct line from Ronald Reagan, that we reached the nadir gutter of destroying the government set-up by FDR & JFK.
18 Posts.
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27/ Week 27, January 16-22, 2021, thread.
95 Posts.
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27b/ #ReshetKeshet thread about the importance of civil rights to proper Modern Orthodox Torah ethics in honor of #MLKDAY
8 Posts.
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27c/ Thread about Q*non, collating things I'd been reading and found informative/useful.
10 Posts.
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28/ Week 28, January 23-29, 2021, thread.
40 Posts.
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28b/ Personal thread about a living a year in quarantine.
8 Posts.
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28c/ Mini-thread with a collection of good commentary from around Twitter that I couldn't comment on but wanted to share.
5 Posts.
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29/ Week 29, Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2021, Thread.
42 Posts.
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29b/ #ReshetKeshet on parshat Beshalach, specifically analyzing the word "chamushim." I think I have pshat on the parsha, and that's exciting.
7 Posts.
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29c/ Thread trying to answer the question whether the RedHats were always crazy-evil or did they get worse over time. "Radicalized" in the parlance.
6 Posts.
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29d/ Second #ReshetKeshet on Beshalach, this about combat exoskeletons and taking Midrash literally.
12 Posts.
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30/ Week 30, Feb. 6-12, 2021, Thread.
16 Posts.
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31/ Week 31, Feb. 13-19, 2021, Thread in 3 parts:
p1. 57 posts
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p2. 52 posts
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p3. 12 posts
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31b/ Thread about the moral philosophy behind feeling grim joy at the death of Rush Limbaugh. #ReshetKeshet elements.
17 Posts.
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32/ Week thirty-two, Feb. 20-26, 2021, thread.
45 Posts.
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32b/ A growing thread of the #ReshetKeshet threads. This is the style right now, in the Cypessverse. It's ever growing, kein yirbu.
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32c/ #ReshetKeshet on Halakhic advice for ADHD & hearing the #Purim #Megillah
14 Posts.
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33/ Week 33, Feb. 27-March 5 2021, thread.
15 Posts.
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34/ Week 34, March 6-12, 2021, thread.
27 Posts.
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34b/ Thread about the anti-McCarthy movie "High Noon"
19 Posts.
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34c/ Thread about 'realistic' superhero movies and my issues with delving too seriously into what can't escape from being fascist fantasies.
19 Posts.
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34d/ #ReshetKeshet for parshat Ki-Tisa about why a golden calf was chosen for the idol.
34 Posts.
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34e/ An annotated bibliography style thread, that I hope to expand, of women on Twitter that I read every week.
23 Posts (and counting)
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35/ Week 35, March 13-19 2021, thread.
51 Posts.
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35b/ Thread about the movie "IQ (1994)"
6 Posts.
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36/ Week 36, March 20-26, 2021, Thread.
26 Posts.
Threaded here:
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Begins here:
37/ Week 37, March 29-April 2, 2021, Thread.
36 Posts.
Threaded here:
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And posted here:
37b/ #ReshetKeshet for the Disability Shulchan Arukh, about seder food issues
11 Posts.
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38/ Week 38 thread, April 4-9, 2021, below.
22 Posts.
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39/ Week 39 thread, April 10-16 2021, below.
35 Posts.
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39b/ Thread of my alt-text for a useful comic panel about the paradox of intolerance.
7 Posts
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39c/ Thread about how police violence became culturally acceptable via mass media.
14 Posts.
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39d/ Thread of a conversation I had with two others about Jews and trees. Really.
10 Posts.
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40/ Week 40, April 17-23 2021, below.
18 Posts.
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41/ Week 41, April 24-31 2021, below.
27 Posts.
Unroll: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1386367…
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41b/ Thread about the value of (higher) education and teachers who are constantly learning (as opposed to 'textbooks')
15 Posts.
Unroll:
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42/ Week 42, May 1-7 2021, thread below.
32 Posts.
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43/ Week 43, May 8-14 2021, thread below.
24 Posts.
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44a/ Week 44, May 15-21, thread below
30 Posts.
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44b/ #ReshetKeshet about the difference between Fear of Sin vs. Fear of God and how it applies to following the letter vs. the spirit of rules.
45 Posts.
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44c/ Thread about journalism, anthropology and bias
35 Posts:
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45/ Week 45 Thread, May 22-28 2021.
43 Posts.
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45b/ re: News bias about the Arab-Israeli conflict.
24 Posts.
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45c/ The difficulty of being anti-Zionist without being antisemitic.
22 Posts.
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45d/ re: The dangers of using one part of a marginalized/disempowered community against another part.
24 posts.
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45e/ Another follow-up on the media bias about the Arab-Israeli conflict.
7 Posts.
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46/ Week 46, May 29-June 4 2021, thread.
52 Posts.
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47/ Week 47, June 5-11 2021, thread.
44 Posts.
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47b/ #ArtWar thread. I've been told this can be useful for #ADHD and associated neurodiversities. #adhdtwitter
24 Posts.
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48/ Week 48, June 12-18, 2021, thread.
56 Posts.
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49/ Week 49, June 19-25, 2021, thread.
18 Posts.
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49b/ Reminiscence about Shabbat #Balak 5778 (2018). #ReshetKeshet.
15 Posts.
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50/ Week 50, June 26-July 2, 2021, thread.
36 Posts.
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50b/ #ReshetKeshet thread about medical halakhah and the nature of tacit, subconscious, leadership.
11 Posts.
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51/ Week 51, July 3-9, 2021, thread.
35 Posts.
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52/ Week 52, July 10-16, 2021, thread.
36 Posts.
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53/ Week 53, July 17-23, 2021, thread.
38 Posts.
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53b/ #ReshetKeshet. Thread about the 9th of Av and why it's immediate relevance. Written on the day itself.
11 Posts.
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53c/ #ReshetKeshet. About why rabbis don't make emergency enactments permanent and the paradox of temporary permissibility.
17 Posts.
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54/ Week 54, July 24-30, 2021, thread.
30 Posts.
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54b/ #ReshetKeshet. About recent topics in masekhet Sukkah and something I call a "Skipper Sugya"
8 Posts.
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55/ Week 55, July 31-Aug. 6, 2021, thread.
47 Posts.
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55b/ Advice from others about how to prepare your living space for enduring the devastation of a COVID infection.
8 Posts.
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56/ Week 56, Aug. 7-13, 2021, thread.
45 Posts.
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56b/ Thread about #leadership from a #TorahUMadda perspective. #ReshetKeshet
29 Posts.
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57/ Week 57, Aug. 14-20, thread.
36 Posts.
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57b/ I'm trying be thorough and compile old threads. This is from May 24, 2017.
20 Posts.
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Plus this postscript:
57c/ Another old thread, from June 14, 2017. An early discussion of #Literalist thinking. (In the 140 char. era!)
7 Posts.
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57d/ #ReshetKeshet. About how "no justice, no peace" fits into a #Torah framework, connected to the #GeorgeFloyd-civil rights protests. June 2, 2020.
4 Posts.
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57e/ From July 9, 2020, about the breakdown of the rule of law led by the Roberts SCOTUS.
9 Posts.
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57f/ #ReshetKeshet, July 30 2020-9av 5780, about injustice with a focus on the infamous Talmudic character of Zekharya ben Avkolas, his identity & what he represents.
46 Posts.
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57g/ From May 19, 2020, about the "Emperor's New Clothes" & the #TrumpCrisis
8 Posts.
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57h/ I haven't updated this in way too long - and this is likely getting too long - so I will start a new thread with the threads starting from the now auspicious number 58.
57i/ @threadreaderapp please unroll.
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