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He/his. PhD social scientist & Orthodox (former) pulpit Rabbi. We're all in this together. I'm also on yksb. #AmYisraelChai #Steelers #Mets

Mar 19, 2023, 25 tweets

140.01/ Week one-hundred and forty, March 18-24, 2023 thread begins here.

Week 139 below.

140.02/ This is pretty crazy. My school spirit is rising ;)

140.03/ All the cowardly bluster aside, a *botched* indictment would embolden TFG's supporters. Which is why, in my estimation, it has taken so long to bring one. It needs to be airtight and damning.

140.04/ Big #Passover product news: there's kitniyot-free KFP Heinz ketchup (see picture below). Purchased this morning at the Shop Rite in East Brunswick, NJ.

140.04b/ On the other hand, in extremely not kosher news, the same store is offering a free ham. For you porcine-fressers out there, what on earth does this mean? Is it not well made?

140.05/ Some other discoveries in the #KosherForPassover stocks:
(1) an bucket sized gefilte fish can (pen in picture for scale)
(2) jar of ready made charoset
(3) and something called Ketchup flavored Diddles. It's a potato snack. Pre-ketchup'd for our convenience?

140.06/ Twitter's bonkers deadline to stop using texting for 2FA is tonight so if you're like me and have been putting it off, I found this article helpful (I gifted this WP for everyone, hopefully it works).
wapo.st/3JP9wTU

140.07/ In the #WBC, right now, is a combination of the World Series (literally) and an All-Star Game. Ohtani pitching against Jeff McNeil, Mookie Betts, and Mike Trout. WOW

140.08/ Swinging strikeout to win the game for Japan: Ohtani vs. Trout. This was good sports.

140.09/ It really felt like a movie script.

140.10/ Finally found an answer to a recurring weirdness: my laptop acting as if the shift key were on when it wasn't. I fixed it by pressing both shift keys at once.
windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/window…

140.11/ Stirring thread about an act of chesed-shel-emet - the highest level of generosity & compassion - and a look into the pathways of life even amid terrible tragedy.

140.12/ For those who've seen the jello picture

This is the background:
politico.com/news/magazine/…

(And it's a good sign that the antipathy to Sinema is intramural and all-abiding.)

140.13/ This is just ten kinds of stupid and completely expected from Apartheid Clyde. He is singlehandedly making the case for anti-capitalists for decades to come.

140.14a/ I've been dutifully trying to vote in this bracket even though (a) I'm finding my taste doesn't align with the bulk of other fans of the show & (b) I don't seem to know the official titles of the episodes.

140.14b/ So, for your sake and mine:
Treehouse of Horror 5 has (1) The Shinning (2) the time-travel Homer & (3) the eating Uter story
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse…
Bart the Murderer is when he becomes a go-fer for the local mob (like early "Goodfellas")
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_the_…

140.15/ I'm not sure who or what"Torn" is.


Anyway, my response:

140.16/ (Explanation: the Talmud says that Adar is a month of favorable judgement because of the miracle of Purim)

140.17/ As usual I lost this vote

But my comment was recognized by many as adding value:

And here's the clip with audio:

140.18/ Re: the World Baseball Classic final showdown of LAA pitcher/slugger Ohtani vs. LAA slugger Trout:

140.19/ #ChochmatNashim for #Vayikra 5783
@ChochmatNashim

Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women on the parsha and other weekly Torah.
drive.google.com/file/d/1q6ZcC6…

140.20/ There was a great interview with Showalter who, IIRC, agrees with Sam here. Buck recommended no clock after the 7th.

140.21/ I see other people are Pesach cleaning


[reposting]

140.22/ #NachasAlert: my 16yo & a friend decided to learn the entire masechet Moed Katan while on their bus rides home from high school and they made a siyum yesterday. We found out the night before when he asked for a white shirt. The lad is a mysterious masmid.

140.23/ Shabbos is nigh, so until next week. Stay safe everyone & #ShabbatShalom!

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