Thread by @JoshuaCypess

31.97b/ The third section of this week's thread starts here.

Part one is here:

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1360973726414700544

Part two here:

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1361764472755531776

31.98/ #Parsha thought: is there any two parshiyot where there's a more jarring transition in topic and tone than between #Mishpatim and #Terumah? The whole Torah changes, even. From a set of stories and comprehensible laws to: Architecture! Gold weirdness!

31.99/ Just found out that Dr. Meir Tamari z'l passed away Jan 20, 2021. Just so many leaders in Modern Orthodoxy are being lost this past year.

See: baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-deta…

Also:
besr.org
torah.org/series/shem-me…
myjewishlearning.com/topics/dr-meir…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Tama…

31.100/ What I appreciate about this story - aside from the mind-blowing concept we'd finally have a woman run such a major combat command - is that DOD knew as a clear fact Trump (ym'sh) would of course destroy careers to maintain white male supremacy
nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/…

31.101/ The Andrew Cuomo scandals remind me how Democratic elected officials in very blue-states & cities may not really be liberal. They need D in their title to get elected and so they learn to mouth the words but they can govern as badly as any Republican (cf Tulsi Gabbard)

31.102/ My first exposure to British election insanity came from Monty Python (as seen here: ) not realizing that the parody was not entirely far from the reality as this 1984 BBC clip shows

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1361680229769469952?s=20

31.103/ Halakha reminder abt. Zakhor & what to do if you can't hear it from a Sefer Torah & minyan:
a) Read it at home from a chumash
ph.yhb.org.il/en/05-14-06/
b) and/or wait for Shabbat Ki Teitzei
c) Note, if it's too dangerous for shul & you can't do 1 or 2, you're likely patur

31.104/ OK, some #parsha griping. It's an error to permanently associate a specific parsha with a common Mo'ed (holiday or other significant time of year). So many divrei Torah for Zakhor are bonded to Tetzaveh. Except (a) it's Vayikra in a leap year & (b) This year it's Terumah!

31.105/ It's a bit antiquated that we have politicians swear an oath when the entire GOP - in their vendetta against democracy, diversity & the Constitution - has demonstrated they have no concern in violating oaths or have any honor to actually protect. It's a flaw in the system

31.106a/ I wish I had more time to paste to twitter the Dvar Torah I developed last year about the real meaning of the "Tachash" skins in the Mishkan but there's no time. And I can always give it for Vayakhel.

Quick answer: it's a (magical) bovine variant.

31.106b/ See TB Shabbat 28b:
sefaria.org/Shabbat.28b.7?…

Conclusion: The tachash is the same cow that Adam HaRishon brought, which means the outward appearance of the mishkan is that of the very first korban (sacrifice)

31.107/ As it is, it's time to finish preparation for Shabbas. So #ShabbatShalom everyone. Sending brachot to all those in distress, especially those poor people in Texas.

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