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Abby Stein

@AbbyChavaStein

Jan 15,

If you plan on using us, using our Jewish community, to justify Islamophobic and racists rants over the next few hours and days:

DO not. Just don't.

You are not helping us. You are not fighting antisemitism.

We get through this together. Not by dividing us.

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Abby Stein

@AbbyChavaStein

Dec 31, 2021

Tradition (Hasidic) has it that for a special Shabbat we make an extra kugel.

So, here I am, for the first time ever, making Onion Kugel from scratch (dough and filling).

Shabbat Shalom - Git #Shabbos, and #HappyNewYear 🥮🎉

#שבתשלום 💕

After baking!

And the taste is truly an Oneg Shabbos (pleasure of Shabbat)!

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Abby Stein

@AbbyChavaStein

Dec 30, 2021

#NewYears is on Shabbos - aka, as Jews we have rich traditions on how to celebrate at home.

One of the most beautiful parts of Jewish year-cycle rituals and celebrations, is the "do at home" parts.

This year, let's #StayHome and put it to use celebrating New Year's as well 🎉

Some traditions to put to use:

- if you can, prepare foods that "set the mood" for you. Whether historically traditional, or just traditional for you.

- set the table. Traditionally on Shabbat that means a white tablecloth, candles, etc. Use what sets the table for you.
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- structure the meal. If that helps (it does me) start the meal with some reflections or song (religious, spiritual, or secular). And wrap up with something similar.

- dress up! My favorite part of every Shabbos. Wherever I am, the power of dressing up can't be overstated.

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Abby Stein

@AbbyChavaStein

Dec 2, 2021

Never going to forget this:

When I was doing my post-Rabbinical ordination in a Hasidic school, there was a woman who was told SHE IS REQUIRED by Jewish law to have a 3rd trimester abortion/induce labor (with almost no chance of fetus survival).

Many states now outlaw it.

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The husband got really upset, and didn't wanna go through with it (sadly, he had that control), till we asked the Rebbe (my former community's Supreme Leader).

He and the Rabbi (I was shadowing at the time) went to ask the Rebbe.

The Rebbe's response: if the doctors say >

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> there is even a chance of danger to the mom, "it's a Mitzvah (good deed) to do it."

The husband tried to say that there is also a chance they will both survive.
The Rebbe just repeated himself. It's a Mitzvah.

Yup, that's right. One of the most radical, strict >

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Abby Stein

@AbbyChavaStein

Dec 1, 2021

@TheRaDR

Let's talk about cheese latkes, #Chanukah, and powerful women ✊

Cheese latkes are a traditional Ashkenazi #Hanukkah dish that combines two holiday foods, oil and cheese.

While the cheese might be less known, it has IMO a far cooler story: Judith.

(See @TheRaDR thread below).

The story of Judith, a mythological tale from the Book of Judith, a book of the Biblical Apocrypha (my favorite part of the Bible, in some ways), is the story of a Jewish woman heroine.

A woman who uses her power to sacrifice, seduce, help her community, and destroy patriarchy >

> literally.

She befriends an evil general who is out to kill - and rape.
Serves him some salty cheese 🧀
He gets thirsty.
She offers him wine to quench his sleep 🍷
He gets drunk, the drunkest he has ever been.
She cuts his head off.
And places it HER FOOD BAG!

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Abby Stein

@AbbyChavaStein

Nov 28, 2021

I hate all the "#Chanukah is just a minor holiday" and "historically #Hanukkah wasn't a big deal holiday" talk.

Hasidic Jews, and others following Kabbalistic teachings, have made a huge deal out of it for centuries.

Big enough to call it (Day 8) a High Holidays extension!

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I get that we hate the comparisons to Kratzmach (the Yiddish nickname for Christmas), and the commercialization of #Hanukka. Yes, it's not one of the 3 biblical festivals, but after that, it's undoubtedly the biggest holiday - albeit in many ways even bigger.

Some details:

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- #Chanukah is seen as in some ways even higher than "big" holidays, exactly because it's weekdays. It makes it's spiritual/cultural significance even better.

- the food: latkes, donuts, oil food, festive meals, etc. predate commercialization.

- gifts, in form of money >

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