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Feb 28 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
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Feb 22
1. Time for another Twitter shiur / class!

Today's topic: Hell in Judaism
2. One sentiment that comes up a *lot* on Twitter is that Jews don't believe in Hell or Judaism doesn't believe in Hell.
3. There's an important distinction between these two statements in that the former refers to the beliefs of people while the latter refers to dogma.

As any member of the clergy will confirm, what people believe does not always correlate with what dogma demands.
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Dec 23, 2021
1. Time for a Twitter class / shiur!

Today's topic: Equal to the Entire Torah
2. Many people are familiar with the oft-cited Talmudic dictum of Hillel, "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor." What makes this statement so impactful is the next statement, "This is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary."
3. Hillel's equating of the Golden Rule (in the negative formulation) with the entire Torah has led many people to conclude that this principle is of supreme dogmatic importance in Judaism, perhaps even overriding any and all other considerations.
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Nov 8, 2021
Lev Tahor has been known for a while, though I don't think I've seen as much depressing detail as in here.

Suffice it to say, while the people who run this are Jews, they have little to do with Judaism.
I say the above reflecting my own bias about what Judaism is (or isn't) and where the boundary lines of Judaism are.

If the Talmud isn't central to one's canon, I question the legitimacy. If the Talmud isn't included in one's canon at all, I deny the legitimacy entirely. Image
And it's not like they're in line with the Bible either Image
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Nov 1, 2021
It's hard to express how much I love this story and @elonmusk's brilliant response.
businessinsider.in/international/…
General Rule: Anyone who makes grandiose claims like these without showing their work deserves to be ignored if not mocked and ridiculed.
Even more important is the complete lack of transparency and accountability of major global (or even national) programs that we're just supposed to support uncritically bec of a putative moral imperative
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Oct 18, 2021
1. When I was in the US and officiated weddings, I'd often try to get as many women involved as possible depending on the needs and wishes of the couple.

Here's a brief thread of a few things I did to integrate more women into the ceremony without compromising halakhah.
2. First, where relevant, I'd ask women to sign the civil marriage license. Although women cannot serve as halakhic witnesses, there is no problem for signing on as civil witnesses
3. If the chuppah required people to physically hold the poles, I'd include women among the "pole bearers."

(Yes, I explicitly call them, "pole bearers" and at one wedding someone even said, "Hey! That sounds like, 'pall bearers!'")
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Sep 19, 2021
In all seriousness, I remember having conversations over 10 years ago with Conservative and Reform colleagues who were concerned with the internet making rabbis obsolete. Specifically, "Rabbi Google" came up often.
My take was (and is) that there is no shortage of information or access to information but people are also looking for *trust* in the validity or authority of that information. That not only requires a human but someone who demonstrates trustworthiness on a regular basis.
Consider how often people with "Rabbi" in their title make grand proclamations about Judaism on Twitter, and how often their grand proclamations are easily challenged if not completely debunked in a matter of seconds.
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