Thread by @JoshuaCypess

99.01/ Week ninety-nine, June 6-10, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 98 below.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1530719437770620928

99.02/ A good example of living in two worlds, religious and secular, is the coincidence of two sacred days: the 2nd day of #Shavuot on #DDay. Last night, after Yom Tov, only after reading the news a bit did my mind shift from "sacred to my religion" to "sacred to my citizenship"

99.03/ Pedantry Corner: it irks me to read divrei Torah about #Shavuot that enshrine incredibly recent customs as facts to derive universal truths. "This is the reason why Jews stay up all night..." or "why we eat dairy" - nope. Please don't make fads into load-bearing verities.

99.04/ This is the best time of the calendar IMO: the roughly 40 days between #Shavuot and #17thTammuz, when the weather is good, school is basically over, vacations are acceptable, and there's no gloominess on the (contemporary) calendar. We need a name for this z'man.

99.05/ I agree with this analysis. I'll add: both extremes don't believe in "consent of the governed" and that's why they try to use force to gain control, often for some delusional "greater good"

https://twitter.com/bdquinn/status/1520610465042157568?t=4GukcWnBMEpBYg2Rc9n-aA&s=03

99.06/ For people who want simple* tasks on how to improve themselves, here's one: eliminate from your worldview any form of "victim-blaming."

Doing that will increase your humility & compassion and help you actually help others.

*'simple' doesn't mean 'easy'

99.07/ This is a good step in the right direction
jta.org/2022/06/02/rel…

99.08/ I laughed way too hard at this.

https://twitter.com/Briskerov/status/1534483420721692672

And this is an excellent rejoinder

https://twitter.com/TorahThought/status/1534706323442618370?s=20&t=6Iei5wFMWnxUeeH7lI8FDw

99.09/ This account @EasternOoC is delightful. Hoch Hech indeed.

https://twitter.com/EasternOoC/status/1534525400583352320?t=PA3mYbpdwdbco8GTVIn8Tg&s=08

99.10/ Thank you to all the brave live-tweeters who were able to keep me updated about the committee hearing tonight. I couldn't stomach watching the videos again, but I felt immersed in the horror. This is what Twitter is great for.

99.11/ #NachasAlert: The write-up of the RPRY dinner where my family was honored.

(Note, there were two cameras and I chose the right one to look at.)

jewishlink.news/community-news…

99.12/ #Naso reminder, based on Cypesian Minhag, this is a double-parsha of Naso & Vayimshach. See below.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1253373632874713089?s=20&t=8w8f_0pAwmH3KaUfrH5ELw

chabad.org/library/bible_…

99.13/ Before #Shavuot, our friends gave us a gift of kosher Dulce de Leche from Chile. If there's an equivalent of the "Scoville scale" for sweetness, this would top the scale. My son said it tasted like a Twix without the cookie, so eureka! Spread it on tea biscuits!

99.14/ #ChochmatNashim for #Naso
Aliza Feder, Jun 3, 2022 blogs.timesofisrael.com/another-reason…

Sarah C. Rudolph, May 28, 2020 blogs.timesofisrael.com/humanity-need-…

To Desire! By Sivan Rahav-Meir June 9, 2022
jewishpress.com/judaism/parsha…

Hamizrachi
drive.google.com/file/d/1qfvyJa…
Pp 5, 7, 8, 16, 22, 23

99.15/ Trying to create a joke where Yeshayau, Hoshea, Yishayahu and Yehoshua meet Yishmael, Shmuel, Shimon and Shaul in a bar.

99.16/ I mentioned above about the live-tweeters of the Jan 6 hearing. This thread was particularly useful this morning.

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1535142444047781888?t=YJgj9d64KfdTS1zI-qbTRw&s=03

99.17/ Still trying to catch up from #Shavuot; I had half the time but double the work this week. Wishing everyone a great Shabbas. Stay safe and #ShabbatShalom

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