120.03/ Spot on. I used to get a DD kosher egg-white, fakin'-bacon & cheese on a bagel as a Sunday treat and I so wanted it to be good... but my dreams were dashed on this reality:
120.05/ Just handed out candy to a throng of about 20 costumed kids, back to 2019 levels. Halakhically, IMO this falls under the categ. of hachnasat orchim (hospitality). I'm wearing the closet thing to a scary costume (if you're a DB): a @mvp86hinesward jersey. #HappyHalloween
120.06/ #Halloween update: even more kids than expected, it's really really nice to see after 3 years of pandemic. Just now there was a very cute 3-4 year old dressed as Captain America.
Other update: added a @Princeton hat to my "costume" because, hey, it's the right colors.
120.07/ Latest two kids to come to the door were little girls, one of whom was so proud of her costume she introduced herself as "I'm a fairy godmother!" It's really nice to see all these kids out. #Halloween
(Supplies are steady; 5782 shalach-manot Hersey kisses)
120.08/ Thread for #ChochmatNashim for last week's parsha, Noach. There's so much here and I'm hoping I can keep this pace up.
120.09/ I was checking out one of my wife's shoes she hadn't worn in a while, but was near my office, to see what size I should order her for a gift and there was a spiderweb inside... with a live spider. #AMA
120.10/ "A poor craftsman blames his tools... unless you're a good craftsman and you know the tools are bad, because that's actually part of your job, and there's no way for an outsider to tell using the 'blame' test so really this is a dumb aphorism devised by cranks"
120.11/ For the #Israelex22 - as I've done for the past, what, half dozen? Israeli elections - I recommend reading the @IsraelexLive account.
120.12/ Fifth homer in #WorldSeries2022 game 3. Would be hilarious if there were trash cans involved.
120.13/ To be clear, the Fox *booth* was speculating that the Houston pitcher was somehow tipping his pitches and the Phillies were knowing what was coming legally. But it's a #WorldSeries record, 5 HR in 5 innings.
120.14/ Welp, I spoke too soon: @IsraelexLive is closing his account. I thank him for all his work over the past few eons.
120.15/ Despite the CW thinking game 3s are the best, I've said for years that game 4s are the best (in a 7 game series). In game four, usu. the teams are 2-1/1-2 so it becomes the tipping point to either 3-1 or 2-2. OTOH it can be a 3-0 clinching game.
(And I love the term "mitigated" in "mitigated the threat" because it can mean anything from "gave the guy a hoagie and he calmed down" to "dropped a grenade in his undershorts.")
120.22/ This thread & follow-up are great, learned a lot. [my social science intuition agrees with the framework]. "Trust Thermocline" is a very useful term.
120.25/ This is both terrible for democracy and also forbidden according to Jewish Law (which means it's against Jewish ethics). As I said when I first read this: "gevalt!"
120.27/ We're changing the clocks tomorrow night, but I feel the crunch of early Shabbas already. Stay safe everyone, it's a madhouse out there, and #ShabbatShalom
198.02/ #ChochmatNashim for #AchareiMot & #Kedoshim 5783. @ChochmatNashim
It's going to be hard updating the 5784 edition before Shabbas, so please enjoy this "classic" version from last year. Divrei Torah from Orthodox women scholars on the parsha. drive.google.com/file/d/136A4pd…
@ChochmatNashim 198.03/ The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found her... Mazal Tov and congratulations to my wife, Dr. Rebecca Cypess, on her new position as Dean of Stern College and Yeshiva College! BE"H her new position will allow her to help heal academia. yu.edu/news/yu/yeshiv…
196.03/ #NachasAlert: My son has a big article (pages 4-6) in this week's Torah journal from his high school #Metzora-#HaGadol. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1uNKU5O…
195.02/ Happy #Eclipse2024 Day for all who celebrate. Here's an interesting article about the halakhic implications of an eclipse by Rabbi Dov Linzer: blogs.timesofisrael.com/solar-eclipse-…
195.03/ #Eclipse2024 My extended family went to a place of 100% totality and took this picture a few minutes ago. For me its 90% and can't be photographed (which is one reason I said shehechiyanu). Not paskening for anyone else, but for me this is a religious experience.
194.02/ #ChochmatNashim for #Shemini 5784.
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Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. #Shmini #HaChodesh drive.google.com/file/d/1bFHTfW…
193.03/ #NachasAlert: Final (so far) tally of times my son leyned Megillah seven times; 3 last night, four times today. Including once for a home-bound Shoah survivor. So proud.
192.02/ So today is #ZayinAdar and Saint Patrick's Day during Ramadan. What could go wrong?
192.03/ There's a resonance in having a fast that commemorates a community sacrifice for soldiers fighting a defensive war against raging antisemites. #TaanitEsther