Thread by @JoshuaCypess

123.01/ Week one-hundred and twenty-three, November 19-25, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 122 below.

(This is going to be a weird week)

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1591599795545964545

123.02/ All right, I hear TFG may come back. So I succumbed and jointed the Tooting Place in the first silo at random.
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Worth having a backup.

123.03/ Second #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight of the season: "A Night at the Opera."

Of course, I've shown the family this movie before - I'm no monster - but it's been too long & the kids are forgetting the lines, and that can't be.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_a…

123.03b/ Note, in unwitting homage to this movie, I actually saw "Il trovatore" in the New York Metropolitan Opera. That's how committed I was to my heroes Groucho, Chico and Harpo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_trovat…

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1594152142822162432?s=20&t=ctoHq_z4JO2jQ-lWod8eXw

123.04/ I'm trying to use fedifinder.glitch.me, and - it is a bit glitchy, but it's better'n nothing.

https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/1593397821771612160?s=20&t=Ofv4Kzw8w0f8Fq52gb8a6g

123.05/ My family & I are going to Israel tonight to see my oldest who's living there this year (so, my posting will be sporadic at best). Also excited at the possibility of celebrating Sigd in EY.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigd
nypl.org/blog/2021/10/2…
jewishagency.org/celebrating-th…

123.06/ Thank you @nickfarruggia for your service

https://twitter.com/nickfarruggia/status/1594121736987250688

123.07/ We were nowhere near the attacks this morning in Jerusalem, thank God. Deep condolences to the family of the murdered teenager. How horrible.

Sending refuah sheleimah for the wounded.

https://twitter.com/TimesofIsrael/status/1595475654551928832?t=VyDsYmoD-igHMzXcPTy2VQ&s=19

123.08/ My son, working in Israel this year, came with these gifts, demonstrating how well he's absorbed the lessons & instruction of my parenting. Getting kosher soda is hard, especially in goofy #Fanta flavors

123.09/ Went to the Israel Museum today & saw some amazing things, possibly the most mind-blowing was this king's seal of Hezekiah himself! It gives me chills. The Bible validated as history by archeology!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah

123.10/ We also saw some funny Avoda-Zara statues. Many Roman gods, but also stuff from 4000+ years ago. Including this cartoonish lady.

123.11/ Chodesh Tov from "The Eye of the Universe!" One small thing I treasure about being here is the birkat cohanim in every morning davening. It's a palpable sign of the advanced holiness.

goodreads.com/en/book/show/2…

123.12/ There's also a fun halachic shuffle where we don't say "Ten tal u'matar" in America yet, but *do* say in Israel, yet when I return to America I stop saying it for a week or so and then start up again.
outorah.org/p/22451/

123.13/ Able to daven Rosh Chodesh mincha at the kotel at virtually the earliest time possible. It's a bracha to be able to do so, but still tinged with sadness at the Churban (can't help it!)

123.14/ It's heavy rain in Jerusalem (a bracha) and heavy traffic (not so much) and we just passed through the walls of the Old City (the ramparts) through the Sha'ar ha-Ashpah (the ram parts).

123.15/ Making Shabbas lunch and going for one of my favorite Israeli food customs: challah with a trillion "salads" (pictured below). Alas, I didn't fully trust this caterer's Yerushalmi kugel (with pickle, of course).

123.16/ My daughter asked why do people think that it's a good thing to leave notes in the Western Wall (something I'm pretty much against). I explained that it must come from the concept of "leave-note Yerushalayim" as seen below
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livnot_U%…

123.17/ Candle lighting in Jerusalem is 36 minutes before sunset, so that's very soon. Please stay safe everyone and #ShabbatShalom

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