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I actually think it's interesting that he opens up an alternative El Elyon in the context of the geniza fragment, and it's an earlier El Elyon. It might be interesting to explore, and it doesn't seem so explored there, what's going on between the nusachot for avot, why each went differently and...

Another talking point: The shiur skips over 4) of page 3, I'm guessing due to time constraints. What do you think the connection is between El Elyon of Avot and psalms 78:35-39? I think it's emphasizing that we err and God forgives, and as such the nature of teshuva, which is on the heels of an...

Well I suppose other interesting questions arrive when looking in more depth, eg what do you get out of line 2's connection with Ex 3:5-6? What do you think is happening in the intertext there and what happens for you in the intertext? Why do you think the rabbis chose that particular passage as...

I'm following along this shiur from Yeshivat Hadar. If anyone decides to follow along as well I thought it might provide some good discussion points: Mechon Hadar - How Can I Pray What I Don't Believe? A Case Study - Liturgy 28 minutes in the primary point that seems worth discussing is the...

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wil, rephrase please? I'm not sure what you're asking.

17th, The sinister look is in her eyes. I've seen enough Muslim women to know that they don't have that look in their eyes.

A field of minarets that resemble missiles overshadowing the Swiss flag and a sinister-looking woman in Muslim dress. It's worth noting there are about 150 mosques and Muslim prayer rooms, only 4 of them have minarets, only 2 new minarets are planned and none of them are used for conducting the...

I think it's all pretty terrible. Have you all seen the posters that were used to get the ban passed? Awful.

Wil, some people prefer to divide the denominations in that way but I think there's a lot more nuance. Generally those who see it as that sort of spectrum can make sense for themselves of Orthodoxy (don't differentiate between types of Orthodoxy any more than Modern and Ultra-Orthodox or you...

If you translated very loosely. That's Moses. Possibly a better translation is: sojourner in a foreign land (following Fox) Bloodline? No. Judaism isn't a race. Anyone can become naturalized, if you will, into the Jewish people. However the chain of birthright in the biblical narrative...

My Jewish Learning: Mikveh: Immersing in the Ritual Pool

Here's some melodic "satanic" music: YouTube - Danzig - Am I Demon The little bits with the goat guy are B-movie bad. I love the early Danzig stuff with John Christ and Chuck Biscuits. No video for it but Snakes of Christ is excellent: YouTube - Danzig- Snakes of Christ

Avi, that site looks to me as if it's the personal site of a particular rabbi who may or may not have some following. I haven't heard of him but I also haven't googled him. I think so. I said a couple of years ago that both for financial reasons and ideological reasons it would make sense to...

Pantera's not bad, but I think Children of Bodom would have been a more relevant counterpoint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1bdu0V_j70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1bdu0V_j70

I identify as post-denominational. I don't think most engaged Jews today identify with a particular denominational ideology. They may identify with a congregation that identifies with a denomination but that doesn't mean they identify with the denomination's ideology. I would like to see a...

That song's decent but at times there are some terribly repetitive progressions that don't work well for my ear.

BB, for Jewish kabbalah, yes, but if someone weren't aware of that he might think, from reading this thread, that they can both be present for hermetic qabbalah. That is why I ask if in hermetic qabbalah that is ever possible. Nothing in this thread has explicitly stated that both can't be...

C0de, I get why you're bothered by the OP but, well, flies. vinegar. honey. something something.