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Ok, there's #SpotifyWrapped. This is Exploring Judaism Wrapped.

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Rabbi Susan Leider offers us a challenge:

In the fast-moving game of #Jewishgeography, you make connections with who you don’t know, by connecting through who you do know.

But does the game really serve us well?

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We want to make a joke about Twitter falling apart but people are always writing those articles about Conservative Judaism.

(We're not going anywhere, we promise.)

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@FuchsbergC4CJ Why is Elisha so concerned with repaying the woman with a child and why is the woman so unconcerned with having one?"

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We learn from Bex Stern Rosenblatt of @FuchsbergC4CJ (CY) on the Haftarah of Parashat #Vayera:

"We read the story of Elisha passing by the house of a big deal woman and her husband in Shunem...

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Using Vered Hollander-Goldfarb's study guide from @FuchsbergC4CJ (Conservative Yeshiva) on Parashat #Vayera, we can dig deeper into the text.

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@SefariaProject All the more so drinking alcohol (that is called Beer) is definitely prohibited.

Tea and coffee are permitted to drink before prayer in order that one will be able to intent their mind."

Read the Shulkhan Arukh and Mishneh Berura texts here:

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In honor of #NationalCappuccinoDay, did you know that according to the Mishneh Berurah, even though one is not permitted to eat or drink anything before prayer except for water, there is a leniency for tea and COFFEE.

Here's the text:

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The @SefariaProject text is in Hebrew only, so we'll translate here:

The Mishneh Berurah says commenting on the permission to drink water:

"Water is permitted - ...water is permitted specifically without sugar, but with sugar, it is prohibited.

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@FuchsbergC4CJ ...by a realistic expectation of humanity’s moral capabilities.

And so God “checks” the divine tendency for strict justice by consulting with a human being."

Read the whole thing:

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We learn from Ilana Kurshan of @FuchsbergC4CJ (The CY) on Parashat Vayera:

"Perhaps God recognizes that to destroy Sodom outright would be to ignore the lesson of the flood, namely that justice must be tempered...

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In Parashat Vayera, Abraham is visited by three angels. They wanted to tell Abraham that he should visit Exploring Judaism.

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Excited to be at the @RabbiAssembly Convention 2022!! If you’re here, make sure to come by! #RAConvention2022

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Read this and more Lech Lecha Content here:

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We learn from Ilana Kurshan of @FuchsbergC4CJ on Parashat #LechLecha:

Parashat Lech Lecha depicts an acute marital crisis between Abraham and Sarah that takes place at a particularly difficult moment in their lives.

Let's unpack this in a long thread.

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We aspire to speak the true desires of our hearts and to listen deeply to one another in the hope that our intimate relationships—far from requiring divine intercession—might be blessed, instead, with the indwelling of the divine presence.