Rabbi Josh Yuter
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways - Is. 55:8. Jewish stuff + bad jokes. All opinions subject to change.
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Tosefta Gittin 3:13
כהנים שפגלו במקדש שוגגין פטורין מזידין חייבין מפני תקון העולם שליח ב"ד שהכה ברשות ב"ד והזיק בשוגג פטור במזיד חייב מפני תקון העולם רופא אומן שריפא ברשות ב"ד...
Rabbi Josh Yuter
Here's the source from Tosefta Gittin 3:13
sefaria.org.il/Tosefta_Gittin… pic.twitter.com/KTalsyhPTj
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Robocop 2: Just Acting Silly
I would like to present the entirety of the scene where Murphy acts hilariously out of character due to Dr. Faxx's installing three hundred directives into h...
Police Squad! Season 1 Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song
This is the opening and closing credits and theme song from season 1 of the hit show "Police Squad" starring Leslie Nielsen.. "Police Squad" sadly was cancel...
Pro-terrorist ad in The Forward causing backlash
Paid advertisement by Jewish Voice for Peace supported imprisoned Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti
A History of Violent Protest
A nice, peaceful protest may not bring about the big structural change America needs.
Bending the Jews
Deep-pocketed funders—including the Rockefellers and the Buffetts—are creating a constellation of activist groups like Stosh Cotler’s Bend the Arc that aim to rewire American Jewish life
Half of Israelis support annexation, 25% even with no US backing - poll
A majority of those polled fear Palestinians will respond violently to Israeli unilateral annexation.
Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let’s Break It.
The care and love we extend to one another can no longer be confined to house-sized pockets.
Chocolate Kale Cookies
Kale is the super-secret ingredient in this recipe for moist chocolate cookies that no one will even know is in there.
10 facts about Americans and Twitter
Around one-in-five U.S. adults say they use Twitter. Users tend to be younger and to have more education and higher incomes than adults overall.
Rabbi Josh Yuter
Academics often argue the humanities are essential for worldly and educated citizens who can read intelligently, think logically, and empathize with people with different experiences and worldviews.
To which I'd counter with the following statistic:
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019…. pic.twitter.com/slUPYxJth2
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Retired police captain shot to death at St. Louis pawn shop in slaying caught on Facebook Live
David Dorn, 77, had worked for the St. Louis police force for 38 years before retiring and becoming the police chief in Moline Acres.
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Rabbi Josh Yuter
For all those who rationalized rioting on the grounds that, "Property can be replaced but lives cannot."
Once you accept justify lawlessness, you cannot be surprised by murder.
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Shabbat 105b:8
The Gemara asks: Say that you heard that Rabbi Yehuda rules that one is liable for performing a labor not needed for its own sake in the case of a constructive...
Rabbi Josh Yuter
Relevant to the above, here's the Talmud Shabbat 105b
sefaria.org.il/Shabbat.105b.8… pic.twitter.com/opah7Z1d2z
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‘If not now, when?’ Thousands of American Jews apply to move to Israel in pandemic
“If anything, when they closed down the borders — it made me think. If I have to be closed in, where do I want to be?”
BDS co-founder says goal of movement is end of Israel
During a 20-minute interview in Arabic via a Podcast, Omar Barghouti appears to have let slip its real objective.
End it: NYC protests have exposed a truth Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have missed; this lockdown is over
End it.Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio: End it.End New York City’s lockdown. Not next Monday, now. Not a piecemeal “Phase One” ending that means construction and manufacturing can resume, along with curbside retail.ADJUSTED End it all. Start bringing...
Shabbat 88b:7
And Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moses ascended on High to receive the Torah, the ministering angels said before the Holy One, Blessed be He: Master of...
Rabbi Josh Yuter
Worth reading this aggadah in its entirety. There's an idiom that "The Torah wasn't given to angels" which normally refers to humans being fallible. Here we see it's bec Torah is necessary guidance for living in this complicated world
#DafYomi 88b
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Why Does The US Government Consider Antifa Terrorists, But Not The KKK?
Whether you approve of antifa’s message or tactics, it is not nearly as consequential a threat to Americans as white supremacist groups.
Aliyah from the UK falls sixty percent due to Covid-19
89 Brits made the move to Israel in the first four months of 2020, down from 146 in the same period last year