Important point, said with all due respect to my family who identify as “Black Hebrew Israelites” and the like… I see many people writing things like “Shalawam” and the like, for “Shalom.” I have been told that this is because they believe the vav was …
Megillat Esther on Sexism and “Who is a Jew?” If you really paid attention to the Megillat Esther this Purim, they would have noticed a few important things about it. First is the fact that the work is extremely pro-Woman. The text literally mocks sexism at every turn. The sexist King …
اِسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا الرَّبُّ احَدٌ فَتُحِبُّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ قُوَّتِكَ. وَلْتَكُنْ هذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ، وَقُصَّهَا عَلَى أَوْلاَدِكَ، وَتَكَلَّمْ بِهَا حِينَ تَجْلِسُ فِي بَيْتِكَ، وَحِينَ تَمْشِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَحِينَ تَنَامُ …