Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Va-yetze (וַיֵּצֵא) with this golden and green bird who appears to be eating a worm.

Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.22r

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Chayei Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה) with a noble bird wearing a golden crown

Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.18r

My second favourite Irish expression about someone who is always engaging in one-upmanship is “if you’ve got an elephant, he’s got the box it came in.” My number one favourite is “if you’ve been to Tenerife, he’s been to Elevenerife”

currently pushing & pushing myself to keep writing an essay which is bad & which is going to continue to be bad bc it needs to be done more than it needs to be good but it's SO hard to stay motivated—just self-perpetuating dissatisfaction—done that bad paragraph, time to write another bad paragraph😭

this germ-of-a-thought partially inspired by Rabbanit Leah Sarna's thoughts on the parsha, in which she points out that familial violence is a bit of a theme in וירא

if Lot knows about the divinity of his guests, is his offering his daughters in their stead his attempt at an עקדה? Obvi it's bad but does he THINK he's sacrificing his kids for Gd?
if so what distinguishes אברהם? what is acceptable child sacrifice?
(only a case of explicit divine command, probably)

ויוצא אותו החוצה

like chardonnay and brie

(yes I know this is ludicrously melodramatic but let me have my coincidences please)

soup making day, heck yeah

Interesting!!

Posted by a friend in a Facebook group. The statement was supposedly made at a shiur yesterday.

(also, interesting parallel to women & תפילה stuff)

feeling understood 🥹

started this over Shabbos