mom friends stay winning (I took this photo 😎)

it's times like this when Jews learn which carob trees would turn into a fig tree on Shabbos for them if the Romans came back

hard relate

I always wonder whether the uninitiated think Beth Jacob was some super important woman in Jewish history

(obligatory thank God these are my problems)

& I hate knowing I COULD write a good essay given some more time & a magical fount of motivation I haven't had over the past 2 weeks of trying to write this thing, & these ARE interesting ideas worth engaging with seriously, but no, not for me, I gotta write a bad essay I don't want representing me

i didn't even know we had major whatsapp groups, I'm still totally lost lol

i know about certain neighbourhoods/families joining to hire private security, but I assume that's not what you're referring to?

we do?!

right but my posts had two separate thoughts. The one you responded to was referencing something R> Sarna said. Is that what you were responding to (pattern of familial violence)? Or were you talking about my thought about akeida parallels?

sorry, along R. Sarna's lines or mine?

ah nice! I joined for part of the stream but was called away, guess I missed that bit

ooh these are the best. If the offer is still valid, I'm June 20

וַיּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜וֹ הַח֗וּצָה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה וּסְפֹר֙ הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֥ה יִהְיֶ֖ה זַרְעֶֽךָ׃

רש"י: ...דָּ"אַ הוֹצִיאוֹ מֵחֲלָלוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם וְהִגְבִּיהוֹ לְמַעְלָה מִן הַכּוֹכָבִים, וְזֶהוּ לְשׁוֹן הַבָּטָה מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה:

In related coincidence news I am feeling very grateful for the timing of this

bsky.app/profile/chay...

thanks! Thankfully feeling ok, just like a bad cold, but I would really like to get my life back on track lol

either I was severely lied to or I have done something severely wrong because I was told I'd need to simmer my root vegetables for 35-50 minutes and it's been SIX. HOURS. and my carrots are still crunchy.
(Before you say anything, please note they're cut in small cubes, getting smaller all the time)