The Snake Oven and Where the Torah can be found

 

Intro song:  Niggun shel haschunah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LghMiMLGNKE

 

Ivrit

Working song:  Where you are/heychan she’at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbuikoUmwI8

Transliteration

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Amidah

 

וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ

Vehasheh’vota

Vehashey’vota

Vehashee’vota

Vehashey’vuta

Vehashey’taco

 

הִדִּיחֲךָ

Hedee’chach

Hedee’ha’ha

Hedee’khakha

Hedee’ khecha

וִירִשְׁתָּהּ

Veh’reeshtah

Vee’reeshtah

Veeree’shetah

Veerees’tah

 

הַשָּׁמַיְמָה

Hasa’maimah

Hasha’mamah

Hashamaimee’ah

Hashamaimah

Heshey Maimon

בִּדְרָכָיו

Veedrachiav

Veedrachov

Beedrachaiv

Beedrachav

Berdichev

 

וְעֶשְׂרִים

For twenty

To twenty

And twenty

Like twenty

לְסִיחוֹן

Lischon

Lischov

Lischun

Lesichon

Lasangyon

 

וַאֲצַוֶּנּוּ

Veatzavehnu

Veatzavayhnu

Veatzavahhnu

Veatza’unu

 

וַיִּתְיַצְּבוּ

Veyityatzbu

Veyityatzvu

Vayityatzvu

Vayityatzevu

And Yitz paid you

 

 

 

 

 

כִּי־תִמְצֶאןָ

Chi-timtze’an

Chi-timtzenah

Ki-Timetze’an

Ki-timtzenah

Chee-toes-zenah

 

Current events limericks

 

AMERICAN JEWISH CURRENT EVENTS

 

Support First Nations water rights? Okayed.

But that’s not how this Toronto rally played

“Zionism Kills” leaders shouted

Anti-Israel? It’s not doubted

On this  field trip for kids in 7^th …… 

 

 

A new rabbinical school in Pottsdam? Yes way

Named for Heschel, the reports they  all say.

It’s in Germany

A new leader is key

The guy the hired is from out in

 

 

 

 

 

It’s no joke,  the words that he chooses

He makes threats and the media snoozes

Trump’s made it clear

His loss we should fear

It will be the jews fault if he ________

 

looses

 

Pro-Palestinians groups have wrote

This election an idea they float

Don’t vote for Trump or Harris

Be you here or out in Paris

Give Jill Stein and not Kamala your _______

 

 

Ishai ribo’s concert had at least

15,000 fans on the coast that is east

Each spiritual song

Made the crowd sing along

And buy Shirts echoing the high  _____

 

 

 

Of the Albany Book Fair’s ad page

Said the theme was  “Girls, Coming of Age” 

Alisa Elbert said “let’s go!”

Ko and Gawad said “No, 

With a zoinist we wont share the  ___________

 

 

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/students-as-young-as-eight-compelled-to-attend-political-protest-field-trip

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/la-and-jerusalem-rabbis-tapped-to-support-german-rabbinical-schools/

 

 

https://www.jta.org/2024/09/20/politics/hes-setting-us-up-jewish-leaders-express-alarm-at-trumps-blaming-jews-if-he-loses

 

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-americans-moving-to-anti-israel-jill-stein-in-potential-blow-to-kamala-harris/

 

 

https://ishayribo.shop/products/seder-haavoda

 

 

https://www.jta.org/2024/09/20/culture/albany-book-festival-cancels-panel-with-jewish-moderator-citing-impasse-over-her-zionism

  

Parshat Netzavim

--Bimbam https://www.bimbam.com/nitzavim/

-- Lo bashamayim Hi

Torah:https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.30.11?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

What are these verses doing? What is their message?

Story: below

What in your opinion are the two sources of tension in the story?

What was Rabbi Eliezer trying to accomplish by summoning various supernatural feats?  What was your gut reaction to those supernatural feats?

Why wasn't Rabbi Yehoshua swayed by the supernatural feats or the bat kol? How does the verse he cited explain his opposition? Does this explanation work for you?

What is the epilogue’s message? 

 

 

 

 

Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzia 59a-b

Talmud is the compilation of Mishnah (foundations before the 2^nd century BCE, but written down in 200 CE) and Gemara, teachings of 3rd -6th century scholars on the Mishnah, Hebrew bible, and much else. It is the bridge between the Judaism of the Torah and the Judaism of today.

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A) “We learn: there is in a mishna there (Kelim 5:10) that teaches: If one cut an earthenware oven widthwise into segments, and placed sand between each and every segment, Rabbi Eliezer deems it ritually pure. Because of the sand, its legal status is not that of a complete vessel, and therefore it is not susceptible to ritual impurity. And the Rabbis deem it ritually impure, as it is functionally a complete oven.”

 

B) On that day, Rabbi Eliezer brought forth every imaginable argument regarding the purity of this kind of oven, but they did not accept them. He said to them: “If the halakhah is as I say, this carob tree will prove it,” whereupon the carob tree was moved one hundred and fifty feet from its place. “A carob-tree doesn’t prove anything!” the Sages said. Again he said: “If the halakhah is as I say, that stream of water outside will prove it,” whereupon the stream of water flowed backward. “A stream of water doesn’t prove anything!” they said.

 C) Again he said: “If the halakhah is as I say, the walls of the beit midrash/study hall will prove it,” whereupon the walls began to fall inward. Rabbi Yehoshua reprimanded them, saying: “When scholars are engaged in debate,  you think you get to add your opinion?” The walls did not fall in deference to Rabbi Yehoshua, nor did they straighten in deference to Rabbi Eliezer, and they are still standing thus inclined.

 D) Rabbi Eliezer said to the Sages again: “If the halakhah is as I say, the heavens will prove it,” whereupon a bat kol (heavenly voice) was heard saying: “Why do you take issue with Rabbi Eliezer, seeing that the halakhah always agrees with him?” At this, Rabbi Yehoshua stood and exclaimed: “Lo Ba’shamayim Hee! It is not in Heaven [Deut. 30:12].” What did he mean by this? Said Rabbi Yirmiyahu: “Since the Torah had already been given at Sinai, we pay no attention to heavenly voices, and even at Sinai the Torah stated: ‘Rule in accordance with the majority [Exod. 23:2].’”

E)  The Gemara relates: Years later, Rabbi Natan encountered Eliyahu Ha’Navi and asked him: “What did the Holy Blessed One do at that time, when Rabbi Yehoshua issued his declaration?” Elijah said to him: “The Holy Blessed One, was happy and said: My children have triumphed over Me; My children have triumphed over Me!”