It's Not a Simcha, but it is a Mitzvah!

             

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1.    a-Brainstorm: What words come to mind when you hear the word divorce?

 

b-How does Hollywood think of divorce? 

Film trailer--  Marriage Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi-a1n8t7M

 

c- What do you need for a civil divorce?

 

2.   Mitzvah vs. Mitzvoh

3.   Mitzvah means Divorce is normative. What does that mean?

4.   What do you need for Judaism’s divorce? Activity:

 “Everybody Knows”.

5.    Torah Sources

 

6.   The Big Ideas:

·       Divorce is not a simcha, but it is a mitzvah.  

·        It is normal, normative, and important. It is not a sin.

·       Judaism is a religion for kids and adults. Many adults think Judaism is a religion for kids because they stopped studying it as kids.  But Much of Judaism only applies to adult life, such as divorce.

·       Judaism is concerned with all areas of human life, not just holidays and prayer.

·       American popular culture is rooted in a European Christian perspective of divorce, that divorce is a sin.  Judaism sees it as mitzvah: a way to make the world just and holy.

The vibes are off

 

In Sushan the Capital

100 -Shusan’s ruins are in this nation

200- The tombs of these heroes is in this country

300-  The persian empire had 127 of these

400-  The persian empire conquered this emprie which destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BCE.

500-  Most of Persian Jews fled the area in 1979 because of this revolution.

 

Shabbat Mincha

100 -First Prayer of Shabbat Mincha

200- The number of Aliyot at the service

300- Payer called “The Standing.”

400- Two of the kinds of Kaddish at Shabbat Mincha

500-  This service follows mincha.

 

The Whole Megillah

100 – a megillah is written by this artisan

200-  a megillah is written in the same script as this scroll.

300   unlike a Torah scroll,  a megillah can have these in it.

400-  a megillah has this many vowels in it

500-  a megillah is written on this  material

 

You have a comment?

100 – Famous, French,  Made wine and commentary.

200   one of the – Nides, a doctor, from spain

300 Sometimes she didn’t give the answers to her questions.  

400   Ibn____.

500  alive and her last name starts with a Z

 

Maccabees

100 -Judah was Ha’makab- this weapon or tool

200- They weren’t warriors,  they were Kohanim, or in English, this. 

300-  Shocking! In the Temple of the Jewish people, an Idol of this god.

400-  DD When the Maccabees came back to the temple, this is what they found

500-  The Maccabees hailed from this small town.

 

Food in Israel

100 -This comes in a sack, not a little carton

200- They are not chips in the US, and we don’t put them in the sandwich.

300- Texture: Like Cheetos. Flavor: Peanut butter

400-  Comes in flavors like gril, smokey, and felafel

500-  . In Israel  it’s  Sweet And Spicy or Mexican flavor. In the US, Nacho and  Cool ranch

 

FINAL J:  Jewish Holidays      -This Holiday in the Torah is ignored because it comes during the summer.

 

 

PURIM IS ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST TACO ALMOST HERE!

Dangerous Quote of the Month:

Judaism is a religion to be observed in all settings.

--Dr. Jack Wertheimer

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    What happened to the blue string? 

https://www.sefaria.org/Numbers.15.38?lang=bi&aliyot=0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekhelet#:~:text=In%20the%20sixth%20century%2C%20Justinian,Byzantine%20dyeing%20industry%20was%20destroyed.

 

            Techeylet: the story

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

at 3:00  to 5:05.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-efM4RmDb3c

19:00*at  to 22:00

 

The ways to tie:

https://www.tekhelet.com/tying-options/

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   FETE* FURNISH* FEED *FEAST*  

 

  TEAM TIME! 

1.    What caused so many Persian Jews to flee Persia/Iran?

a.   The invasion of  Ghengis Kahn in 1066 CE

b.  The Islamic Revolution of 1979 CE

c.   The assignation of the Shah  (Persian king) in 1986 CE

d.  The introduction of Islam in 868 CE

e.   The requirement for government ministers to eat bacon in 1499 CE

 

2.  What is the dominant grain in Persian Jewish food?

a.   Wheat

b.  Buckwheat

c.   Maize/Corn

d.  Rice

e.   Dibromoindigo

 

3.  What is the rice dish Tadig  known for being?

a.   Spicy

b.  Colorful

c.   Crunchy

d.  Cheesy

e.   Fictional

 

4.  How long have Jews lived in what was once Persia?

a.   Since Muslims invaded Spain in 722CE.

b.  Since the Maccabees sent ambassadors in 147 BCE

c.   Since the writing of the Mishnah in 200 CE

d.  Since the first exile to Babylonia in 586 BCE

e.   Jews created Persia 10,000 years ago.  Obviously. 

 

 

 

         

5.   Fessanjan is a meat dish flavored with what fruit?

a.   Pomegranate

b.  Bananas

c.   Pineapples

d.  Papaya

e.   Spackle

 

6.  The largest concentration of Persian Jews in the USA is in what major city?   

a.   Dallas

b.  New York

c.   Washington DC

d.  Los Angeles

e.   Lake Delton, WI

 

7.   Gondi are massive dumplings in chicken soup. Which of the following are not part of Gondi?  

a.   Ground Chicken

b.  Chickpeas

c.   Cardamom spice

d.  Tumeric

e.   MSG

 

8.  What is Persian Jewish food best know for flavor-wise?

a.   Hot red peppers

b.  Fermented vegetables

c.   Fresh herbs

d.  Garlic. Lots of Garlic

e.   Exploding Fig Paste

 

 

9.  What key ingredient gives the stew called  Gormeh Sabzi its tangy flavor?    

a.   Ascorbic Acid

b.  Lemon Juice

c.   Powdered Dry Lime

d.  Cranberries

e.   Fermentation for 97 days

 

 

10.                  Where else did Persian Jews flee to after 1979 Besides Israel and the US?

a.   Italy

b.  Mongolia

c.   South Korea

d.  France

e.   Bulgaria

 

11.                  TIEBREAKER!  What meat is paired with Eggplant in the stew known as Khoresh Bademjoon?

a.   Beef

b.  Pork

c.   Lamb

d.  Chicken

e.   Giraffe

         

 

          

1)   Tuning in the radio to….

2) Who stole Rashi’s Commentary?

3)  This Sunday: Ibn Ezra vs. Rashi

4) Rambam takes on the world!

5)  Try Sacks!

6) What’s your request?

7)  The Terminators of Torah:  Maimonides Vs. Nachmanides

8) Nechama’s Gilyonot!

9) The Luxury of Seforno

10)     A Simple Gaon 

 

 

Olives, Olives, and More Olives

PURIM IS ALMOST HERE!

                    

 

 Tetzaveh’s First Mitzvah

וְאַתָּ֞ה תְּצַוֶּ֣ה  אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית לַמָּא֑וֹר לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת נֵ֖ר תָּמִֽיד׃

Now you,
command the Children of Israel,
that they may fetch you
oil of olives, beaten-out-until-clear,
for the light,  to draw up a Ner Tamid/ light always.

 

בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֩ מִח֨וּץ לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָעֵדֻ֗ת יַעֲרֹךְ֩ אֹת֨וֹ אַהֲרֹ֧ן וּבָנָ֛יו מֵעֶ֥רֶב עַד־בֹּ֖קֶר לִפְנֵ֣י -ה חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {ס}        

In the Tent of Appointed-Times,
outside the curtain that is before the Ark of the Covenant,
Aharon and his sons are to arrange it,
from sunset until daybreak
before the presence of Adonai—
a law for the ages, throughout your generations,
on the part of the Children of Israel. 

 

OLIVE QUIZ II

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1.     Who consumes more olive oil-- Israeli Jews or Israeli Arabs?   

2.    Who actually consumes more olive oil,  Israelis or Greeks?   

3.    Olive oil’s smoke point is about what temperature Fahrenheit?

a.    325-350

b.    355-375

c.      380-410

d.    420-440

e.    There is smoke at any temperature when I make latkes.

 

4.    True or false: The oldest olive tree in the middle east is probably in Bethlehem, held to be 4000 years old.   

 5.  True or false: The Menorah in the Mishkan was fueled by hand presed olive oil. 

6.    Which country has the most stringent standards and testing system in the world to prevent counterfeit olive oil being exported?    

7.    True or False: Suri Olives used to be grown all over the land of  Israel, but Roman overuse/abuse made  them extinct during the Bar Kochba revolt.  

 

8.    Which of these does the most damage to an olive tree during harvest:

a.    Harvesting by hand

b.    Harvesting by beating the branches with sticks

c.     Harvesting by shaking the entire tree

d.    Harvesting fruit two years consecutively

e.    Harvesting by guilt. “I’m fine, you keep your fruit, I’ll just sit here and starve to death.”

 

9.    True or False: It takes 7 liters of olives to make one liter of olive oil.   

10.                    Olive oil was used in Roman baths to cleanse the skin, as it would be rubbed all over the body, and then the oil and dirt would be scraped off with a stick called a

a.    Lokum

b.    Strigil

c.     Bakula

d.    Gubernaculum

e.    Vaxaphobian