#good yom tov

[ofpd]

ok it's definitely too late to organize this for this year but it would potentially be cool to do a jumblr tikkun leil shavuot

#i would say just for my specific mutuals but that would be exclusive in a way i wouldnt like #i mean obv it would be exclusive towards shomer yom tov ppl regardless which isnt good so. #like. it would be messy in lots of ways but also potentially cool #txt

[applesauce42069]

We say “gud yontif” in preparation for tomorrow /and my cousin wonders aloud “what language is that?” Because we obtain things from the shtetl without knowing it sometimes.

I say “Yiddish, no?” And my stepdad agrees.

“The yiddishkeit say it” my mom says and I look at her with a raised eyebrow

“Aren’t WE yiddishkeit??”

My mom turns to me, looks me straight in the eye, and says “I’m Israeli. I say yoM toV”

And I laughed, finding it funny in an endearing way.

But. Yeah. I know what she means, when she says yiddishkeit in her context. But I also know that we are yiddishkeit no matter what. We use Yiddish words daily. The way we observe our culture is very ashkenazi. Because we are ashkenazi.

Yet Yiddish hasn’t been the mother tongue of my family for three generations now. Not because of the (((evil Zionists)))) but because of the Holocaust. My great grandparents were the last Yiddish speakers in our family, and the last ones to grow up, surrounded by their large extended family in the shtetl. Then, their world was destroyed, and now our language survives in my grandparent’s memories of their parents speaking, and singing, and playing music in Yiddish, and through sprinkles in our conversations had in English.

There was no one to teach me Yiddish but reconnecting has been very powerful for me and my family. I play a “new” Yiddish song I learned on my guitar for my grandparents - only to learn they already know it from their childhood.

I hope to take a class next year as well.

I am definitely yiddishkeit.

Gut Yontif AND good Yom Tov to all.

#jumblr #Judaism #Jewish experience #Yiddish #Hebrew #long post

[left-or-neo-gameshow]

Leftist or Neo-Nazi?

This is a blog where I post something that was actually said to the Jewish people of tumblr, and you get to vote on if it was said by a progressive Leftist or a Neo-Nazi!

I decided to make this blog to show the antisemitism of the left, especially here on tumblr. If this offends leftists on tumblr... good. You should look into and question your antisemitic beliefs and you should take steps to support, uplift, and listen to Jewish voices. If you can't do that, then you're antisemitic, and you should probably leave.

Yom tov culam <3

Edit: Here are some stats on the rise of antisemitism in the UK, US and general antisemitism pre-2023

#jewish #jewblr #judism #poll #tumblr poll

[girlactionfigure]

ISRAEL REALTIME - "Connecting the World to Israel in Realtime"

Shavua Tov.

🔻ANTI-TANK MISSILE HIT FROM LEBANON… An anti-tank missile was fired today at noon at a civilian building in the Upper Galilee, there were no casualties, but a lot of damage was caused.

🔸ROCKET ALARM in Migdal HaEmek, Nazareth and Afula declared a FALSE ALARM.

▪️FIREFIGHT - LEBANON… (enemy video) heavy cross-border gunfire at Kfarkela and Israel.  Airstrike.

▪️PM PRESS CONF AT 8:15 PM.

▪️ISRAELI POLITICS… Israeli Arab party leader of Ra’am, Mansour Abbas called on the terrorist organizations to disarm.  But then under the pressure of criticism from the Arab community made it clear that the intention was only after the establishment of a Palestinian state.

▪️HOSTAGES - HOW IT IS DETERMINED THEY ARE DEAD WITH NO BODY… What was behind the declaration of the hostages as murdered was the meeting that took place with the Chief Rabbi on Thursday in the presence of representatives of the security forces and health system, together with the director of religious affairs Avidan with 2 other senior rabbis including the senior judge of the Great Rabbinical Court. After they were presented with evidence from security and health officials, they determined they are undoubtedly dead and stated that the hostages can be determined to be martyrs. This solves issues of missing status and potentially agunos (women who can’t remarry because husbands don’t give a divorce).  This is a dramatic ruling that follows the path of  Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt”l from the time of the Yom Kippur War.

▪️HOW ARE THE HOSTAGES, REALLY?  Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman Tov: "We have NOT seen people who returned in good condition from captivity.”  Two hostages had such bad medical intervention that they likely have over a year of surgeries and rehabilitation, with likely permanent loss of mobility (one in the leg, one the arm).

▪️OFFICIALS OUT OF TOUCH… (1) UN Sec. General: on sexual violence by the terrorists of Hamas: "There are a large number of reports of sexual violence during the heinous acts of terrorism by Hamas on October 7 that must be investigated and prosecuted."

(2) US Vice President Kamala Harris: "We support Israel's military operations with the aim of eliminating Hamas, but too many Gazan citizens have been killed. Israel must do more to protect them. We want to see Gaza and the Palestinian Authority united under the rule of the Palestinian Authority"

▪️EGYPT THREATENS AID WITHOUT SUPERVISION… A source privy to the details told a Qatari newspaper that "Israel is disrupting the introduction of aid to the Gaza Strip" and thus "creating a bigger crisis." After the strip was divided into zones, Cairo fears: "The goal is to slowly displace the residents towards the Egyptian border.”

#Israel #October 7 #hamas Massacre #Iron Sword #Realtime Updates

[absolutelynotclassicusernam-blog]

Hi everyone starting to send around Passover/Pesach wishes…

…I appreciate you all so much. I do need you to know, it’s “Pesach Sameach”, not “Sameach Pesach”. Noun first, then adjective, same as “Ramadan Mubarak”.

Also, as we get closer to the time, people usually just say “Chag Sameach” (happy holiday); you can use this for any Jewish holiday. Or, in Yiddish, “Good yom tov”, which means the same thing. (Note: this may be specific to Ashkenazi or even German Yiddish; other Jews who know other dialects and have different phrases, please add on).

Chag Sameach (and Ramadan Mubarak, Happy Easter, Happy Transgender Day of Visibility, and Happy April Fool’s Day [but everything I just said is true, you can look it up and verify]) to you all!

[waitingonavision]

Moisés “Mo” Bondia! Official OC Info Post

Age: 55 (his age during the film)

Gender: AMAB/male (cis); he/him pronouns

Height: 5’6” (170 cm)

Physical description: Has glasses with oval frames, medium brown skin tone, and dark curly hair (3A?) with a puff on the front right side and grey streaks on the both sides; bearded. Wide-set eyes, broad nose; he’s lightly freckled on his cheeks and has dimples.

Dresses no differently than the townspeople but does wear a Sephardic style kippah (aka a yarmulke; photo is for reference) on his head. He’s on the chubby side, with round cheeks and a little double chin.

His clothing palette consists of goldish-browns and blues.

More art and info under the cut!

I’m still trying to tweak his clothing style...

Personality: Mostly soft-spoken but has a bit of a mischievous/joking streak; very dorky sense of humor. Patient for the most part; has a calm, deliberate way of speaking. On the guarded side–vigilant around new people, though he tries to be as open and friendly as possible. Has a poor sense of direction.

Enjoys wine (the doofy jokes really come out when drunk) and singing (but is bad at it). He is a big Jewish nerd™. His family escaped with their chumash (the Torah/Five Books of Moses), a prayer book or two, and a few other things.

His name, Bondia, means “good day” (from the Hebrew surname, Yom Tov). It’s shaped his outlook on life, despite, or because of, the trauma of his childhood–he was five when he and his parents fled the bandits (at the beginning of Encanto).

Background [cw for parental death and depression]: Moisés and his parents, Ester (mother) and Jonás (father), have been in the Encanto since its creation. His parents both passed away by the time he’s in his mid-late 20s. Because he’s really the only Jew in the Encanto, he feels like the odd one out (in that sense, he has a kinship with Bruno and, to an extent, Mirabel). The townspeople get along with him, despite his differences.

Ester’s and Jonás’ deaths occurred one after the other and hit Mo very hard, and he went through a period of depression and, just, not taking care of himself very well. He wasn’t always chubby (fairly average build in his teens and early twenties), and actually lost an unhealthy amount of weight after his parents’ deaths but eventually recovered–he’s able to sympathize with Bruno in this way. He is body confident and prefers himself chubby.

Relationship with the Madrigals and others: After the Madrigals discover Judaica among their heirlooms/possessions, Mo falls into the role of a rabbi and helps the family explore their Jewish ancestry and reclaim that part of their identity. He worries about his motivation (e.g., having more Jews around will make him less lonely, is that why he’s doing what he’s doing?) and wonders if the Madrigals, especially Bruno, are actually interested (he is/they are).

Bruno becomes Mo’s study partner. Mo helps Bruno through the conversion process, doing his best to offer support when Bruno struggles with guilt over leaving Catholicism. They are not romantically involved, though I’ve toyed with the idea of a queerplatonic relationship. (Mo is likely panromantic and maybe ace.)

He and the Padre have an odd friendship. They spar over theology and general religion a lot, getting into intense debates, yet they can be seen chatting companionably at the bar(?)/other places.

Other info: Works as the Encanto’s calligrapher. He knows Spanish and Hebrew, and maybe some Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). There are a lot of challenges to being Jewish in the Encanto, but he and eventually the Madrigals make it work.

He likes flowers and sketching landscapes.

Pokémon AU info: He has a bunch of Litwick that hang out around him (8, + 1 shiny) and provide light on Shabbat. Also trains a Bramblin that eventually evolves into a Brambleghast, a Golurk, and a Smeargle. He picks up a stray Mareep.

The Litwick are a reference to a menorah. Bramblin reminds me of the burning bush, so I gave it to Mo. Golurk seems to be based on the Golem of Prague from Jewish legend. Smeargle reflects his work as a calligrapher. And Mareep because Moses is a shepherd in the Torah.

Appearances:

my fic, “A Time for Building”

this art post/compilation of Encanto OCs by @cheetee​

other random bits of info via asks

#encanto #encanto oc #moisés bondia #jewish madrigals #my writing #my art #stuff i've posted #mobo bobo #(his other nickname ig) #i *will* learn how to color someday lol

[magnetothemagnificent]

Dumb question incoming but are the Chanukkah candles supposed to stay lit the whole holiday? Like.. is the rightmost one on fire day one til day eight no break? Or do we extinguish them at some point?

That's not a dumb question, it's a good question!

Chanukah candles do not have to remain lit all eight nights, as they are successive. We start the first night with one light, until we get to eight on the eighth night. The flames burn down just like any other candle.

In all the Jewish Day Schools I've been to, this was actually the theme of a math problem every year around Chanukah- how many candles would you need for all of Chanukah?

The math:

First night: 1 Shamash + 1 Candle = 2

Second night: 1 Shamash + 2 Candles = 3

Third night: 1 Shamash + 3 Candles = 4

And so on and so fourth.

You get an equation like this: 8(8+1)/2, which equals 36, and then add 8 for the 8 Shamashim, which leaves you with 44.

It would be a massive safety hazard if the candles stay lit all 8 days, as well as very costly (many households light more than one Chanukiyah, imagine the fire hazard and cost of getting enough oil or thick enough candles for that).

Candles that burn all day are a thing in Judaism, but not for Chanukah. We use 25hr candles for commemorating the anniversary of a death or tragedy, for Yom Kippur, and as a pre-existing flame for Yom Tov (holiday) to transfer fire from, since we can't use fire on Yom Tov unless it was transferred from a pre-existing flame.

However!

This doesn't mean you can just light your Chanukiyah, say the blessings, and blow them out. The laws of Chanukah outline that the flames should ideally remain lit for at least half an hour, and they should ideally be allowed to burn out naturally on their own. Store-bought multi-coloured Chanukah candles usually last for about an hour or two before burning out on their own.

You are also not allowed to "benefit" from the flames, in that you shouldn't use them for light, warmth, or any other reason aside from fulfilling the mitzvah.

More reading on Hilkhot Chanukah:

GUIDE TO THE LAWS OF CHANUKAH (this article is dated and location-based, so disregard what time it tells you that sunset is. Sunset is at a different time from place to place and from day to day.)

#jumblr #judaism #chanukah #hanukkah #halakha

[sliebman10]

7 Up

Thanks for the tag, @soloorganaas ... I just wrote a scene for the Passover fic 😉

Rules: Share seven lines from a WIP and tag seven people.

Snippet:

“We’re making matzah brei,” Harry said. “Do you want some?”

“Oh, thank you Harry…that’s kind of you,” Remus could hear as Harry led Regulus into the kitchen.

“Good morning, Remus…Good yom tov.”

“Same to you,” said Remus cooly, not looking up from what he was doing.

“Is my brother around?”

“He’s asleep,” Remus said, taking the pieces of matzah the boys broke up and wetting them in the sink.

Regulus watched him. “Would you like some help?”

“Are you sure you’re allowed food from our kitchen? We don’t keep strictly Kosher, you know,” Remus said, unable to help himself.

No pressure tags for: @mikaharuka , @kayedium-writes, @tsunderewatermelon , @squintclover , @fonkeloog, @thatsbitchcraft , @turanga4

#7up #wolfstar #wolfstar raising harry #jewish house of black #remus lupin #regulus black

[kenneth-carson]

Lo Tov || Kerc

@kouros-herc

Ken had been doing the dishes when his phone, sitting on the counter next to the sink, started to ring. He'd glanced at the name and startled when he saw the picture of his parents with the ID Mother looking back at him. He hastily dried a hand on a towel to reach forward and slide his finger across the screen to answer and hit the speaker button.

"Hi, Mom!" he greeted, trying to get everything in order to get his hands free and to get the phone into his hands.

"Hello, darlin'," said the phone muffled tone of his mother, pleasant and sweet. "How are you?"

"I'm good, you know," he replied, finally able to get the towel between his hands to dry off. "What about you? How's dad?"

"Oh, we were doin' just fine until we had to hear that you wouldn't be coming home for the holidays this year," she said and Ken squeezed his eyes shut, frozen in place as his stomach dropped. "So not only are we confused as to why our eldest doesn't want to see us, but we're also wondering why he has to act like a coward and get that message to us through his little sister at breakfast?"

Ken quickly scooped up the phone, getting it off speaker, and pressing it to his ear, "I'm- I didn't mean for her to tell you. I was going to call, but it was-!"

"Don't you dare use those time zone excuses," she said, voice still loud and making him wince as he leaned against the counter. "So it's true then? You're not coming home? Not even for Yom Kippur?"

Again, he hesitated to answer, knowing that as soon as he did the conversation was only going to get that much worse. The silence seemed to speak for itself.

"I see," she said. "Well, you can add that to your no doubt long list of things to ask forgiveness for."

#title: (lo tov) #ch: (hercules kouros) #(kerc)

[mcytblrconfessions]

Dearest mcytblr-confessions,

it was I who made ItzSubz a new name, using my powers of translation for evil. I have zero recollection of confessing that and remain confused why I did so anon. Like, it's pretty specific???

Either way, I'm confessing my sins again. Good yom tov everyone.

#confession #cc: itzsubz

[studyscrasic]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge 3.2

Write about a festival or holiday that is celebrated in a country that speaks your target language. This can be either something you’ve celebrated yourself, have wanted to participate in, or have never heard of before. You can write this in any language you’d like.

A lot of the (major) holidays in the countries that speak my target languages are very Christian in origin, so since another one of my target languages is Yiddish, I thought I would take the chance to talk about -- and learn some Yiddish phrases related to -- the next major Jewish holiday, which is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

This year, Rosh Hashanah starts on September 15th and end on the 17th, but the dates change every year because the Jewish calendar is lunisolar. (Rosh Hashanah falls on the 1st and 2nd of the month of Tishrei in our calendar). This year, the new year will be 5784.

One of my favorite things to do for Rosh Hashanah is to cook/bake a lot of traditional food and invite my friends over. One of the things I make every year is challah, which its traditional to shape int a round loaf instead of the normal braided one for the new year. I also like to bake honey cake, and have apple cider to drink, since apples and honey are both traditional foods for the holiday.

I realized as I was thinking about this that I only know how to wish someone a happy new year in Hebrew, not in Yiddish, except for the generic "Gut yom tov" that can be said for most holidays. In searching, I found a really cool article about old Yiddish-language Rosh Hashanah greeting cards, many of which had little poems on them wishing people a good new year. I think my favorite is this one:

Mir zogn aykh di bsoyre on: Es kumt a nayer tsayt Fun likht un shayn, fun glik un freyd, Di velt zi vert banayt.

Which translates to "We’re bringing you the tidings: A new age is on its way with light and shine, with happiness and joy. The world is being reborn!”

#langblr #langblr reactivation challenge

[the-resurrection-3d]

Anger and depression are frequent bedfellows, both in modern psychological thinking and in biblical discourse. In this state, he expresses the full toxicity of his flight: “And now, oh God, please take my life, for my death is better than my life.” The core of his prayer constitutes an inversion of the public norms of prayer: death is his desire and it is associated with goodness (tov). He has already inverted the consensual uses of the Thirteen Divine Attributes, which classically celebrate God’s mercy. Moses first articulated them in pleading for the lives of his people; in different forms and condensations, they occur repeatedly in Scriptures; and they have become a consecrated liturgical recitative in the prayer lives of the Jewish people. Indeed, on Yom Kippur, they play a central role in every service of the day, not simply as descriptions of God’s loving ways but as invocations, invitations, performative pleas that allow the loving face of God to emerge. But on Yom Kippur, the narrative of Jonah is also read—where Jonah inverts the hopeful meanings of the Attributes. Jonah alone speaks them in a tone of aggrieved despair. Even before his flight, he already knew God’s nature, its deplorable compassion … The survival of the repentant city proves how right he was in his expectations of the God whose ways he knows so thoroughly. The God who is classically celebrated as “renouncing evil” has acted true to form, and Jonah is mortally sick because of it …

#whaleposting

[inechoingsilence]

Chag Shavuos Sameach! Good Yom Tov!

So I'm offline from now til Saturday night because it's a High Holiday and then Shabbat. Will see everyone on the other side, Gd willing!

#offline #jewish #shavuot #shabbat shalom #see you all saturday night like 9 EST

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Remember Your Creator

1 Remember now thy Bo're (Creator) in the yamim of thy bechurot, while the yamei hara'ah come not, nor the shanim draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no chefetz (pleasure) in them; 2 While the shemesh, or the ohr, or the yarei'ach, or the kokhavim, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; 3 In the yom when the shomrei habayit shall tremble, and the strong men shall stoop, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows grow dim, 4 And the delatayim (doors) shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding fades, and he shall arise at the sound of a tzipor (bird), and all their banot hashir (daughters of song) are brought low; 5 Also when they shall be afraid of height, and fears shall be in the derech, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper drags himself along, and desire shall fail; because haAdam goeth to his bais olam (eternal home), and the mourners go about the streets; 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the bor (cistern). 7 Then shall the aphar return to ha'aretz as it was; and the ruach shall return unto HaElohim who gave it. 8 Hevel havalim, saith Kohelet; all is hevel.

9 And moreover, because Kohelet was chacham, he taught the people da'as; yea, he applied, and searched out, and set in order many meshalim (proverbs). 10 Kohelet searched to find out divrei chefetz; and that which was written was yosher, even divrei emes.

11 Divrei chachamim are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by Ro'eh Echad (One Shepherd). 12 And further, by these, beni, be admonished; of making many sefarim there is no ketz; and much study is a weariness of the basar.

13 Let us hear the sof (conclusion) of the whole matter; Fear HaElohim, and of His commandments be shomer mitzvot; for this is the whole duty of haAdam. 14 For HaElohim shall bring kol ma'aseh (every work) into mishpat (judgment), with every ne’lam (secret thing, concealed thing), whether it be tov (good), or whether it be rah (evil). — Ecclesiastes 12 | Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB) Orthodox Jewish Bible Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011 by Artists for Israel International. Cross References: Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10; Genesis 50:10; Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 8:18; 2 Samuel 19:35; 1 Kings 4:32; Ezra 9:8; Nehemiah 4:14; Job 17:13; Psalm 90:10; Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 10:32; Proverbs 22:20-21; Ecclesiastes 1:1-2; Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 1:18; Zechariah 4:2-3; Matthew 10:26; Matthew 24:29; Luke 23:43; Acts 2:37; Acts 7:59; Romans 2:16; Revelation 18:22

#remember #God #youth #fear #reverence #Ecclesiastes 12 #Book of Ecclesiastes #Old Testament #OJB #Orthodox Jewish Bible #Artists for Israel International

[frankenfran]

good yom tov to all my friends, mutuals, loved ones, and everyone else. to all those close to me, i apologise for every time i haven’t returned your message or let a plan fall through. i apologise for all the times i wasn’t there for you, and all the many ways i could’ve wronged you or upset you.

5783 is going to be a much better year for all of us, and I’ll do my best to make it so. 🙇🏻‍♀️💖💖💖

[waitingonavision]

Welp, I’ve made an OC.

“Welcome to OC hell,” as I’ve been warned told.

Introducing Moisés Bondia!

Nothing is set in stone yet, and I’m still not 100% sure where this is all heading, but I figured I’d throw out some ideas from my chats with @seanettlles:

Name: Moisés is a Latin Jew who is descended from Sephardim (Jews historically from Spain and Portugal). His first name is the Spanish version of Moses. His last name, Bondia, is Sephardic, from the Hebrew name Yom Tov. Both mean “good day”; yom tov is also the term we use for holidays, especially ones like the first two days of Passover where you’re not supposed to do work.

Also, I didn’t know this when I chose Bondia, but Buendía is the name of the family in Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, which was a source of inspiration for Encanto!

Background: Moisés (probably) arrives in the Encanto in 1952, during the time that La Violencia is taking place in Colombia, outside the Encanto. I have to do more research into whether this is factual, but I think Jews were among the targets/victims of the war (owing to an antisemitic conspiracy theory). Moisés escapes, but his family is killed, including his parents.

Part of his story with Bruno involves eventually learning that the Madrigals have Jewish ancestry... and Bruno reclaiming that part of his heritage. Moisés is a fish out water, fleeing from violence, and being a Sephardi Jew, carries a lot of generational trauma. Being from the outside, he also knows about the Holocaust... which Bruno may have even seen in an involuntary vision, when he was younger.

Moisés is a big Jewish nerd. And I thought about making him the son of a rabbi... but I'm going to lean away from that because it's so overdone (his name is already Moisés, which is also cliché). So, he just really loves being Jewish and has studied a lot of Torah and other Jewish texts like Maimonides. He escaped with his chumash (the Torah/Five Books of Moses), his prayer book, and a few other things. The Encanto is a predominantly Catholic town, it seems... and I'm trying to decide if I want other residents to be descendants of conversos (Sephardi Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity).

He’s distraught over the probability that he can't say the prayer that Jews traditionally recite every week (for up to a year) for their loved ones who have recently died.... because you need a quorum of ten Jews in order to say the prayer. I'm still trying to figure out how to solve this. It’s gonna be hard to be a practicing Jew in the Encanto...

I feel like I’m a little in over my head, but in a good way.  And is this a thinly-veiled excuse for me to inhabit my Big Jewish Nerd identity while indulging my headcanon that the Madrigals have Jewish ancestry? Yes. Also, I’m an Asian Jew and neither Sephardi nor Ashkenazi (aka Jews from Europe), though I am more familiar with Ashkenazi traditions, so it will be nice to put my current grad studies to use and learn even more about non-Central/Eastern European Jewish history (and present). There’s a lot to consider.

#encanto #holocaust mention #moisés bondia #jewish madrigals #oc hell #my writing #stuff i've posted #i'll draw him eventually