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probably off contemplating with the Sefirot ✨

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 3d

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meme says I'm single, taken, (checked) admiring my own nude art I created all by myself

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 49m

ask her if she’s heard of this one? sheffieldphoenix.com/product/the-...

It’s based on the huuuuuuge multi volume classical Hebrew dictionary but conciser (per the name duh)

The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew - Sheffield Phoenix Press

This Dictionary (CDCH) is an abridgment of the 8-volume Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (DCH). The DCH, the first volume of which appeared in 1993, was the first dictionary of the Classical Hebrew lang...

sheffieldphoenix.com

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 53m

I think this is the one I found on Sefaria (which is cool but at least in the app you can only read it like a book you can’t actually search it so very unwieldy)

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 1h

is there a good online dictionary for Biblical/Classical (not sure which or if they’re synonymous) Hebrew?

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 2h

wow you’re amazing

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 4h

oh I wrote a thing last night

decided to share ☺️✨

trainwrecksofthought.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/i...

in which a poem in my head distracts me

madeline shares a smol poem that interrupted her thoughts and insisted on being written

trainwrecksofthought.wordpress.com

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 4h

I need like a Hebrew-English dictionary of Biblical Hebrew I guess

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 4h

discovered today that one of my friends—as per her self report—does not get decision fatigue

she is always happy to make a decision

what…how…wherefore…?? erm…HOW???

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

oopsies madeline realizing she doesn’t have unlimited access to the information she wants

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

sofff fur and glowing eyes

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

o my gosh 🥺

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 6h

TIL you’re not suppose to contemplate the sefirot you’re supposed to contemplate WITH the sefirot

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 7h

we both were much conservative evangelicals and now I’m not 🫠

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve also realized this about communicating with my husband I have to steer way clear of any (even perceived) snark or he gets wayyy defensive in a jiffy and then we lose the entire opportunity for discussion (which is barely there to begin with lol)

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 7h

overall, yes

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 7h

I mean I started to reconsider my entire life and worldview due to snarky leftist memes but also I’m not sure how common that path is

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

finally working on ditching spotify it’s evidently the cool thing to do but I just am cause I wanna listen to king gizzard

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

meh…can see how you got there

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

*drumroll* 🥁

“…from the makers of Studying Tanya in Church…. we bring you learning Sefer Yetzirah during the Sermon!”

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 9h

also check out the shoes

Madeline’s shoes are black and white saddle shoe doc martens

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 9h

😃🌈🦄💖✨🪩

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 11h

excuse me, world, but my outfit—

Madeline in black trousers and white collared shirt with floral designs with a black lace up corset thing on top

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 11h

I guzzled coffee and went back to sleep lol

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 11h

my favorite type of bug

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 11h

🥺🥺

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 13h

I woke up before 6 today and my 6 year old is in bed with me and overhears me asking my husband to bring coffee — she sits bolt upright in bed and whispers:

“MOM, why are you drinking coffee in the middle of the NIGHT?”