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S Hydrae

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Geographer by trade, and student of landscapes, urban and natural. Sketching, especially in line and wash. Judaism. And cats of course. I went hunting wild after the wildest beauty in the world — W Owen Also at @[email protected]

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S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 4d

A2 Kohelet is contradicting himself since earlier he is saying there's a time for wailing and time for dancing. That is, it's not universally better to go to a house of mourning than a house of revelry. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 4d

A1 The opposite side of "All is futility" is "All is delight". Kohelet does not spend much time thinking about delight in the world but that is where real value is to be found. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 4d

A0 Hi all and Shabbat shalom! Tired but I'm doing okay. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 9d

And given your memories of Durham Bulls games, you might want to watch "Bull Durham", which was filmed in the Bulls' old ballpark. There are lots of great baseball movies.

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 11d

A2 By Ha'azinu, Moses has found his poetic voice, and is much better in using language to express himself than back in Exodus 4. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 11d

A1 I'm getting a sense of contrast between God dwelling in a wild rocky landscape where eagles are happily nesting and the agricultural plain below where the people are becoming fat on the yields and spurning God. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 11d

Nope! #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 11d

A0 Hi all and Shabbat shalom! It's been quite the week. But I had a meaningful Yom Kippur and I am happy about that. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 18d

A3 I'd go along with that. For some reason it's easier to view heaven and earth as sentient than a book. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 18d

A3 For the record of teaching to be a witness maybe it implies that the book is sentient. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 18d

A2 The hazards seem to be being defeated by the other nations, going astray with other gods, and various unspecified evils and troubles. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 18d

A1 I like the way that the safeguard against the Israelites going astray once they enter the land is to learn a poem. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 18d

A0 Hi all and Shabbat shalom. Mournful here - my mother-in-law just passed away. My spouse is back east gathered with her siblings and I have been staying put looking after the cats. #ParshaChat

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 20d

Happy Glenn Gould's birthday to all who celebrate.
🎹🙌🎈

My mother took me to one of his last live recitals when I was 12 years old. I still can't talk about it without crying.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqwZ...

Glenn Gould - Bach, Partita No. 2 in C-minor BWV 826 - rehearsal (OFFICIAL)

YouTube video by Glenn Gould

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S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Sep 6

A2 The bit in 23:15 about needing honest weights and measures to endure long on the earth is interesting since it suggests that having technologies for carrying out grifts is the sort of thing that will lead to societal breakdown. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Sep 6

A1 Returning lost animals and objects is important for maintaining and developing community ties. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Sep 6

A0 Hi all and Shabbat shalom! It's been a quiet week and it's not as hot as it has been, which I'm glad about. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 30

A2 The text sees worshiping other gods and the sun and the moon and heavenly host as very dangerous. This leads to the question of what would constitute legitimate study of the sun, moon, and heavens and what would be dangerous worship. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 30

A1 It's interesting how the instructions for baffling cases are to head to a designated place for the meeting with the magistrates. That is, certain places have special significance to God. Why is that? #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 30

A0 Shabbat shalom, all! Looking forward to #ParshaChat.

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 23

A3 It's interesting that the text emphasizes that only one spot is to be used. Why couldn't there be sacrificial sites in each of the tribal territories? One reason might be the hierarchy of priestly expertise: the sacrifices may need to be supervised by the most senior priests. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 23

A2 It seems important to remember that many of the rituals of the Israelites are new ones, less than forty years old. There is the worry that the rituals are not ingrained enough if people start to learn about the practices already present in the place. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 23

A1 It's interesting that destroying all the altars in the land is emphasized a lot in the text. Is this injunction guarding against the risk that the Israelites will lose their identity otherwise? #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 23

A0 Hi all and Shabbat shalom! It's been hot this past week - it's not fun to have the temperature in the 90s at sunset. #ParshaChat

S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · Aug 16

A2 The verse seems to say even though you may have some accomplishments, don't be so proud of them, since they're always built upon the works of your greater community and ultimately God. #ParshaChat