@shammaiintl.bsky.social get out the cubit.

Today's Jews are the literal descendants of the Pharisees, who were respected sages and should not be used as a metaphor for today's right wing hypocrites.

I'm like how can you put ketchup on latkes! and they're like you put ketchup on fries. And then they're like sour cream and applesauce on fries is gross.

I can't explain it.

That is how you eat latkes.

My kids put ketchup on theirs.

You think this cheap ass buffet is "lavish" just because there are a bunch of cheap ass Temu candelabras on the table?

Also somebody's bare hand in the food dish, ewww.

I think there is way too much effort being spent to blame American racism and let the actual nazis off the hook as if they had no history of their own to draw from.

I have seen Jell-O products (not the gelatin, but the pudding mix) with an OU.

I recommend "The Pity of it All" by Amos Elon a history of German Jewry from 1743-1933. In it he describes all the restrictive laws that German Jews were subjected to centuries before Jim Crow was a thing.
www.amazon.com/Pity-All-Por...

The nazis had over a millennium of Judenhaß restrictive laws to go by, in fact they could have taught the KKK a thing or zwei.

After the destruction of the Temple by the Romans, the Sadducees, who were the priestly class, disappeared from history since their practice was tied to the Temple. The early Christians were competing with the Pharisees to enlarge their churches.

After seeing all the unhinged violent anti-Chabad posts of the last 48 hours I long for the comparatively rational conversations I had with people who use the word "Pharisee"

Let's see now what are the main mivtzoim

1. Tefillin
2. Shabbat
3. Yom Tov
4.Torah study
5. Kashrut
6. Mikvah
7. Mashiach (for some)

You can be vegan and still keep kosher, but a lot of vegan products have an OU-D hechsher which means they contain some trace dairy ingredients or were prepared on dairy equipment.

The AI slop illustration shows 2 menorahs with 10 candles each!