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Genesis - Parashath Chayei Sarah.
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Phone battery adventures.
The battery on my Samsung Galaxy was beginning to bulge, so I figured I'd best get it replaced soon, so I don't end up like a Hezbollah commander ( Read more... ) -
Genesis - Parashath Vayera.
GENESIS - PARASHATH VAYERA.
Abraham receives mysterious visitors, who bring good tidings and ill. The course of Lot's life is changed forever. Abraham's long-promised blessing finally appears, but family strife ensues, and Abraham's faith is tested.
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Genesis - Parashath Lekh lekha.
GENESIS - PARASHATH LEKH LEKHA ( Read more... ) -
Genesis - Parashath Noach.
PARASHATH NOACH ( Read more... ) -
Reading.
I've just finished 'Hillbilly Elegy' by JD Vance, in the audiobook. I just now ordered the Kindle edition so I can re-read it at my leisure. The author, now our Vice-President-elect, tells the story of his difficult upbringing in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio without sensationalism and without sentimentality ( Read more... ) -
Journal 2024-11-08 Friday noon.
I'm still on the job trail, but I've got a couple of promising leads, and in the meantime the glitches in my UI payments have been ironed out. It's been an eventful week, obviously, and I'm looking forward to getting back into some semblance of a normal routine. I am cautiously optimistic that the new political climate will bring an improved ( Read more... ) -
The election.
So, it was a good night for our side. We put together a watch party at the local bar and grill, which was attended by probably upwards of 50 people ( Read more... ) -
Genesis - Parashath Bereshith - Fourth Aliyah to end - From Cain to Noah.
FOURTH ALIYAH: THE HOUSE OF CAIN ( Read more... ) -
Genesis - Parashath Bereshith - Third Aliyah: The Serpent and the Fall.
[2:23] When woman is created as a separate entity, man exclaims, “This one shall be called woman, for from man she was taken.” Notice that he does not address her directly. Who’s he talking to? His words - the first recorded human speech in the Bible - are spoken in the third person, and there isn’t even a third person in the world yet ( Read more... )