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Teens on Torah
A place for teens to discuss Jewish texts
I'm back! (Yitro)
Not really. I don't intend to continue posting here continuously. But for an unimportant reason, I was inspired to post something today....
robrosen17
Feb 142 min read
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Transcendence and Immanence (Shavuot)
Judaism’s conception of the universe is extraordinary; it presents God as completely outside nature. God is transcendent, not immanent....
robrosen17
May 28, 20238 min read
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2 Kings 18
In 2 Kings 18, in response to a rebellion against Assyrian rule by King Hezekiah of Judah, King Sennacheirib of Assyria destroys the...
robrosen17
May 14, 20235 min read
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2 Kings 23
In 2 Kings 22, the discovery of the Torah in the Beit HaMikdash prompts King Josiah of Judah to lead a national return to God and purging...
robrosen17
May 14, 20235 min read
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Emor and the Myth of the Goddess
It is Saturday night, May 6. I had a very choppy Shabbat. It started out great when I learned that an amazing Sephardic cantor was at...
robrosen17
May 14, 20239 min read
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Vindication! (Avodah Zarah 2a)
It is nighttime, Sunday, April 9, Chol HaMoed Pesach. Easter is ending. Last night I ended a text conversation by wishing a Christian...
robrosen17
Apr 9, 20234 min read
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Kings Ch. 19
In Pesach, God 'pesach's over the houses of the Israelites, not killing their firstborn, like a young lamb jumps, seemingly randomly, as...
robrosen17
Apr 4, 20232 min read
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Chalal Cherev ain't Cholov
וְאִם־מִזְבַּ֤ח אֲבָנִים֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֔י לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה אֶתְהֶ֖ן גָּזִ֑ית כִּ֧י חַרְבְּךָ֛ הֵנַ֥פְתָּ עָלֶ֖יהָ וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃ And if...
robrosen17
Apr 2, 20237 min read
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