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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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