Independent Jewish Spirituality
By punktorah
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpfEC_VkhlU
Warning: foul language
Apparently G-d is a rational thinker, so why aren’t you?
This week’s parsha deals with how G-d understands the covenant with Israel. And it makes me wonder why so many people are so damn close minded!
By punktorah
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGCDFsoGz88
The Hebrews in this parsha make a bad choice: again, they challenge Moses and Aaron saying that they should have stayed in Egypt. This isn’t exactly new. Every parsha in the book of Bamidbar involves Hebrews bitching. And like all the other parsha, G_d gets pissed off and decides to go on a killing rampage.
By punktorah
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAdFochftWY
Parshat Behaalotcha is fond to my heart…because it is the parshat that I fucked up on.
See, there was a writing contest for socially conscious Jewish writers. I had to write a d’var about this section as it related to a global justice issue…and I failed, miserably.
By punktorah
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDJ0m1XH5zw
The idea of Chosen-ness has been a great obstacle for us as the Jewish people. It has brought about antisemitism, sectarian violence, and a false sense of superiority to those who interpret “chosen” as “better than everyone else”.
By punktorah
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY_smflqafQ
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