Elli Fischer
@Adderabbi
Rabbi. Translator & Editor. Writer. Historian. Lecturer. Cofounder #HaMapah, @The_Lehrhaus. Puts the DH in ADHD. Nothing Jewish is foreign to me.
As an Orthodox rabbi, I will never begin an article with the words "As an Orthodox rabbi".
What's crazier? That this initiative exists (oh, it seems like such an amazing initiative) or that my friend, next-door neighbor, and fellow Baltimorean @jeremybob1 is a contributing reporter? wsj.com/opinion/new-pa…
Big if true. And Modiin property values are only going to go higher...
Told him about my podcast. open.spotify.com/show/38S3w1JsF…
The deeper you go in the rabbit hole the T becomes silent.
These beans are cool. Follow the thread up.
And here's a page from a fundraising ledger for Bikur Holim Hospital in the 1890s. An emissary reached Corsicana in 1898
Today's (and yesterday's) daf: open.spotify.com/track/63T7DJ1A…
Bookseller in Kiryat Sefer: Everyone comes in and wants to buy an Avodah Zarah. Some want a big Avodah Zarah. Some want a small Avodah Zarah. I feel like Terach.
Looks really beautiful. I hope to visit someday. Maybe by then the notorious Evin Prison - the target of Israeli strikes - will be a museum that documents the Iranian regime's human rights abuses instead of a prison that perpetrates them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evin_Pris…
People know of the prison but the *village* of Evin is one of the oldest and most beautiful neighborhoods of Tehran. Just beyond lies Darekeh and its endless canyon trails and tea houses, absolute bliss.
I wish this could be the phone alert for incoming missiles. The alarm sound is terrible. youtube.com/clip/UgkxRJdHg…
FICTION: Frodo and a small group of fighters travel to a distant enemy country to destroy a powerful weapon in the heart of a mountain. REALITY: A small group of fighters travel to a distant enemy country to destroy a powerful weapon in the heart of a mountain, in Fordo.
If you've read the Three Body Problem trilogy, you're familiar with the term "Wallfacer," which refers to an utterly unpredictable human (an advantage when invaders can see everything but the inside of the mind). Trump is a Wallfacer. share.google/vLQGZ4L5gt68TR…
