I Sat Next To The Protest Today.

Some pralines I made.

Fun fact! The 'if I forget Jerusalem may I forget my right hand and may my tonguestick to the roof of my mouth' is actually a thing that can happen! Your left hemisphere is controlling both the right part of your body and your language function. The saying basically says 'if I forget Jerusalem, I must have brain damage'. Obviously the ancient people didn't know it was *brain* damage, but it was a thing that happened to people

If you ask a non-jew what is the symbol of a Jewish wedding they will say it's breaking a glass. But why?

What you don't know is that when the groom breaks the glass the couple are already married. The rabbi has technically already pronounced them husband and wife (though there isn't really that part in a Jewish wedding).

The glass is crushed to represent the grief of the destruction of the temple. The groom says "If I forget you Jerusalem may my right hand be lost, may my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you and don't put Jerusalem at the top of my joy" (my translation) Even at the happiest event of our lives we will always remember Jerusalem and Zion (i.e Israel) and how it was destroyed and how we were exiled from it. Then and only then, you may kiss the bride.

The verse is from the same psalm that starts with "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion"

This has been Jewish tradition for over 2,000 years and it doesn't matter if it was Jews in Europe, Africa, Asia - we always yearned to return to the land of Israel.

So if you say we aren't indiginous to the land of Israel or that we have no claim to the land, you need to educate yourself.

Reminded me of something so storytime:

*Family dinner*

My brother: lol like that time I got hit be a car

Everyone: WHAT

Brother: yeah like two months ago. There's a GIF *shows us GIF of security cameras catching him getting hit by a car*

Us: are you okay??

Brother: yea the girl that hit me didn't ever talk to me afterwards lol

Us: ???????

It was an accident :(((

Yes yes yes!!! And they aren't developing the side characters, so no one can slap him in the face and tell him to talk to somebody. We NEED more side characters? The bank dude? I NEED to see him talking to Mat about his feeling or something. Heather? Matt just fucking tell her you are daredevil it ain't that hard. The lawyer woman? I don't even know her name because we never hear from her. How is it I feel more connected to Fisk's assistant (the dude) then to ANY OTHER SIDE CHARACTER??? He isn't even good but he is the only character we get to know other than Matt. Use the Ayala girl!! Use Frank Castle! Or hell, any other defender. ANYONE!!! PLEASE

I think one of the reasons I miss Foggy and Karen is Matt has no one to really talk to in this season (not even a priest!). His relationships with his work and life partners are both new (and feel undercooked, especially as both are based on a high degree of deception), and his interactions with Cherry are limited.

I get to some degree this is deliberate - Matt is untethered in the same way Fisk, partially estranged from Vanessa, is and they both revert to old ways. But it does feel like we are more removed from Matt than ever and I miss the old dynamic.

I was about to say that I am confused because I am Ashkenazi and we use both dates and apples but now I remember that one of my gradmas doesn't use dates. So ig we eat both?

fun(?) fact: i somehow only found out about non ashkenazi charoset last year (despite living in israel my whole life) when i tried the ben and jerrys charoset ice cream

this was not a pleasant experience cuz i dont like dates and i really like apple charoset 😔

כשהייתי בחטיבה נסעתי לקאמפ אמריקאי ונדהמתי לגלות שלא הייתה חובה להיות עם כובע או קרם הגנה, כל יום בצהריים הלכנו לבריכה בשמש, וחצי מהבנות שהיו איתי בחדר נשרפו כל כך שהן לא יכלו לישון וכל העור שלהן התקלף. וזה היה במקום שלא היה בו המון שמש (ירד גשם!!! באוגוסט!!!) פשוט היינו בחוץ כל היום. אז אני חושבת שבסך הכול התוכנית הזאת והחינוך להגנה בשמש בארץ טוב

I got pertussis when I was 7. I was vaccinated. The vaccine is not 100% effective, so I got sick. I was a little sick for about a week and then I got better. This is the difference between a vaccinated and an unvaccinated child.

Vaccinate. It saves lives.

כוכבים.

Heated discourse in the פתיתים fandom about the best פתיתים shape

אם אני רוצה להתאבד, אני מכינה פסטה עם חמאה ואולי גבינה. ב90% מהמקרים אני לא רוצה להתאבד יותר אחרי שאכלתי את הפסטה

אולי אני לא אובדנית כמו שחשבתי. אולי אני סתם רעבה.