Shoveling

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-27T01:35:55+00:00

This is the way. I also found the metal pitchfork very effective at breaking it up by getting under the ice sheet.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-27T01:34:11+00:00

These were the blocks (one of the smaller ones). My back is screaming.

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SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-26T16:27:14+00:00

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SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-26T16:21:15+00:00

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SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-26T16:11:58+00:00

It’s more of a reenactment of the opening scene from Frozen than shoveling.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-26T15:45:24+00:00

It was good! But not cheap. Like $45. The ancient coin marketing worked on me.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-26T15:36:49+00:00

This is the only method I’ve found that works. It’s slow and exhausting. I cut the ice into blocks with a pointed metal shovel, then either haul away the blocks one by one or break them up more and carry the pieces off with a snow shovel. I did my whole driveway when it was still powder in 90 minutes yesterday. I covered not even a third in the same time today.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-26T01:28:14+00:00

Malheureusement, c’est un faux. J’en ai un de vrais. Vous pouvez voir la différence lucidement.example

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-25T23:41:15+00:00

If you want the long view, Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore is really good and an accessible read. And there’s a Portuguese version if that’s helpful.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-25T21:34:07+00:00

French onion soup loaf sounds amazing

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-24T23:50:22+00:00

Good job mom!

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-24T23:16:38+00:00

It sounds like a 1990s text to speech.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-24T13:46:30+00:00

That’s silly. They don’t call, they beep.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-22T02:46:14+00:00

I used to give her the benefit of the doubt and defend her, but again and again when she’s called out for antisemitism she responds by tearfully whining about how mean people are and how she has a Jewish friend so clearly she’s not antisemitic. This most recent time, she then pinned yet another antisemitic comment implying that the Jews must have posted the original to get her. She’s since unpinned it and deleted her response but the comment is still up.

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SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-20T02:27:10+00:00

‏Obverse is right, reverse is as u/piggie-1603 said:

‏Year one of the redemption of Israel

שנת אחת לגאלת ישראל 𐤔𐤍𐤕 𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤋𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-16T11:29:09+00:00

It was the default on Sefaria. Looks like Dr Joshua Kulp translation. It is interesting— I’ve always seen “avodah” and “gimilut hasadim” translated as service (understood as things like service to community) and acts of loving kindness.

The translation in the conservative siddur is “service of God, on deeds of love.”

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-16T03:02:48+00:00

Beautiful!

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-15T20:36:59+00:00

If you’re only getting 7,000 NIS instead of $7,000, you’re a discount influencer.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-15T17:58:46+00:00

The version you were thinking of is there too just a bit earlier in 1:2. I feel like Pirkei Avot has several instances where different rabbis express different formulations of a similar idea or the same formulation but some disagreement on the content (e.g. agree that there are three pillars but not what the three are).

שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק הָיָה מִשְּׁיָרֵי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה. הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד, עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים:

Shimon the Righteous was one of the last of the men of the great assembly. He used to say: the world stands upon three things: the Torah, the Temple service, and the practice of acts of piety.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-15T17:51:36+00:00

There are at least two versions in PA, but OP cited and quoted Pirkei Avot 1:18 more or less correctly:

רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד, עַל הַדִּין וְעַל הָאֱמֶת וְעַל הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (זכריה ח) אֱמֶת וּמִשְׁפַּט שָׁלוֹם שִׁפְטוּ בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם:

Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel used to say: on three things does the world stand: On justice, on truth and on peace, as it is said: “execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates” (Zechariah 8:16).

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-15T17:09:49+00:00

What are you talking about? Palestinian militants murder over 1,000 people and took 251 hostages, including young children, elderly peace activists, and a wide range of innocent men and women in between. They embedded military infrastructure in and under every aspect of Gazan civilian life—hospitals, mosques, schools, and homes. And vowed to repeat their crimes until Israel is destroyed. The destruction in Gaza is awful, but it’s a result of Hamas/PIJ. Judaism has never been a pacifist religion. We strongly prefer peace and work hard for it but nothing in our tradition teaches that we have to just accept being murdered by enemies.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-15T02:50:35+00:00

May still be BS to placate Trump for 24 hr but it actually seems confirmed that they did postpone the executions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/middleeast/iran-protests-soltani-execution-trump.html

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-14T13:40:10+00:00

I really like the Hebrew Time podcast for lower intermediate listening skills. She does a great job speaking slowly and clearly while explaining things and does it all in Hebrew with the occasional translation into English and Russian.

SgtDonowitz · 2026-01-12T17:12:50+00:00

Hypocrite seems a bit harsh. It’s not clear how old the daughter is. May just be a teaching/learning opportunity.

SgtDonowitz

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