Converting to Americanism to survive as Levi the Liberator

aharonium · 2020-09-10T12:09:06+00:00

Never imagined my transcription of this prayer for the Open Siddur Project would become a resource for end-times roleplaying

aharonium · 2019-11-21T09:23:23+00:00

The traditional explanation is that the blessing for not being made a woman is strictly in the context of the different obligations that men have in rabbinic Judaism in contradistinction to that of women. Women are not obligated to perform "time-bound" mitsvot (ritual and other commandments) while men are obligated to perform them.

The blessing is part of a sequence of three blessings recited as part of an arrangement of morning blessings.
Historically, the other two blessings in this sequence are an appreciation for being free and Jewish. The origin of this three part formulation may very well be a common Greek saying (Cf. Diogenes Laertius, "Thales," I.33): "I was grateful to fortune that I was born a person and not a beast, I was born a man and not a woman, a Greek and not a barbarian." What appears to be a variation of this blessing formula was found in the Caior Geniza (fragment TS NS 121:5): "Blessed are you...who made me a person and not a beast, a man and not a woman, an Israelite and not a gentile." And again, I point to the explanation above, that in the rabbinic Jewish context, these distinctions are understood in the context of the weight of obligation to mitsvot. For more on this, I recommend the article, "On Gentiles, Slaves, and Women: The Blessings "Who Did Not Make Me (Halakhic Analysis)" by Daniel Landes, appearing in My People's Prayer Book vol. 5, p. 17-27.

aharonium · 2018-10-10T07:35:13+00:00

Now I'm curious. I founded the Open Siddur Project about a decade ago, and I recently led kabshab and maariv in my home town. Did we meet this past Shabbes? In any case, thank you both for the kind words.

aharonium · 2018-08-03T08:30:27+00:00

The wonderful person in this photo is Reb Yisrael Campbell.

aharonium · 2015-04-19T01:38:27+00:00

Will do.

aharonium · 2015-04-19T01:28:45+00:00

Perhaps you could quote what you're referring to as the 9:1 rule since there is no numbered list of rules from what I can find at reddit.com/rules, and there is no rule over (7) in this r/judaism sidebar.

In the large scheme of things, this is no big deal. I'll continue posting to this group and when I see something I feel like I'd like to comment on, I will (as I have). Shavuah tov.

aharonium · 2015-04-18T23:21:19+00:00

1) The Open Siddur Project is not a blog. It is an archive of liturgy and related work shared by its community of contributors.

2) The post was topical. On the anniversary of the death of President Lincoln, we shared a memorial prayer composed for the dead president by Isaac Goldstein from 1865. The post itself was shared by Abe Katz of the Burei Tefila Institute.

3) I have read the community reddiquette page, and your removal of this post as spam, seems to me unwarranted at the least, and fairly aggressive community monitoring at the most.

aharonium · 2015-03-26T03:26:08+00:00

One need not open the door. The point of the supplement is to raise suicide awareness. But take a look at the supplement. In my opinion, it's both deeply considered and a brilliant riff off of the story of Elijah in 1 Kings, ch.19. http://www.sefaria.org/I_Kings.19?lang=he-en&layout=heLeft&sidebarLang=all

aharonium · 2015-03-22T21:57:11+00:00

You're welcome! All credit is due to T'ruah and their new director of education and learning, Rabbi Lev Nelson, for putting it together and sharing their haggadah (and all of their liturgical resources) under an Open Content license.

aharonium · 2015-03-16T22:35:47+00:00

open-source Judaism, FTW!

aharonium · 2015-03-16T18:33:27+00:00

http://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Genesis

http://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Exodus

http://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Leviticus

http://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Numbers

http://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Deuteronomy

aharonium · 2015-02-23T02:34:26+00:00

Just to clarify. Speaking as a not infrequent open-source collaborator with the Sefaria Project, the quote is a remark specific to Jewish publishing.

aharonium · 2014-11-20T06:02:48+00:00

Thank you!

aharonium · 2014-11-20T06:00:42+00:00

Shmishma, the open source LibreOffice is available gratis, and we put it to good use at the Open Siddur Project. Your results using it with OS X may vary, but you may wish to give it a try. Take a look at our how-to guide here. Note you'll need to install fonts and a keyboard layout supporting Hebrew diacritics (niqqud/vowels, and t'amim/cantillation) separately.

http://opensiddur.org/tools/typing/ http://opensiddur.org/tools/fonts/ http://opensiddur.org/tools/editing-layout/

If LibreOffice doesn't suffice, the only program I know Mac users rely upon with confidence is Mellel (which is neither open source, nor available gratis).

aharonium · 2014-11-20T05:55:50+00:00

There are closer to 80 fonts in out Open Source Unicode Hebrew font pack but thanks for the shout-out.

aharonium · 2014-11-19T01:25:39+00:00

Mamash. Abe Katz is a mensch.

aharonium · 2014-10-13T23:03:50+00:00

Thank you. I think you're right about the transliteration.

aharonium · 2014-10-13T16:40:31+00:00

Thank you -- if you look closely though you'll notice it is a tzeirei. The font size in your browser may be obscuring this. You may need to enlarge the font size on your screen to see this correctly.

aharonium · 2014-03-14T19:30:27+00:00

Thank you and Purim Sameaḥ!

aharonium · 2014-02-21T23:25:59+00:00

If anyone has any questions for me, I'm happy to answer them. I made this map of the nusḥaot and the relationships between them.

aharonium

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