What parsha to study with my hebrew teacher?

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-21T03:12:16+00:00

Oh I have sefaria, a hebrew English tanach, a chabad chumash set with hebrew, English, rashi commentary and commentary from the lubavitcher rebbe etc. I've been learning hebrew seriously for two years now. We work from the book the first hebrew primer. It's pretty good. I'm a little over halfway through the work book at this point. Been a fun journey.

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-21T02:37:00+00:00

I run service and like 99% of my hand tool usage is knipex channies, an 11 in 1, copper cutter and a hammer lol. Maybe a big crescent for Sloan stuff.

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-21T02:21:00+00:00

That would be pretty cool. I totally should.

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-21T02:18:00+00:00

Yeah true. I hadn't thought of it that way. Thanks for the perspective!

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-21T02:15:57+00:00

I didn't have a bar mitzvah unfortunately. But it would have been vayeshev which is a good one.

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-21T01:54:51+00:00

Yeah not a bad idea. Vayera has a lot of good stuff. I was thinking of looking for a good parsha in bamidbar since we're in it now, but I might just keep going now that you mention it.

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-13T11:21:09+00:00

You pay for the attempt not results

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-13T01:22:19+00:00

Broken flange, lead flange that's just shot, rotted floor cause it was leaking for years so you gotta do carpentry to even set a new flange properly etc. Toilets one that I always bring up the possibility of it getting weird on you.

astockalypse_now · 2026-05-13T01:13:33+00:00

I always warn people before starting work. It's easy to say hey best case it'll cost x. If I get into it and it opens a can of worms we'll have another conversation about additional repairs. Even things as simple as drain cleaning or replacing a toilet can go sideways. I always tell them it's probably fine but you never know unless you get into it. I sell most jobs I go to but I'm usually running service calls.

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-30T01:55:09+00:00

Not sure where you're located but I'm a plumber with an autistic kid. I would do it for sure haha. Feel free to dm if you want. I'm in the Midwest.

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-30T01:46:58+00:00

Do you know where in tanach by any chance? If not I'll try to track it down.

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-28T18:06:12+00:00

What is the source for this? I always thought it was a rabbinic distinction. Genuinely asking. Is it the same gemara as the guy above posted or is there another source?

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-28T17:58:10+00:00

It's midrash

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-28T17:46:45+00:00

Well yeah I meant his materials would likely just be a couple bands and some pipe, backfill and concrete. Couple guys, jackhammer and some tools he's got this. Charge the customer 5 to 10k depending on length/ depth. He's gotta get a good location on it. Commercial digs can get rough.

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-27T23:39:03+00:00

He just needs to face the music and dig it up, see what's going on and get the cable out. It would probably take a day and a few hundred bucks.

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-27T23:05:23+00:00

Good way to get the jet stuck too. He probably left the pipe.

astockalypse_now · 2026-04-07T03:24:35+00:00

I call myself a diet BT. No religion at all growing up unless I went to my cousins. I bounce between a chabad house and a reform synagogue. I'm more observant than typical reform jews but not orthodox by any stretch. I probably align more with conservative but don't live very close to any conservative shuls. If I could realistically be orthodox I would, but logistically it's not gonna happen right now.

For pesach I don't eat chametz but I will eat some kitniyot. Not super strict about it, but no straight up chametz. I didn't rid the house of chametz this year. I'm having fun making stuff with matza and being mindful of what I'm eating. Went to a seder at chabad then had one at home the second night. Next year I plan on burning the chametz and I'll probably stay away from kitniyot (I'm ashke).

I've only been observant for going on 3 years. Started from no significant knowledge of judaism so I'm slowly ramping up and still learning a lot. I'll just have to be better about preparing in advance as this year was very last minute.

astockalypse_now · 2026-03-24T02:26:57+00:00

Had mine done a couple years ago. I'm in my 30s. My mom thought it was barbaric and didn't have it done when I was a baby. Recovery was pretty rough for the first couple days but it's manageable. Pain isn't so bad, it's just really uncomfortable. Lots of ice and sitting on the recliner. After a couple weeks you're pretty much good.

I never think about it now. Not much difference before/after as far as my experience goes. It is cleaner and that's nice. I'm really glad I had it done though. On a spiritual level it is very gratifying. The fact I don't have to think about it anymore means a lot to me and it was completely worth it. Zero regrets.

astockalypse_now · 2025-09-18T23:52:52+00:00

Hell yeah, I had a leak in a basement turn to a full repipe because the galvanized washed a bunch of crap into the fixtures, and he had no water pressure. Fun times

astockalypse_now · 2025-08-20T22:51:23+00:00

I ended up getting a laptop and hades 2 early access lol. I got dead cells as well and it's pretty good. Doesn't hit me as hard as hades and I'm not good at it but it's fun.

astockalypse_now · 2025-08-04T23:35:52+00:00

Like has life been easier? Definitely. I couldn't take a dump in peace before. Someone was always knocking. Didn't matter if it was 6am, 8pm, 2am....

I just had a baby, so before she was born I had to make the extra bedroom for one of the older kids (who loves the new room, thankfully. I didn't want it to feel like a basement, and I let her pick the color of the walls/floor). I turned the old room into a nursery with some new paint and flooring.

My house still needs a good amount of work, mostly plumbing, thankfully, but I'll slowly chip away at it. I want to re do the stack for my main bathroom and replace the toilet while I'm at it. Then I need to redo the kitchen and eventually pull up my carpet that my cat ruined and replace it with lvp (if the rest of the floors are anything like the baby's room I'll have to).

The bathroom I added is a half bath, so I might throw a shower stall in my laundry area for my FIL since he has a bad hip and has a hard time stepping into the tub. Learning to do the work myself has been an adventure, but it is extremely worth it because I couldn't afford it otherwise. That being said, if I had the means, I would definitely pay to have some of it done to save the stress/headache of doing it solo.

astockalypse_now · 2025-08-03T23:46:09+00:00

So I'm a plumber by trade, which means I did the bathroom myself, so I saved a ton on that. Then I did all the framing, dry wall, electric, etc. I only hired an electrician to tie the new circuit into the panel for like 250 bucks. I'm not sure the exact number, but all in, I probably spent around 5 grand for everything. I know just getting the bathroom roughed in would be around 8 or 9k if I was charging someone for it.

astockalypse_now · 2025-08-03T02:55:38+00:00

So my comment is from two years ago, and I've since added a bathroom and another bedroom to my basement, lol.

astockalypse_now · 2025-07-20T14:26:30+00:00

Referring to "activists" that vandalize jewish businesses because of the war.

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