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@lilahglitch Speaking for myself, I refuse to accept the scraps from either the left or the right, although I'm absolutely not going to fault any other Jew for making a different choice so they can navigate these times with as little stress as possible.

@menelion @gavi Yeah it's sort of like "We can't be racist against white people because there's no such thing as racism against white people".

@gavi I'm sorry for you and your friend because, as bad as it is in the US, I know it's 10 times worse in Europe/UK/Canada/Australia ETC.

Because they've convinced themselves they're the antiracist ones even though they've carved a big, giant, jarring antisemitism exception out for themselves and their political movements.

Yes we do. On Tuesday.

@pawpower @setmeravelles I like all the friends.

Yeah I think so.

Presidential Agent series by W. E. B. Griffin

Thanks for sending this info. This is interesting, and I'm glad you were able to find a preview. Looks like the 2004 US version I sent you is attempting to do a sort of liberal version of the concept of merging Mizrachi with Breslev, and thus, it uses the same title as the Israeli version. I think I may have found a new rabbit hole. Anyway, the second table of contents I sent you is from Sefaria, and they do have a Hebrew version of that Siddur that can be downloaded until you can get a printed copy which I'm sure will be much more pleasant to use. It's missing the Breslev commentary though that would be in the printed copy.

The Hebrew Edut Hamizrach version follows standard order of that nusach, which is reflected here: https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Edot_HaMizrach?tab=contents

OK two tables of contents coming. This one is the table of contents for the one with commentary, from the author: https://joerosenstein.com/siddur-eit-ratzon-toc/

Looks like it follows the Et Ratzon model, with weekday/Shabbat prayers plus Tehillim and other prayers for various occasions. There's a full-size version with everything, plus a weekday version and Shabbat version. Does this help?

@menelion Everything Serge says in this thread, and unfortunately I do not have any ideas about how to make The Rabbi's Cat accessible. This is unfortunate, because I'd love to read it.

That's … weird. I mean honestly weird. On their part, not yours. I can't thi;nk for the life of me why they wouldn't let someone spend $30 a month, (not sure what this is in pounds right off hand) and have a droplet or whatever. It's not like they're providing you with a mortgage or anything.

You got rejected? Like, they wouldn't let you purchase VPSs?

Just a cheap Bud Lite.

It's one of those two Jews three opinions things, but yes there are some sources/commentaries that basically say there are/were other humans and that the Adam Eve story, and the rest of the creation story for that matter, isn't meant to be taken literally. And I don't mean modern sources. Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, (Rashi), for example, says in his commentary on the first chapters of Genesis that if you really think God created everything in literal six literal 24-hour days and the like that you're a moron and no one should listen to you on anything else. I'm paraphrasing, but Rashi's commentary is pretty much foundational to Torah study and dates from the 11th century. See also: That line in the movie Dogma about going through five Adams before getting it right. That's a reference to more than one Jewish source on the subject. Hope this helps.

Quitting smoking was probably one of the most difficult things I've ever done, I'm wishing you all the success and sending good vibes and the like.

Gotta be honest I'm kind of wanting to do that right now.

Yeah I think I might just backup and nuke this thing because one of the things that's giving me issues is the connection between dev/production.