"Do You Support Israel?"

"Do you support Israel?"

I don't know - what do you mean by "support Israel"?

Do I support Israel's current war in Gaza? No.

Do I support Israel's right to get its citizens back? Yes.

Do I support Israel's settlements in the West Bank? No.

Do I support Israel's right to exist? Yes.

Do I support Israel's current government and leaders? No.

Do I support Israel's right to defend itself? Yes.

So I dunno, do I "support" Israel or not? What about Palestine?

Do I support reparations for Palestinians in the West Bank? Yes.

Do I support Hamas? No.

Do I support Palestinians in Gaza being free from war? Yes.

Do I support Hamas' violence against Israeli citizens? No.

Do I support Palestine's right to exist? Yes.

And then there's this...

Do I support the destruction of Israel? No.

Do I support the destruction of Palestine? No.

Do I support a world where Israelis don't fear death? Yes.

Do I support a world where Palestinians don't fear death? Yes.

The only way to achieve actual peace in the region is to support peace between Israel and Palestine. You cannot get this if you destroy Israel OR Palestine.

the intentional or unintentional emission of semen outside of permitted sexual contact (so interfaith, premarital, anal, and masturbation all fall outside of permitted sexual contact**) is referred to as Zera Levatala. sure, we know now that semen is produced from puberty until death and may believe it’s not a “waste”, but that’s projecting 5785 ideals, morals, and understandings onto biblical verses!

**please note that i am a queer person with a gentile partner who i love very much. so this isn’t me saying those things are wrong, just that halacha says they are not permitted.

Male sex - is being gay a sin?

I've already saw a couple of those videos on my fyp, and they annoy me a little, especially the comments.

A little preface:

As we know, the original texts of the Tanakh (old testament) were written in Hebrew.

When the Romans ruled over judea, Jesus started a new current in Judaism, which became Christianity after he died.

His followers spread their beliefs, and romans became Christiana as well.

So, one if the first thing they did was to translate the Tanakh to Latin, and then years later to other languages as they continued with the Crusades.

Now, what's bothers me the most about those posts is that they say the mistranslation caused the verse to be "a man shall not lay with another man" instead of "a man shall not lay with a boy" (meaning is was supposedly meant to be about pedophilia and not homosexuality).

The this, that in the original text there nothing about a boy.

"וְאֶ֨ת־זָכָ֔ר לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אִשָּׁ֑ה תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה הִֽוא׃" {ויקרא, י"ח, כ"ב}

"And with a male you shall not lie the lyings of a woman; it is an abomination." {Translation - Sefaria, Rabbi Shraga Silvershtein}

Nothing about a boy, nothing about a teenager {נער - sometime interpret as a young male, even if he's 30}.

If we take the verse very literally, it means that a males aren't allowed to have Anal sex with eachother.

Tho, the interpretation that it's about pedophilia, didn't came first from Christians.

[יא] "ואיש" – להוציא את הקטן. "אשר ישכב את זכר" – אף הקטן במשמע.

In verse י"א, the text says "and a man" - meaning an adult male {13 and above}, then it keeps on telling all the laws of Incest. In verse כ"ב {"And with a male you shall not..."}, it. Says a male.

According to Sfara, Kdoshim, it means a male shall not lie with any other male - minor and adult as one.

So, in conclusion, there is definitely mistranslation from the original text to the old testament in the Christian's bible, but it's not explicit about Pedophilia.

Reblog or comment if you have anything to add, this is a very big topic.

Have an easy and meaningful fast.

גמר חתימה טובה🕊️

i interpret it as wanting to not “waste” semen, anal sex was prohibited for the same reason male masturbation was; semen was life, and wasting that was an abomination. so many different interpretations beyond homophobia!

Male sex - is being gay a sin?

I've already saw a couple of those videos on my fyp, and they annoy me a little, especially the comments.

A little preface:

As we know, the original texts of the Tanakh (old testament) were written in Hebrew.

When the Romans ruled over judea, Jesus started a new current in Judaism, which became Christianity after he died.

His followers spread their beliefs, and romans became Christiana as well.

So, one if the first thing they did was to translate the Tanakh to Latin, and then years later to other languages as they continued with the Crusades.

Now, what's bothers me the most about those posts is that they say the mistranslation caused the verse to be "a man shall not lay with another man" instead of "a man shall not lay with a boy" (meaning is was supposedly meant to be about pedophilia and not homosexuality).

The this, that in the original text there nothing about a boy.

"וְאֶ֨ת־זָכָ֔ר לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אִשָּׁ֑ה תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה הִֽוא׃" {ויקרא, י"ח, כ"ב}

"And with a male you shall not lie the lyings of a woman; it is an abomination." {Translation - Sefaria, Rabbi Shraga Silvershtein}

Nothing about a boy, nothing about a teenager {נער - sometime interpret as a young male, even if he's 30}.

If we take the verse very literally, it means that a males aren't allowed to have Anal sex with eachother.

Tho, the interpretation that it's about pedophilia, didn't came first from Christians.

[יא] "ואיש" – להוציא את הקטן. "אשר ישכב את זכר" – אף הקטן במשמע.

In verse י"א, the text says "and a man" - meaning an adult male {13 and above}, then it keeps on telling all the laws of Incest. In verse כ"ב {"And with a male you shall not..."}, it. Says a male.

According to Sfara, Kdoshim, it means a male shall not lie with any other male - minor and adult as one.

So, in conclusion, there is definitely mistranslation from the original text to the old testament in the Christian's bible, but it's not explicit about Pedophilia.

Reblog or comment if you have anything to add, this is a very big topic.

Have an easy and meaningful fast.

גמר חתימה טובה🕊️

Tonight-pur is Yom Kippur.

To all my fellow Jews, If you are fasting tonight and tomorrow, I wish you a meaningful fast.

If you are not fasting for any reason, I wish you a meaningful mitzvah of eating and taking care of yourself.

To everyone, I wish you all a meaningful day of prayer, introspection, reflection on the holiest day of the year.

Love you guys.

yeah maybe just avoid all food with chicken in it in the united states for a bit...just until they figure out all of who is in possession of the listeria chicken (also includes a lesser amount of beef and maybe other meat)

Hello jumblr I hope we all have a meaningful yom Kippur and if we are fasting an easy fast