Bereshit
Bereshit: IT BEGINS (again). No, not the Israeli space robot that spilled a bunch of tardigrades on the moon last year, the parsha it is named after. We all...
Vezot Habracha
In the continuing “all the shabbats have holidays on them” news, tomorrow is Shemini Atzeret in addition to being the shabbat where we read Vezot Habracha,...
Sukkot!
All the holidays are on shabbat this year, it feels like. And there’s crossover with another notable calendar time in the US: daylight savings, which I...
Ha'azinu
Hello! It is 8 Tishrei 5781, and this week’s parsha is ha’azinu (aka: listen up y’all). Moses gets pretty longwinded and it’s written in two columns. We are...
29th of Elul, 5780
Normally these are titled with the parsha of the week but this time i went with Rosh Hashana, since it’s on shabbat and that means it’s its own special torah...
Nitzavim-Vayeilech
It is the 22nd of Elul and the parsha of the week is Nitzavim-Vayeilech. Since the number of weeks per jewish year varies and this is a shorter one, we’ve...
Ki Tavo
Today is the 15th of Elul and approximately full moon time. This week’s parsha, Ki Tavo, means “when you enter”. There’s some agricultural festival stuff,...
Ki Teitzei
It is Friday, the 8th of Elul, 5780. I’ve been listening to near-daily (I’ve slacked off a few times) shofar blasts through zoom. I also davened shacharit...
Shoftim
It is the 1st of Elul, 5780. Chodesh tov! I’m not going to be doing a traditional Elul introspection review, because it interacts poorly with my depression....
Re'eh
It is the 24th of Av 5780, and this week we have Parshat Re’eh. I have SO MANY LINKS this week. I davened twice this week using the Siddur Masorti, an...
Eikev
Today is the 17th of Av, and this week’s parsha is Eikev. Moses talks a lot. I’ll be honest, I love torah but am super bored by this part of Devarim so no...
Va'etchanan
Today’s the 10th of Av, 5780, or July 31 2020, and I am starting a weekly newsletter. This week’s parsha is vaetchanan, meaning “and I pleaded”. It contains...
neat jewish stuff i found
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest by me, Meli. I'm Jewish, genderqueer (they/them), chronically ill, and live on the internet. This newsletter will feature...