fully a *third* of this chapter was given over to weird discussions of death and sin and the morality of Biblical figures, and yet he chapter summary is just like "nope, not mentioning that, this chapter is about ANIMALS and that's it" #DafYomi #Shabbat56 #WeWillReturnToThee

since this person is called "Natan, from whose head sparks emerge", i can only assume that he is a dragon or a manufacturing robot #DafYomi #Shabbat56

ah yes, Rome, a city famously located *checks notes* . . . on a sandbar in the middle of the ocean #DafYomi #Shabbat56

Talmudic rabbis: *shame King Shlomo for listening to an Egyptian princess explain the different musical modes associated with different Egyptian religious services b/c idolatrous talk*
me: *shames him for nOT WRITING ALL THAT DOWN HOLY HECK I WISH WE KNEW THAT SORT OF THING ARE YOU KIDDING???*
#DafYomi #Shabbat56

pigeon meme but it's Talmudic rabbis pointing to a verse in Tanakh that says "...and then Shlomo did An Idolatry #WhoopsieDaisy" and going "is this a verse that means Shlomo never did any idolatry ever and in fact was totally perfect his whole entire life?" #DafYomi #DafYomeme #Shabbat56

since Yehonatan is referred to as a "quarrelsome one" here, it seems fair to extrapolate that he was a bratty bottom to King David's top #DafYomi #Shabbat56

wow, i was not expecting a three-way Tanakh/Talmud/NCIS crossover episode today, but sure, fine, let's see what Ziva gets up to in the court of King David #DafYomi #Shabbat56

when you seek to uphold your idols as perfect flawless icons who never did any wrong ever, the mess of self-serving logic chopping will be immediately obvious to anyone who doesn't share your foregone conclusion. people are going to be messy. you have to find a way to make peace with that #DafYomi #Shabbat56

...feeling increasingly like we're in "Brutus is an honorable man" territory here with Shmu'el's sons. i mean sure, they were negligent and careless, but they never sinned! of *course* they sought unjust gain, took bribes, and perverted justice, but they didn't *sin* — they're honorable men! #DafYomi #Shabbat56