Monica (שירה)

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Conservative, egalitarian.

Community lead at #Codidact; opinions mine. Internet old-timer, fascinated by communities, curious about lots of things, always learning.

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When I learned the #mishna in #taanit 1:4 recently, the date of 17 Cheshvan to begin fasting for rain struck me because the flood also began on 17 Cheshvan. Coincidence or connection? I couldn't help thinking "please send rain *but not like that*" during the study... https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/295417
Why is 17 Cheshvan the date we start fasting for rain?

The mishna in Ta'anit talks about praying for rain. Ta'anit 1:4 says that if 17 Cheshvan arrives and rain hasn't fallen, individuals begin to fast. T...

October 27, 2018, Pittsburgh. Today I remember:
Joyce Fienberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil Rosenthal
David Rosenthal
Bernice Simon
Sylvan Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Younger

I miss my friends.

Yesterday, listening to the #haftarah for beha'alotecha, I was struck by the part at the end: Zechariah doesn't recognize the menorah in the vision and asks the angel "what is this?", which made me think of the simple child at the #pesach seder. The angel responds by saying "not by might, not by power, but by My spirit, says God", and lots more stuff that is after the haftarah section -- but doesn't answer the question! Did Zechariah ever find out what the menorah was?
We're commanded to count the years to the yovel, just like we count the omer. Counting the omer has a b'racha. Does counting the yovel have one too? https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/293921
A bracha for the mitzvah of counting

If, as it seems, the actual counting towards the Yovel is a mitzvah. This is the Mishne Torah as translated and noted on sefaria: > It is a posit...

@mfessler thank you! Those were probably the spots -- I remember clearly that there were congregational parts *before* the shira, in regular torah trope, and that surprised me. (The shira itself didn't surprise me.)
I realize that, like the tam, I don't quite know enough to know how to ask, but does anybody recognize this torah-reading practice from the seventh day of #pesach? https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/293834
What's with the congregation joining in for a few phrases in the torah reading on Pesach (7th day)?

I visited another synagogue for the seventh day of Pesach, and noticed that during the torah reading (which is from B'shalach), there were parts that t...

Achievement unlocked: judging coffee consumption correctly to use up the oatmilk creamer Friday afternoon before Pesach. 🙂
@samiamsam @hacks4pancakes when I got married I said "why would I give up my name?" and my husband agreed this made no sense. I wasn't even thinking about the paperwork challenges I was dodging by making that decision!

@hacks4pancakes another thing that applies specifically to many elderly and disabled folks: my relative is not online, at all. She never learned how; my father of blessed memory handled anything that had to be done online. She does everything by either mail or in-person visits (for example to her local bank). Some disabilities also impede online navigation, especially given the crappy state of accessibility in some corners of the Internet.

People in this position will, with this bill, need to do a lot more running around physically in order to meet the prereqs before they can (again) run around to handle voter registration in person. Some of that running around will need to be through programs like ACCESS. Quite the burden! Does this bill have provisions for assisting people in getting those documents? Yeah, I thought not. Quite ridiculous when people already *have* authenticated ID (that they might have to show when voting).

We've released v0.10.0 of qpixel, the #FOSS #Codidact #QnA platform. Lots of new features since the last release, including SAML/SSO, better Docker support, spam mitigation, and about a zillion usability and accessibility improvements across many functional areas. Release notes: https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/releases/tag/v0.10.0
Release v0.10.0 · codidact/qpixel

What's Changed General Improvements Generalized wording on vote-summary and other pages. Improved notifications and added new features such as post count on user posts page and advanced formatting...

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