Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖

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Smicha from Keter HaTorah, Star Trek fan. Likes to pasken about cool scifi inventions that don't exist.
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Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Jun 9, 2023

The Gemarah is really clear that a safer Torah is written on the outside of non-separated animal hide (gvil). Rambam says anything else is not kosher.

Ashkenazim completely reversed this, using the inside of separated parchment (klaf), and basically no one complains.

It seems bizarre to me that we completely reversed the ruling from the Talmud with essentially no dissent.

Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖May 25, 2023
Stolen from a friend on FB who is far funnier than I am.
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖May 25, 2023
Local grocery store lost power yesterday. They announced at 7pm that they were giving away all the ice cream because it wouldn't survive the night. Guess what everyone in the neighborhood is having for shavuot?
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖May 5, 2023
Every shabbat is coronation shabbat for hashem.
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Apr 19, 2023
I have prayed in many synagogues with many people. I have prayed with people who ate shellfish, drove on shabbat, had sex without marriage, stole copyrighted music, and didn't keep taharat hamishpacha. Stop letting Christians drag us into their culture wars.
https://forward.com/news/543608/gay-orthodox-jew-protests-ban-from-hollywood-hills-synagogue/
His synagogue barred him because he’s gay. Now, he protests outside each Shabbat.

In spite of the Orthodox world's growing inclusiveness of LGBTQ Jews, there remain large pockets of discomfort. South Florida is one of them.

The Forward
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Apr 14, 2023
The guy at Home Depot said he couldn't make a key shaped like a challah.
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Apr 5, 2023
Celebrated first contact day by burning bread. Spock would have said it was illogical, but I think Nimoy would have understood. #FirstContactDay
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Apr 4, 2023
Apparently hanging this picture on the front door has become a family tradition.
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Apr 4, 2023
Do you think they'll try him as an adult?
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖Mar 20, 2023