Shai Ben Avraham
@PainfullyShai
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✡︎║Neither Frum nor Secular║Forever seeking my Beloved ║ 🇮🇱🕊️🇵🇸
He/Him ║ 🏳️🌈
Joined February 2022
Something I realized over chag. I'm not observant. I may never be observant again. But I am deeply, undeniably, irrevocably religious.
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Leftists on here are really like "no, you should let us use neo-n@zi dog whistles because there's a genocide going on" like do you hear yourselves?.
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Talmud Derangement Syndrome™ is really funny when you consider half of the Talmud is shit like "who legally owns an orange if it falls from someone's tree and lands in their neighbor's yard?".
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I don't wanna be mean to anarchists, but "how will I get insulin so I don't die" is a legitimate question and I've yet to hear an actual, good answer.
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"Antisemitism only exists for those icky Jews who don't give up their Jewish identities and become completely indistinguishable from their non-Jewish neighbors. I'm the good Jew in this scenario."
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If Jews control the media, how come there hasn't been a good horror film based on Jewish folklore?.
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Gee, I wonder what he means by (((zionist neighborhoods)))?
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Today I learned that the Rebbe invented Hanukkah to ruin Christmas and you know what? Good on him.
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Look, most Jews don't keep kosher, but eating pork to own the Muslims while also being a Jew is a special kind of stupid.
Getting some protection against #MuslimTerror before my meetings at Pigwich, which has been featured on Diners Driveins and Dives! #IYKYK
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Adam Sandler looks like the median middle-aged Lebanese uncle.
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"this kid ate schnitzel lmao he prolly ate better as a hostage". I fucking hate every single one of you.
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Reform Judaism is not inauthentic and Reform Jews are not fake Jews.
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"Keeping kosher means supporting Palestinian genocide" is a new one, I gotta say.
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"These are real Torah Jews who, unlike those fake jews, don't use the Talmud or kabbalah". You know, I'm starting to think people like this don't actually understand Judaism or Jewish culture and customs. 🤔
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Nah I love being a Jew. Being a Jew is great. Jewish culture is rich and diverse and I'm lucky to be part of its tapestry.
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There's a non-zero number of people on here who are like "I want to become a Jew, but I don't want people to think I'm a Zionist" and frankly if that's your mindset, then maybe becoming Jewish isn't for you.
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Between 🍉/🔻 leftists defending using Z0G and calling black people colonizers because of voting for Kamala, Palestinians really, truly deserve better allies.
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I've always maintained that I've been treated better as gay in Jewish spaces than as a Jew in LGBTQ spaces. 10/7 and its aftermath have only shown me that this assertion is true. Far too many queers see Jews as expendable.
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"No, you don't understand. The Houthi only hate Israel. 'A curse upon the Jews' only means the ones specifically in Israel. I'm a very serious person"
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Honestly the worst part of this is the not-very-subtle subtext that since she converted she's not actually Jewish.
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Me: a Jew who does not live in Israel nor has any family in Israel. This moron: "This (((Zionist))) is stealing Arabic music"
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"We're sick of hearing about antisemitism". Jews are sick of experiencing it.
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If you say stuff like this, I guarantee you've made a joke about being able to tell if someone is a Jew because of their nose.
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"Judaism doesn't believe in hell". Then how do you explain Jwitter?.
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Very cool that there's a not insignificant subset of Jews that are basically just cultural evangelical Christians.
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> "Yiddish is culturally superior to Hebrew". > Uses a Hebrew-derived word to drive this point home.
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"Yes I know this is fake but it says a lot about our society"-ass post
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I should also add that even the most secular Jews I know don't eat pork. Cheeseburgers? Yes. Shrimp scampi? No problem. Pork? What would their bubbe think?.
Look, most Jews don't keep kosher, but eating pork to own the Muslims while also being a Jew is a special kind of stupid.
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I log back on after Shabbat and there's people discoursing that Jews "stole pickles" holy God damn I hate every single one of you.
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A lot of big-name Jewish accounts are insisting that Elon didn't do a Nazi salute and that he's a friend to the Jews because he once visited Auschwitz and it really is just so pathetic. Just groveling for a crumb to be seen as "one of the good ones".
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"It's okay to ask a Jew what their opinion on Zionism is on the first date". Okay, so are we responsible for Israel's actions and therefore must perpetually atone for it or are y'all gonna also still pull the "equating Jews to Zionism is antisemitism" schtick?.
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My sister in Abraham, if you're gonna pull the whole "the Star of David is the new Swastika" schtick, then maybe don't have a Magen David in your username.
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"Queer people have it just as bad in the United States as they do in Palestine" is one of the most brain-rottingly asinine things LGBTQ people on this hellsite like to parrot.
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I gotta say, I'm not a fan of non-Jews using Israel as a litmus test for what constitutes a "real/good" Jew. Absolutely rotten vibes.
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I refuse to let the actions of a nation-state ruin a religious symbol that Jews have been using for longer than nation-states even existed.
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"Jews are especially evil because they reject Jesus as the messiah". Homie, the majority of people on earth reject Jesus as the messiah. Why are you so obsessed with us?.
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Oh wow, blood libel on the site formally known as Twitter with nearly 15k likes. I love it here.
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I keep seeing posts from non-Jews along the lines of "I can't believe antisemitism is getting this bad" in response to the 770 tunnel and gee it's almost like we've been telling y'all that it's been getting worse but you all keep telling us that we're exaggerating.
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"For the last time we're antizionist, not antisemitic. How come nobody believes us when we say that?"
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The "Zionism is anti-Judaism/antisemitic" types knew jack all about Jewish theology or culture before 10/7 but suddenly became PhD-level experts on 10/8.
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It's done. After a year of contacting rabbis, getting dropped, and being told I couldn't be helped, I finally got re-dunked in the presence of 3 Orthodox rabbis. Now I'm celebrating with a kosher egg and cheese bagel.
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The internet has convinced too many people that Judaism doesn't actually have any theological beliefs/assertions and that having politically liberal beliefs is the same thing as having Jewish values.
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Are these people never tired? Do they not go outside? Do they not have irl friends or hobbies? I'm sure their moms are worried and just want them to call.
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"The Holocaust wouldn't have happened if the Zionists had boycotted Germany" and "It's the Jews fault for not resisting harder". I love a two-for-one deal!
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People on this site are so medieval peasant-brained that they see a Rabbi doing a ritual with wine and are absolutely convinced without a shadow of doubt that it's blood. We are so fucked.
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Jojo Rabbit is so painfully, obviously not pro-H!tler and I genuinely can't believe there is discourse about this.
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Why do anti-Hebrew people not have the same affinity for Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian as the Good Jewish™ language?.
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Not to be too rude, but that account is so obviously a troll account and if you ever fell for it, then I really don't know what to tell you.
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Me waiting for these "Falafel is Arab, stop stealing our culture" people to say that to Persians, Kurds, Assyrians, Copts or literally any other group in the MENA region aside from Jews.
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Homegirl here, intentionally or not, is implying that antisemitism will magically disappear if Israel stopped existing. Lol. Lmao even
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Genuine question: why does she do this? . The wider Jewish community wants nothing to do with her and she does all that she can to alienate those who are ostensibly on her side.
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RW frumniks love calling others "amalek", "JINO", and "erav rav" with little impunity, but will pull the whole "were do divided, it's a mitzvah to love your fellow Jews 🥺" when their side is even slightly criticized.
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Look, tikkun olam is a part of Judaism, and it has many layers and facets, but it should not be the only reason why someone wants to convert to Judaism.
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I genuinely don't know why some queer people are trying to claim the Holocaust as the big point of collective trauma in queer history. Yes, LGBTQ people were killed in the Holocaust. But queer people have not experienced the intergenerational trauma that Jews and Romani have.
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The Orthodox Jewish community genuinely has problems, but maybe if you aren't an Orthodox Jew or go to an Orthodox shul, then don't throw them under the bus to score Good Jew™ points.
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It's so funny that Judaism is treated like a major world religion when there are more Mormons in the world than Jews.
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The smol beanification of Hamas by ostensibly left-wing people is unfortunate but at this point not surprising.
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I know this is like saying "wow water sure is wet" but it really does amaze me just how little the average non-Jew understands Jews or Judaism.
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Josh Shapiro said that he leans on "his faith" (his own words) during a speech and Twitter Jews have decided that sounds too goyische.
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Do you think the rabbi would appreciate it if I yelled "fuck that guy!" when Haman's name is mentioned?.
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Why is it okay for Orthodox Jews to wear tallit, tefillin, and hold Torah at rallies, but it's "performative" when non-Orthodox Jews do the literal same thing?.
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Leftists explaining how "a curse upon the Jews" is not antisemitic, actually
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I don't mix dairy and meat together. Chicken is, halakhically, considered meat. Therefore, I don't mix chicken and dairy together. But if Judaism's own internal logic were actually consistent, then chicken should absolutely be considered pareve like fish.
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For what it's worth, I'm not anti-Yiddish. It's a wonderful language and culture. But this uptick of "Yiddish is an inherently more important language to Jews than Hebrew" takes is just silly and, frankly, not true.
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Ah yes, the riots in England are due to the (((zionists)))
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but phrases like "long live the intifada" and "I hope Israel experiences more 10/7's" are in direct conflict with "ceasefire now" and the only way you can hold both is with some severe cognitive dissonance.
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Sorry JVP, but I don't think you can blame zionism for *checks notes* . Neo-N@zis hating Jews.
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Non-Jews putting mezuzot on their doors in solidarity is really weird, I'm sorry.
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Let me break it down for people who don't get it. Holocaust Remembrance Day is for all victims of the holocaust. Yom HaShoah is a day for us Jews to remember and honor our people who were killed in the holocaust. Hope that helps.
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This is a genuine question for antizionist Jews who say things like "the Magen David is a hate symbol" or "Hebrew is an ugly, colonizer language":. Whose good graces are you hoping to get into?.
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Yes, very chill
@shaynuh_elle Well the good news is it appears to be very chill to be Jewish in America.
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"Rambam says it's okay for non-Jews to have a mezuzah". Cool, Rambam isn't the final prophet in Judaism.
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If ✡️ is now a hate symbol because of what a modern nation-state has done, then ✝️ and ☪️ are hate symbols because of what their followers have historically done.
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The venn diagram of people On Here™ who uncritically accept Neturei Karta propaganda but also mock Orthodox Jewish religious practices is damn near a circle.
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"Jews aren't an ethnicity because they allow converts to join"
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"Zionist Jews are the real Jews". "Antizionist Jews are the real Jews". Good news guys, antisemites hate both of y'all.
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Too secular for Jerusalem. Too religious for Tel Aviv. 😩.
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Every bluecheck that posts about the 770 tunnels has a bunch of people commenting about satanic child abuse and I wonder if the rabbis on my beit din had this in mind when they asked me if becoming a Jew is *REALLY* what I wanted?.
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I got called an "arabphobic racist" because I said that the regime in Iran are not the good guys. We are so cooked.
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A lot of people are responding to this with things like "these extremists are not part of our faith" and "they aren't real Jews" but we do share our religion with these people and it fucking sucks.
Biggest challenge to my faith in my lifetime is these jerks.
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The young man going to jail for not serving in the IDF has done far more than any western activist who thinks boycotting Starbucks is actually helping Palestinians.
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I was at a shabbat lecture from a scholar on Babylonian-era Judaism and apparently we used to make incantation bowls calling upon the supernatural power of talmudic rabbis and all I'm saying is that we need to return to a purer Judaism of our ancestors.
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Converts are allowed to have a complicated relationship with Judaism the same way someone who was born Jewish can.
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Jewish assimilation, by force or willingly, had been going on for centuries - if not millennia - prior to 1948. It was not the beginning of the end of Jewish identity or religion.
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The amount of frum people defending Chaya is incredibly disheartening.
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I find it really funny when people get butthurt over Jews saying "yalla" as if language and words haven't been exchanged or used by differing people/cultures for as long as language has existed.
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I mean they murdered the people who knew about bagels.
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Frum Jews who mock OTD Jews on social media are a bigger embarrassment to Judaism than OTD Jews ever could be.
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"Is the concept of a 'Jewish people' worth preserving". Yes. Next question.
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Tbh the worst thing about Messianism are the madlibs ass names they give their "synagogues" and it's always something corny like "Beit Baruch Adonai" or "Congregation Blessed Light of the Menorah".
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