Monthly Archives: October 2026

After October 7 Israel Votes

Posted on October 22, 2026 by zjb

“My husband was murdered in captivity. Remember him at the ballot box” (Yokhbed Lifshitz)

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(Kaddish) Fauda 5 (Spoiler Alert)

Posted on October 13, 2026 by zjb

Like others, I have long felt that Fauda, for all its thoughtfulness, devolved into gross and unpleasant conflict porn manys seasons ago. Unlike others, it will have bothered me less that season 5 of Fauda ignored the death and destruction … Continue reading →

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(Rashi) Commentary to Ecclesiastes (Gentle Consolation and Social Sympathy)

Posted on October 7, 2026 by zjb

Rashi’s  commentary to the book of Ecclesiastes is a long and digressive one. You can read the whole thing here which I grabbed from Sefaria.com and annotated in yellow. The bold font of the English of the original translation as … Continue reading →

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(Rashi) For Everything a Season (Kohelet)

Posted on October 5, 2026 by zjb

3:1 לַכֹּל זְמָן. אַל יִשְׂמַח הָאוֹסֵף בְּהוֹן מֵהֶבֶל, כִּי אִם עַכְשָׁיו הוּא בְיָדוֹ, עוֹד יִירָשׁוּהוּ צַדִּיקִים, אֶלָּא שֶׁעֲדַיִן לֹא הִגִּיעַ הַזְּמַן, כִּי לְכָל־דָּבָר יֵשׁ זְמַן קָבוּעַ מָתַי יִהְיֶה: For everything there is a season. Let not one who accumulates possessions … Continue reading →

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