This is something we should care about lishma, and we should also care about actual antisemitism because it is intimately and demonstrably entangled with racism, misogyny, ableism, queerphobia, and transphobia. It is also entangled with class-based oppression, though in somewhat different ways.
I will likely regret this, but:
I am non-Zionist. I oppose ethnonationalism, full stop. I think the state of Israel has indisputably committed genocide in Gaza.
Antisemitism on the right is widespread, virulent, and deadly.
And the left also an antisemitism problem it HAS to address.
I am non-Zionist. I oppose ethnonationalism, full stop. I think the state of Israel has indisputably committed genocide in Gaza.
Antisemitism on the right is widespread, virulent, and deadly.
And the left also an antisemitism problem it HAS to address.
March 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
This is something we should care about lishma, and we should also care about actual antisemitism because it is intimately and demonstrably entangled with racism, misogyny, ableism, queerphobia, and transphobia. It is also entangled with class-based oppression, though in somewhat different ways.
I was at this French lesbian bar and I think these two lesbians were talking about Torah study. They kept saying something about “lishma.”
March 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I was at this French lesbian bar and I think these two lesbians were talking about Torah study. They kept saying something about “lishma.”
Broke: Learn halakha because you have to follow it.
Woke: Learn halakha lishma/for its own sake.
Bespoke: Learn halakha to mess with it as much as you can.
Woke: Learn halakha lishma/for its own sake.
Bespoke: Learn halakha to mess with it as much as you can.
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Broke: Learn halakha because you have to follow it.
Woke: Learn halakha lishma/for its own sake.
Bespoke: Learn halakha to mess with it as much as you can.
Woke: Learn halakha lishma/for its own sake.
Bespoke: Learn halakha to mess with it as much as you can.
And by ‘we’ I mean me.
Torah lishma!
Torah lishma!
August 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And by ‘we’ I mean me.
Torah lishma!
Torah lishma!
Torah lishma. Torah study for its own sake. The highest form of study, really. Yeah.
September 6, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Torah lishma. Torah study for its own sake. The highest form of study, really. Yeah.
“yarn not spun for the purpose isn’t kosher for tzitzit” fucker you didn’t even look at my blog, did you! i’ve been spinning for the purpose for 7 gddamn years!!! these strings are actually MORE halachically competent than most you’d find in a judaica store (niputz lishma)
May 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM
“yarn not spun for the purpose isn’t kosher for tzitzit” fucker you didn’t even look at my blog, did you! i’ve been spinning for the purpose for 7 gddamn years!!! these strings are actually MORE halachically competent than most you’d find in a judaica store (niputz lishma)
Go enjoy Torah lishma & recharge yourself 💖
January 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Go enjoy Torah lishma & recharge yourself 💖
Awww.
“In particular, we noted Izzie’s commitment to learning lishma [for the sake of learning]”
“In particular, we noted Izzie’s commitment to learning lishma [for the sake of learning]”
The kid is valedictorian. To quote:
“Well I’m valedictorian so there’s a super itty bitty incomprehensibly small slimmer of semi bright light in these dark times”
“Well I’m valedictorian so there’s a super itty bitty incomprehensibly small slimmer of semi bright light in these dark times”
April 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Awww.
“In particular, we noted Izzie’s commitment to learning lishma [for the sake of learning]”
“In particular, we noted Izzie’s commitment to learning lishma [for the sake of learning]”
That’s the beauty bb Torah Lishma is the greatest commandment of our people but no one says how you have to do it and exploring avenues like this creates irreverent texts that sometimes open avenues for knowledge that everyone can gain from.
October 20, 2023 at 4:09 AM
That’s the beauty bb Torah Lishma is the greatest commandment of our people but no one says how you have to do it and exploring avenues like this creates irreverent texts that sometimes open avenues for knowledge that everyone can gain from.
I genuinely believe that we are going to win, eventually. And when we do, we are going to rebuild an academy that values curiosity and thinking lishma in a way that is collaborative rather than hierarchal. And I want to be there when that happens.
And hanging on til then is HARD.
And hanging on til then is HARD.
February 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I genuinely believe that we are going to win, eventually. And when we do, we are going to rebuild an academy that values curiosity and thinking lishma in a way that is collaborative rather than hierarchal. And I want to be there when that happens.
And hanging on til then is HARD.
And hanging on til then is HARD.
Congratulations to "Lishma" at CCA for now tying "Joyce" as a two-time perpetrator of e-mail crimes though! If a third cunt joins the two-timer club, I might need to start a power ranking board so they can have a proper cunt-off!
April 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Congratulations to "Lishma" at CCA for now tying "Joyce" as a two-time perpetrator of e-mail crimes though! If a third cunt joins the two-timer club, I might need to start a power ranking board so they can have a proper cunt-off!
In Praise of Adult Learning
In Western culture, we are accustomed to considering learning as a means to an end, especially as adults. We learn a skill to get a better job, or a language because we plan to travel somewhere. Rarely do we talk about learning for its own sake, for no outside purpose…
In Western culture, we are accustomed to considering learning as a means to an end, especially as adults. We learn a skill to get a better job, or a language because we plan to travel somewhere. Rarely do we talk about learning for its own sake, for no outside purpose…
In Praise of Adult Learning
In Western culture, we are accustomed to considering learning as a means to an end, especially as adults. We learn a skill to get a better job, or a language because we plan to travel somewhere. Rarely do we talk about learning for its own sake, for no outside purpose other than the pure joy of it. The Rabbis of the Talmud, on the other hand, while they acknowledged the importance of learning in order to teach, were keenly aware of the importance of learning “Torah lishma”, Torah for its own sake.
hadasseviatar.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In Praise of Adult Learning
In Western culture, we are accustomed to considering learning as a means to an end, especially as adults. We learn a skill to get a better job, or a language because we plan to travel somewhere. Rarely do we talk about learning for its own sake, for no outside purpose…
In Western culture, we are accustomed to considering learning as a means to an end, especially as adults. We learn a skill to get a better job, or a language because we plan to travel somewhere. Rarely do we talk about learning for its own sake, for no outside purpose…
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST
⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email Daniel
There’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression, commandments aren’t fulfilled and texts aren’t studied for performative purposes, nor for any kind of reward or benefit, but in pursuit of truth and connection with the divine.
You can feel a segue coming, right? Well, here it is: the group stage of this World Cup features 72 matches to eliminate just 16 teams, which means those of us with no financial interest in proceedings watch them knowing the majority have little bearing on who stays and who goes, never mind who lifts the trophy at the end. Rather, we’re here for the simple beauty of football and joy of the competition. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
June 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST
⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email Daniel
There’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST
⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email Daniel
There’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
Join Daniel Harris as the World Cup debutants get their campaign under way against four-time winners Germany
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST
⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email Daniel
There’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST
⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email Daniel
There’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
The idea is that it has a better claim of being lishma than run-of-the-mill transgressions.
July 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The idea is that it has a better claim of being lishma than run-of-the-mill transgressions.
Torah lishma, tho
August 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Torah lishma, tho
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email DanielThere’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email DanielThere’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
Join Daniel Harris as the World Cup debutants get their campaign under way against four-time winners Germany
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Germany v Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email DanielThere’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email DanielThere’s a concept in Jewish practice and learning that we call “lishma”; for its own sake. Roughly, it means that, in their purest expression,...
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Jewish Inspiration Podcast · Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: Pure Altruism: A Mitzvah Lishma. Have a listen:
Pure Altruism: A Mitzvah Lishma
What does it mean to truly live Jewishly? Join us, as we explore the...
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May 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Jewish Inspiration Podcast · Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: Pure Altruism: A Mitzvah Lishma. Have a listen: