“This angel is sometimes male, sometimes female.”
CANONICALLY GENDERFLUID ANGEL
CANONICALLY GENDERFLUID ANGEL
Zohar, Vayechi 44:468
This angel is sometimes male, sometimes female. When he procures blessings for the world, he is male, resembling the male who provides blessings for the...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“This angel is sometimes male, sometimes female.”
CANONICALLY GENDERFLUID ANGEL
CANONICALLY GENDERFLUID ANGEL
Initial-word panel of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
January 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Initial-word panel of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
#ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
Initial-word panel of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
#ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
December 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Initial-word panel of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
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BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.98r
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ), which concludes Bereshit, is marked by Joseph Ibn Hayyim with this bird.
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ), which concludes Bereshit, is marked by Joseph Ibn Hayyim with this bird.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ), which concludes Bereshit, is marked by Joseph Ibn Hayyim with this bird.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ), which concludes Bereshit, is marked by Joseph Ibn Hayyim with this bird.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Yup! There is commentary suggesting that Jacob’s son Benjamin was, literally, a ravenous wolf i.e. a werewolf. www.sefaria.org/sheets/36778...
Vayechi - Jewish Werewolves
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September 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yup! There is commentary suggesting that Jacob’s son Benjamin was, literally, a ravenous wolf i.e. a werewolf. www.sefaria.org/sheets/36778...
There's a lone hybrid beneath the initial-word of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
There's a lone hybrid beneath the initial-word of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
This lone bleary eyed hybrid lies beneath the initial-word of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
December 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This lone bleary eyed hybrid lies beneath the initial-word of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) which concludes Bereshit.
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.27r
In Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) Jacob blesses Joseph's sons and dies in Egypt after 17 yrs but is buried in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought.
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BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
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BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
January 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) Jacob blesses Joseph's sons and dies in Egypt after 17 yrs but is buried in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought.
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this penwork design.
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this penwork design.
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BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
#ParashahPictures
BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this design.
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @labnf.bsky.social
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
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BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @labnf.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this design.
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @labnf.bsky.social
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @labnf.bsky.social
I ran across the Jacob and the wolf story, referenced in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein's lecture" Parshas Vayechi: More on Werewolves"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2j...
And h/t to Jeffery Salkin for his article "You have never heard the story of Joseph this way"
religionnews.com/2024/12/20/j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2j...
And h/t to Jeffery Salkin for his article "You have never heard the story of Joseph this way"
religionnews.com/2024/12/20/j...
Parshas Vayechi: More on Werewolves
YouTube video by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein Official
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February 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I ran across the Jacob and the wolf story, referenced in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein's lecture" Parshas Vayechi: More on Werewolves"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2j...
And h/t to Jeffery Salkin for his article "You have never heard the story of Joseph this way"
religionnews.com/2024/12/20/j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2j...
And h/t to Jeffery Salkin for his article "You have never heard the story of Joseph this way"
religionnews.com/2024/12/20/j...
The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is separated from the end of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) with a box of red and gold.
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BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is separated from the end of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) with a box of red and gold.
#parashahpictures
BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#parashahpictures
BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
In Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) Jacob blesses Joseph's sons and dies in Egypt after 17 yrs but is buried in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought.
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) Jacob blesses Joseph's sons and dies in Egypt after 17 yrs but is buried in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought.
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th c; Spain, N.E.; ff.7r, 8v
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this penwork design.
#ParashahPictures
BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
#ParashahPictures
BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
December 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this penwork design.
#ParashahPictures
BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
#ParashahPictures
BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.59r
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this design.
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked by this design.
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
"God will surely remember you & take you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, & to Jacob."
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.41r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
What Dr. Robby's Jewish star on 'The Pitt' teaches me: #ThePitt
#DrRobby #NoahWylie share.google/Mh9tUHWOvymX...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
What Dr. Robby's Jewish star on 'The Pitt' teaches me: #ThePitt
#DrRobby #NoahWylie share.google/Mh9tUHWOvymX...
#DrRobby #NoahWylie share.google/Mh9tUHWOvymX...
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked with red and gold.
#parashahpictures
BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.38r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#parashahpictures
BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.38r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The beginning of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) is marked with red and gold.
#parashahpictures
BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.38r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#parashahpictures
BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.38r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Vayechi opens and closes with burial requests, so we paired it with @shellyjayshore.bsky.social ‘s Rules For Ghosting.
https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2650
https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2650
January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Vayechi opens and closes with burial requests, so we paired it with @shellyjayshore.bsky.social ‘s Rules For Ghosting.
https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2650
https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2650
correction: they are correct that the ramban views the inhabitants of shechem to be chayav misa, but ignore that the ramban (if one looks at his commentary on vayechi) clearly does not believe this to be suficient justification
artscroll chumash commentary flat-out lies about the ramban at one point fwiw
January 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
correction: they are correct that the ramban views the inhabitants of shechem to be chayav misa, but ignore that the ramban (if one looks at his commentary on vayechi) clearly does not believe this to be suficient justification
It's Zohar on Vayechi, starting here (the garments fashioned from days starts a bit further in)
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Zohar, Vayechi 32:295
R. Judah said: ‘How deaf are men to the warnings of the Torah, and how blind are they to their own condition that they are not aware that on the day when a...
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January 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's Zohar on Vayechi, starting here (the garments fashioned from days starts a bit further in)
www.sefaria.org/Zohar%2C_Vay...
www.sefaria.org/Zohar%2C_Vay...
As we reflect on January 6th and the transition in leadership, we are reminded that a society that ignores the moral failings of its leaders undermines its own foundation. open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Vayechi: Leadership, Justice, and Legacy
This week’s parashah, Vayechi, concludes the book of Genesis with Jacob's final blessings to his sons and his death.
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January 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As we reflect on January 6th and the transition in leadership, we are reminded that a society that ignores the moral failings of its leaders undermines its own foundation. open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
