r/Jewdank 4d ago

The group you want to join: "We meet on Saturdays!"

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r/Jewdank 4d ago

Can I get an F in the chat?

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r/Jewdank 6d ago

Ibn Ezra was cooking fr

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In his his commentaries, Ibn Ezra sometimes offers some harsh critiques of other scholars, or "scholars" in his view, when he thinks their interpretations are flimsy. They aren't even just dumb insults or anything they are like plays on verses and words sometimes. Some examples:

A Karaite scholar, Ben Zuta, said that "When someone’s ox injures a neighbor’s ox... (Exodus 21:34)" should really be read as "And if a man’s ox hurt an ox his neighbor..." (meaning 'neighbor' is the ox's not the ox's owner). Ibn Ezra debunks this view and ends off with saying that 'neighbor' only applies to humans: "However, an ox has no 'neighbor', except for Ben Zuta alone".

On the verse "These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites (Genesis 36:31)." Ibn Ezra mentions someone named "Yitzchaki" who said the verse was written not by Moses but during the reign of Jehoshaphat King of Judah. He says: "Was he not rightly named Yitzchak? Everyone that hears his interpretation will laugh at him." (This is a play on his name because Yitzchak means to laugh, it's a play on Genesis 21:26 which uses the same pun, he uses almost the same wording; "everyone who hears will laugh for me") He then lists other bad interpretations of Yitzchaki and says "indeed his books are fit to be burned".

On Genesis 29:17: "Leah had weak eyes; Rachel was shapely and beautiful." WEAK. Rakkot (weak) is to be taken literally. Some ask, why were Leah’s eyes weak? They raise this question because they believe God’s thoughts are like their thoughts (a play on a verse in Isaiah), and they think that all people have to be formed alike. Ben Efraim said that an alef is missing in the word rakkot (weak), its meaning being arukhot (long). However, Ben Efraim himself was missing an alef (Efraim minus the alef spells parim (cows). Aluf also means wisdom.)

There are also simpler ones like "This is utter madness", "This is what the crazy one who inverts the words of the living God said", "This interpretation is devoid of taste or smell".

And many more


r/Jewdank 7d ago

Same energy

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The Jews are still here and the Roman Empire is not, so suck it, Titus!


r/Jewdank 8d ago

Unpopular Opinion: Guide to the Perplexed should be considered a running commentary. It doesn't always run in the right direction, but it eventually makes a lap.

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r/Jewdank 10d ago

Kabbalah Archive

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r/Jewdank 21d ago

Can't appeal a red card to Hashem either [OC]

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54 Upvotes

A World Cup parsha meme for my US homies


r/Jewdank 24d ago

Oh boy, 3 AM!

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r/Jewdank 24d ago

Advanced Chavruta Pilpul

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r/Jewdank 25d ago

Patrick Bet David is Christian folks, he’s not our problem!

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r/Jewdank 25d ago

Spoiler alert: She couldn't

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144 Upvotes

In other news, I'm somewhat convinced that the idea for a talking donkey in Shrek came from the story of Bilaam.


r/Jewdank 27d ago

Dang, I love this sub and its people...

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590 Upvotes

I know that this isn't an original meme template, but I tried to express myself using it

I will try my best to learn about Judaism! (I already know things like Kosher, milk and meat, and some holidays!)


r/Jewdank Jun 21 '26

Beware of Gru

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r/Jewdank Jun 21 '26

PIC Sometimes I wonder if Ashkenazim feel happy

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279 Upvotes

r/Jewdank Jun 12 '26

Don’t steal.

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r/Jewdank Jun 10 '26

Explaining the Pasuk

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61 Upvotes

r/Jewdank Jun 10 '26

The series really takes off once you get to Xenoblade תרי עשר

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273 Upvotes

r/Jewdank Jun 04 '26

Blue-Kippah'd-round-belly-tit-bird

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420 Upvotes

Idk how they name birds


r/Jewdank Jun 03 '26

Probably how it’s gonna go down

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463 Upvotes

r/Jewdank May 28 '26

oof, right in the second commandment

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r/Jewdank May 28 '26

I thought of this question today, but I worry I'm 18 years too late to ask it

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323 Upvotes

r/Jewdank May 26 '26

We fleeing cause we weren't white to a country that took us because we were white. Thanks I guess

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r/Jewdank May 26 '26

This guy was a piece of work lol

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r/Jewdank May 21 '26

Chag Sameach!

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Non-observant Jews when Shavout falls on Memorial Day weekend