Huh!
BTW, here's a bit from Deuteronomy 22:
“A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.
6 “If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; 7 you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
8 “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.
9 “You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the increase of the vineyard will become defiled.
10 “You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
11 “You shall not wear a material mixed of wool and linen together.
12 “You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
So, basically, I feel like if you don't have a parapet, you're already screwed.
“You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
There go my weekend plans....
“You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
Guess I'll spend the weekend making tassels instead....
I'm less inclined to boggle at Ms. Duggar for becoming pregnant at 41 (though she should be aware of the health risks, but that's true at any age) than for the child being her 18th.
When J names were being tossed around a bit ago, I'm surprised nobody mentioned British pop/R&B singer Jamelia.
Music to eat lunch to--this might be my favorite non-Who version of "Baba O'Riley" (Blue Man Group).
The parapet is so that, if people are sitting on your roof (as people did in those days), they won't fall and get killed. Now that there's no one sitting on most people's roofs, it's probably not so important. I think that various other "keep your property safe so that strangers won't get hurt on it" things can substitute now.
I think that various other "keep your property safe so that strangers won't get hurt on it" things can substitute now.
But that just makes sense! Where's the fun in that?
When J names were being tossed around a bit ago, I'm surprised nobody mentioned British pop/R&B singer Jamelia.
Or Jay-Z! Who occasionally refers to himself as "Hova", short for Jehova, no??? Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
“You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
Ooh! I know this one! The rabbi taught it to us in fifth grade. It's because an ox is so much stronger than a donkey, that hitching them to the same plow might lead to the donkey getting hurt.
Orthodox Jews still do the tassels thing, too. At Jewish summer camp one year, we learned how to make the series of twists and knots to make the tassels the right way. That was fun.
