You'll have to pry them from my cold dead Hans
03.03.2026 18:17
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You'll have to pry them from my cold dead Hans
The Book of Esther is so full of intrigue...
It's a real cloak and grogger story.
Hard to believe Esther tricked him when everywhere he went people said "it's satrap Haman!"
God revealed through the agency of people, Esther's actions are imbued with confidence based on a belief that hidden God is not uninvolved God. And that's already implied by her name.
The shift to Hebrew allows a play on God's warning to Moses (Deut 31:18 and elsewhere), that "esthir" I will hide My face when Israel sins and send them into exile. One of the messages of the book is a refusal to see God as absent in exile. So God's "I will hide" becomes....
That parallels Esther transformation from passive beauty to all-powerful queen to whom king and advisors yield, who calls for and gains the death of her enemies and then the commemoration of her acts before returning to her prior role.
Esther as Venus from Ginzberg, Legends of The Jews, vol IV, p 365. If you're not using the print edition, it's the first page of the section on Esther. The narrative volumes have been online for a while, but I think @SefariaProject also put the index volumes online as well.
Esther has the name of the goddess Ishtar, like her cousin [and maybe husband] Mordecai has the name Marduk. The midrash wordplays on his name too, but that's for another time. Who is Ishtar? A love goddess who becomes a war goddess [variously a child or spouse of same god]
Recreating a thread of bad jokes originally inspired by @samantharhill.bsky.social mentioning other bad Purim jokes partially because the megillah has some complex and brilliant wordplay, including the name of heroine Esther, who is both Ishtar and the sign of hidden but active God.
We pity Haman just enough to call the holiday Poor him.
"Quick I need a name for somebody who hates the Jews. Pork-guy didn't test well with audiences."
"How about Ham man?"
Haman ironically proved a boo-n to Jewish life.
He truly is the colossus... of chodes
Colette Komm's snow mannequin screenshot
Cute snowman made with snow, twigs, and branches
What the internet promised me for New York City Central Park snow sculptures versus what I actually saw today when temps hit 48°F
And from c u i n Canada immigration reading Canada is looking for you, with the flag
I make one joke in class this morning and now my targeted ads are all...
"Democrats are destroying America," in other words "they're going to impeach my lying ass."
Shorter Trump: blame Somalis, ignore my new crypto billions and Qatari jet and hotels
VH1 style fact checks, I'm in.
The guy's name is *Hitler* and his co-author is Innocent Benjamin?!
"Please Sir, we don't know what to do with all the winning. America is used to losing, sir"
-people who are totally real and living in the world's wealthiest country during the time it was the last standing superpower
#sotu
Which station is broadcasting the Bad Bunny not-a-State of the Union address?
Too true
Watch it now and get sick with anxiety about AI and techies who think algorithms should run everything.
Snowplow or Zamboni, if you could only joyride one?
That larger audience is mostly a phantasm, not just bc of bots, but also because the algorithm essentially blocks people who used to have a large audience.
Ugh. I think this is the second time in a month I've been msg'd by similar "vote for me" phishing attempts.
