A1 Before I even look at it again, I can say this: when I teach the blessing for the haftarah, the one that thanks God for "good prophets," I tell my students the story of Jonah. We discuss how he is and isn't a good prophet! #ParshaChat

I am also late, trying to eat a late lunch, and boot up computer! #ParshaChat

A1: This time around, my overall impression of the book of Jonah is that everyone mentioned in it seems to be in a lot of pain. It seems to me that there are ways that the story refrains from shying away from that, and I appreciate it somehow. #ParshaChat

Yes! Sorry, my computer was balking at connecting to the internet for some reason. #ParshaChat

Q1: Today, we'll focus on the book of Jonah. Looking through the verses, what are your impressions? Does anything seem particularly relevant to the theme of caring about people? #ParshaChat

Jonah, for #ParshaChat study of Yom Kippur:
Sefaria:
Verses also threaded below: www.sefaria.org/Jonah.1.1?la...

A0 Dennis Fischman in Somerville, MA. Lots of emotions this week: RH dinner with niece and nephews, wedding of a younger friend, yahrzeits of my brother Ron and my mom, plus moving holy day services. #ParshaChat

A0: Shabbat shalom #ParshaChat! I'm Rabbi Ruti Regan, here to moderate and looking forward to the conversation.

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Also: Yom Kippur is really soon. How is everyone doing?

Our current theme for #ParshaChat text study is reading the text with the assumption that we are supposed to care about people.

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Welcome to #ParshaChat, a Jewish space for discussion of the weekly Torah reading (and sometimes other things!)

This week we are studying:
Jonah (which is read on Yom Kippur)

May 5787 bring all of us into more spaces where we feel safe, and more people with whom we feel safe, and let us save our courage fur changing the world! #ParshaChat

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I’d wear that on a Tshirt. #ParshaChat

Yes. And teshuva doesn't mean being small; teshuva means being brave. #ParshaChat

A1: If we're assuming that it was right after weaning, he was a little kid! #ParshaChat

We have a new male cantor after several female cantors. I immediately felt unsafe, before I met him or saw him. There is a part of me that assumes he’ll turn out to be a predator. I’m trying to be aware of this in myself, but I still don’t feel safe. #ParshaChat

A1: I don't understand how anyone thought that leaving (at most) three-year-old Samuel there was a good idea. #ParshaChat

It’s really remarkable and astonishing when you think about the cultural context and the way women lacked power. And then that she was really going through something emotionally powerful! #ParshaChat