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S.D. Homnick

@querynotfound

Eclectic dabbler pursuing the modest goal of omniscience. Striving for Hasidic annihilation of self. Aramaic/Yiddish preferred but Heb/Eng are okay, I guess

 Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2017
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More pictures from the Yiddish book
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...no less a personage than Hillel Zeitlin felt the need to go on the record and declare that the 'Tsoyzmer Rebbe' was nothing more than a crank (Der Moment - 2 September 1928)
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Interesting obituary in Unzer Togblat (Łódź) - 27 October 1925
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Master 1925 Esrogim thread 1) Esrogim ad in Brisk newspaper (Poleser Wochenblat - 25 September 1925)
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Committee for publishing the 200 unpublished works of R. Yosef Engel
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נחמו נחמו עמי
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This post made me pause—and sent me down several rabbit holes. Here are some curated highlights from the journey 🙂 (Link to PDF) drive.google.com/file/d/1ssq…
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S.D. Homnick (@querynotfound) profile pictureS.D. Homnick@querynotfound15 May 2025
Do you remember where you were when you realized that there is no clearly accepted definition for the precise literal meaning of 'omer' in 'sefiras ha'omer'?
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youtu.be/lWc2AR3_X-g In our latest discussion with scholar @querynotfound we explore: The Arizal’s lasting impact in just 2 years The mysterious 40-year age limit for Kabbalah study The origins of Lag BaOmer celebrations at Miron Is Kabbalah all about prayer? How the printing press impacted Kabbalah Watch now and uncover the secrets of Kabbalah! #Kabbalah #Mysticism #LagBaOmer #Spirituality
Kabbalah vs Hasidus Explained Simply!

Kabbalah vs Hasidus Explained Simply!

Kabbalah has definitely become a buzzword, a topic that has capture...

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Replying to @Adderabbi @pruzhaner
And here's a rare source from 'Sam Chaim' by R. Abraham Ashkenazi Apotheker, Prague 1590 אונ זאל ניט וויל מאכין בין הזמנים זינשט גיט דאז לערנן צו אלי שטנים jewishencyclopedia.com/artic…
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Replying to @CraftsmanBob
ראיתי בס' 'סוד ישרים' לגה"צ מראדזין על פרשתנו שכ' בין הדברים: "...אכן באמת לא חיישינן לחשד ממי שאינו דן את חבירו לכף זכות, בפני זה אין צריך לנקות עצמו כלל, אלא כל היכא שיש מקום לחשדו..."
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Thread: The story of 19 Kislev in pictures from the original case files, preserved in Russian archives till this day. 1. The letter that started it all. The missive, bearing a fake name, alleges that R. Zalman Borukhovich leads a movement with sympathies to the French revolution
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Replying to @querynotfound @daas_balabatim @gershon_JP
And here's a pretty cool instance of usage for בירח בול (or 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤇 𐤁𐤋) in the wild: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshmun…
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Replying to @daas_balabatim @gershon_JP
Four stages meme format: -Cheshvan -Marcheshvan -Merachshevan -Waraḫsamnu
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Replying to @arinohem @kilovh @engrishmuffins
Rav Hutner on the three cardinal sins
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Replying to @mycr_karenina
Rav Mechel Hibner, on people who say that the Chozeh reported back from Heaven that Gedalia is totally over the whole fasting thing; he's skeptical though
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Replying to @querynotfound @MyShtender @Adderabbi @vpcalabrese @HadarInstitute @hchesner @CULHebrewMss @JTSVoice @jteplitsky
Perhaps more importantly, R. Mendel Goldstein, writing last year in Kovetz Etz Chaim (Bobov-45), pointed to a crucial and fascinating document that relates to this topic - a letter by Rabbi Hirschell himself in 1815! Rabbi Hirschell begins by referencing "etrogim from Suriname"!
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25 Elul, 1732, Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek. Any boys caught cavorting through the streets after Selichos will face incarceration. (Letoldot Hachinuch, Assaf, vol. 1 pg. 188)
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Replying to @rubin_moshe @Mottel @AhinAher @kaplan_melech @Eli_Rubin @MosheHolender @bentzysu @dovidmargolin @shabboshouse
Warning: Look out for an impostor on the loose posing as the next rebbe of Niezhin (1890)
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Replying to @HaLevia @onthemainline @AiryManning @aisheschaver @hchesner @Yeshevav @Adderabbi @MosheHolender
Meanwhile I learned that it was apparently once accepted to say "gestolen" in Yiddish for stolen (because it turns out that the word for this in German is gestohlen), who knew
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