Eikev in a NutshellDeuteronomy 7:12–11:25The name of the Parshah, “Eikev,” means “because,”. In the Parshah of Eikev (“Because”), Moses continues his closing address to the children of Israel, promising them that if they will fulfill the commandments (mitzvot) of the Torah, they will prosper in the Land they are about to conquer and settle in…
Forget about modern Life. Let’s just say we go camping and we are next to a river that’s running very quickly. You can smell the water and see a lot of life I suppose. Or maybe it’s in the mountains and it’s very very cold. Take a little drink. I bet it’s really good. Not…
Here is a video from Andrew Millison that talks about a gigantic agricultural project across Africa designed to keep the Sahara desert from encroaching southward. According to the information in this video, the Sahara desert has grown 10% in the last hundred years. The result of the damage and the desertification has everything to do…
I mean, wow. That was a lot. That was really completely a lot. I don’t even know where to start with this but I think I just experienced my greatest baseball moment as a fan in my life. About the game. The climax series in Japan is designed so the first place team has every…
From Chabad.org: Behaalotecha in a Nutshell Numbers 8:1–12:16: The name of the Parshah, “Behaalotecha,” means “When you raise”. Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service in the Sanctuary. A “Second Passover” is instituted in response to the petition “Why should…
There was a discovery I made last year and amazingly, it’s still good this year. It’s called civil 90. What is civil 90? Just to fluff it up a bit, it’s a way of expressing yourself in time that automatically allows you to be in the same wavelength as all of the people you’re talking…
Our ever challenging staff of news hounds here at the Utopian! have uncovered some seriously devious business from the previously thought virginal Shohei Ohtani. Though the entirety of the United States agreed unilaterally that there was no greater baseball player humanly possible then this young man who could both pitch and hit. He was really…
Here is a message to everyone who plays baseball who might someday be asked to perform a sacrifice. I’m not talking about giving up your girlfriend for the season. I’m talking about giving away an out in the hope that something wonderful will happen. Basically playing for one run. Bunting is the best of this….
It’s Tuesday morning just before noon in Belarus so I am a little preemptive here. A glance at the poles shows that things are going to be tight but that Harris is going to be the winner. You never can tell. You never can’t tell the level of honest excitement and you never can tell…
I found a very brief article on the internet which pretty much stated 90% of the issue as far as I can see it. From thehorizonsun.com The Jewish Point of View of ChristmasSometimes it feels like everyone celebrates Christmas, but you couldn’t be more wrong. From Nadav Golden It was a very short piece that…
Originally published on green2022.org on November 10, 2023 I’m just sitting here riffing really. I have these crazy thoughts that go together sometimes and my habit is to put them together into some usable thing. This is what makes the Utopian fiction run. I just like solving problems so I like to make messes and…
It’s a funny thing how people judge each other. It’s very very complicated. It’s so complicated that no one really knows how to do it except those who seem to try really hard and really succeed or just succeed because they’re young and beautiful and they can make absolutely nothing look good. But that is…
12 May, 2022 News and commentary from the front I am certainly not the only person who thinks that our environment and habitat is the most important thing. The quality of our land, air and water directly correlate to the possibility of Life continuing on the planet. And I am sure I am one of…
Here is a collection of stories from this last week. From Ecopolitic.com.ua In Germany, ecoactivists stopped the work of the largest airports for two days in a row To me one of the greatest public choices that need to be made is to what length we agree that people can vote. What these people are…
Dear sir, madam, etc… I am a well-known linguist which means I have a hard time saying things concisely. Sometimes I take a moment to warm up. I think you should take a moment to warm up before making something like this following speech. My fellow fill in whatever appropriate country goes here I have…
It’s hard to express disappointment such as I feel. There are plenty of pretty miserable things to complain about over the last few years of my life. Let’s say the entire presidency. And now we are coming up on another group of elections and again we have to sit through these painful demonstrations of exactly…
Shabbos is for everyone. Shabbos is not working on Saturdays. Shabbos is saying a prayers of thanks to God on Friday. It’s not only for Jewish people. Everyone needs a day off. Life without a day off is slavery and slavery is hell. Friday night candle lighting ceremony And for words and music that actually…
What I really want is a more comfortable relationship with you my dear. To be frank, which is to say that I want to be as honest as possible, I know that you are good for me. You will do anything I ask you to do and only marginally cause me consternation in the background….
Mostly good these days. The sickness is dissipating slightly although it still exists. Nobody did anything about it but maybe we have let the infection eat everything it wants to eat and it’s just dying out naturally. Not my particular choice on how to deal with illness. Well, it is de facto my choice but…
It’s the shortest day of the year. There is the least amount of sunlight. The most darkness. It’s not about being further away from the Sun but more of the angle that the sun strikes it. The sun is striking the southern hemisphere now. Over the last couple of years I’ve tried to make ceremonies…