Round Challah, Red Paint, Remembering God’s Word, and Yutz (Episode #213)
Description
Opening
- Chris gets caught off guard by Pastor Neil’s surprise video call.
- Banter and fun before diving into today’s topics.
Special Feature
- Chris appears on Stand in the Gap (Lighthouse TV).
🕍 Two Synagogues, Two Opinions
Discussion on the Torah scroll incidents in NYC synagogues.
🔗 https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-congregations-two-opinions-as-torahs-hit-the-floor-at-separate-nyc-synagogues/
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✡️ Psalm 119 Study – Zayin & Chet
Zayin (vv. 49–56)
- Remember God’s judgments of old (v.52), His name at night (v.55), His Word (Deut. 4:1–14).
- Comfort in affliction—“Your word has given me life” (v.50).
- Statutes are songs in the night (v.55).
- Kept God’s law and precepts (vv.55–56).
Chet (vv. 57–64)
- Mercy according to God’s Word (v.58).
- Keep God’s Word and precepts (vv.57, 63).
- Turned (Hebrew shoob)—to turn back, return (v.59).
- The whole earth is full of His mercy (v.64).
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Why do we eat round challah on Rosh Hashanah?
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📰 News Roundup
- “Moron” Terrorist Takes Selfie, Exposes HQ
🔗 https://www.timesofisrael.com/moron-jihadists-selfie-leads-us-to-hq/ - Media Blackout on Antisemitism
🔗 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-865996?utm_source=jpost.app.apple&utm_medium=share - Pro-Palestinian Activist Throws Paint on Israeli Singer (Avinu Malkeinu)
🔗 https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/09/01/watch-pro-palestinian-activist-throws-paint-on-israeli-singer-in-poland/ - Dozens of Ultra-Orthodox Enlist in the IDF – Proud to Serve
🔗 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkqufwxcee - Chariots of Money – Big Bonuses for IDF Enlistees
🔗 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkvvxazqex - Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Vandalized (Philadelphia)
🔗 https://6abc.com/post/philadelphia-police-investigating-vandalism-weitzman-national-museum-american-jewish-history/17648461/
🤦 Yutz of the Week
- Definition: “Stupid, unthinking, or socially inept person.”
- Example: The terrorist who gave himself away with a selfie.
- Chris’s fear: yutzes on bikes who think they’re invincible in traffic.
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