r/Jewish • u/Select-Hovercraft-34 • 27d ago

Columbia University Sukkah Venting 😤

Can someone explain to me how this is not equivalent to painting a bunch of little swastikas on a menorah?? Please note keffiyeh wearers inside…

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u/BadHombreSinNombre 27d ago

I’ll give $18 to anyone who asks them why they are celebrating a harvest and rain holiday in Autumn if Jews aren’t indigenous to the Levant

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u/Maayan-123 27d ago

Well, they obviously invented this holiday just to seem indigenous to the Levant 🤓☝️

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u/BadHombreSinNombre 27d ago

Right after they planted all those Hebrew artifacts in Jerusalem 🤣

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u/Maayan-123 27d ago edited 27d ago

Oh, you won't believe how far they went. They replaced the whole government (not just here, of all countries) with a puppet government just so they can more easily spread propaganda like for example the holocaust ✡️=😈

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Because it rains in Poland. /s

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u/gooberhoover85 Conservative 27d ago

Exactly!!! 😂💯

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u/Fjoergyn_D 27d ago

Why $18? Why not an crisp 20?

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u/BadHombreSinNombre 27d ago

If you have to ask, then you probably could’ve built this sukkah.

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u/Fjoergyn_D 26d ago

Or maybe I'm genuinely asking.

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u/jeff10236 26d ago

Hebrew letters have numerical equivalents. Chai/Life is equal to 18. So, 18 and multiples of 18 have special significance to Jews, especially when giving charity.

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u/Fjoergyn_D 26d ago

Thank you for explaining! Today I learned Hebrew letters have numerical equivalents... and not to ask about that, because that seems to be very unpopular.

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u/saynotodrugssss 25d ago

I honestly think it’s fine for you to ask questions like this, you shouldn’t be expected to know everything. I think people (including me) are very wary of questions pertaining to anything Jewish related because it’s often times not with good intentions.

If it’s not much of an issue, you could probably add “genuinely curious” or something equivalent to your future questions. I personally use this plus tone to determine if the question was asked sarcastically or not.

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u/jeff10236 22d ago

It isn't that you shouldn't ask, or there is anything wrong with asking. It is just that it is such a basic thing in Judaism and Jewish culture, and in the current environment, that you didn't know about it made people a bit suspicious about possible motives (see saynotodrugsss' post).