tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252334462009-07-16T13:44:33.887-07:00<b><a href="http://thecomictorah.com">OUR HOMEPAGE HAS MOVED!</a></b> Please visit it <a href="http://thecomictorah.com">HERE</a>. Judaism is the world's most obsessive-complusive book club. Every week, religous Jews read a portion or "parsha" of the Hebrew Bible, so that at the end of a year we've read the whole thing. Then we start all over again. Every week we create a cartoon based on that week's Torah portion.The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-26960226840472129802009-07-02T13:12:00.001-07:002009-07-03T10:48:23.214-07:00My teacher and pal, Amichai Lau Lavie, and I performed a maven ritual<br />for the American Conference of Cantors. We interpreted a bit of<br />parshat Chukkat which instructs us to find, slaughter and burn a red<br />heifer. Most rabbis say the red heifer is just one of those odd,<br />unexplainable laws that we just have to accept., a classic "God only<br />knows why" statute. But during the discussion part of the ritual, one of the cantors, an<br />avuncular Heeb whose name ... OK, I never asked it, but anyway, as we<br />pondered the queer nature of the heifer, Uncle Cantor asked if anyone<br />had read "Little House On the Prairie." He went on to explain that<br />the Torah formula of cow plus an aromatic plant plus water and ash is<br />almost identical to "Little House's" recipe for soap. Making soap from<br />cow fat and ash is apparently a dirty job which requires a biiig clean<br />up of the soap maker, the instructions of which are also part of the<br />commanded biblical ritual.<br /><br />I choose to think of this as a smoking gun, proof certain that one of<br />the most perplexing of our god's commandments was just something She<br />picked up on a library shelf.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-2696022684047212980?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-65450365707113774052009-06-23T15:16:00.001-07:002009-06-23T15:16:01.128-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/FQTDij1LCiQ' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/FQTDij1LCiQ'/></object></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-6545036570711377405?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-45204976896859899192009-06-22T04:30:00.001-07:002009-06-22T04:30:07.069-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/sUtwGRYfXpw' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/sUtwGRYfXpw'/></object></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-4520497689685989919?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-67231832844579602302009-04-29T05:58:00.000-07:002009-04-29T05:58:30.037-07:00<a href="http://homepage.usask.ca/%7Emll934/">Talmud Comics</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-6723183284457960230?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-7625900772415796472009-01-10T13:46:00.000-08:002009-01-10T13:46:26.627-08:00<a href="http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/%7Erltroxel/Intro/TorahComposition.jpg">TorahComposition.jpg (JPEG Image, 720x540 pixels) - Scaled (88%)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-762590077241579647?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-74209605756800262832009-01-10T13:42:00.000-08:002009-01-10T13:42:23.755-08:00<a href="http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/offspring-adam-2x-00.gif">offspring-adam-2x-00.gif (GIF Image, 2136x1580 pixels)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-7420960575680026283?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-2901627530583251482009-01-10T13:36:00.000-08:002009-01-10T13:36:46.742-08:00<a href="http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/hebrew-bible-sources-timeline.gif">hebrew-bible-sources-timeline.gif (GIF Image, 1280x1024 pixels)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-290162753058325148?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-21812588747261787922008-12-03T13:47:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:24:40.884-08:00<a style="left: 0px ! important; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://afreeman.com/52portions/vayelech08tease.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-4026730937729399951?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-35020918248208920192008-09-05T04:31:00.000-07:002008-09-05T04:31:18.225-07:00<a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;cid=1220353263659">Haredim move to eradicate &#39;foreign&#39; pop | Jewish News | Jerusalem Post</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-3502091824820892019?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-34886639029195101052008-07-07T15:53:00.000-07:002008-07-07T15:53:37.061-07:00<a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126755">Secular Don&#39;t Want &#39;Judaism&#39; - But Seek &#39;Torah&#39; - Jewish World - Israel News - Arutz Sheva</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-3488663902919510105?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-66435171333841246152008-06-30T03:45:00.000-07:002008-06-30T03:45:04.474-07:00<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3561923,00.html">MP4s are devil&#39;s device, says Orthodox Court - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-6643517133384124615?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-4557239227116286192008-05-19T06:35:00.000-07:002008-05-19T06:35:03.541-07:00<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/17/iraq.quran/index.html#cnnSTCVideo">U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice; military apologizes - CNN.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-455723922711628619?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-22865036364599282332008-05-19T06:26:00.000-07:002008-05-19T06:26:58.667-07:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html?scp=1&amp;sq=apology&amp;st=cse">U.S. General Apologizes for Desecration of Koran - New York Times</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-2286503636459928233?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-460810208566065262008-03-20T15:52:00.000-07:002008-03-20T15:52:17.373-07:00<a href="http://www.forward.com/articles/12305/">&quot;Rural Converts Journey Into Judaism - Forward.com&quot;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-46081020856606526?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-20962337021352027232008-02-28T06:59:00.001-08:002008-02-28T07:02:41.997-08:00This is a leap parsha in a leap year, so we're taking it as a free throw. We'll be back to our normal comics next week but for now, something completely different!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kDB1ik1vHA"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://afreeman.com/52portions/images/fork.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://afreeman.com/52portions/images/fork.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-2096233702135202723?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-56295666512193286662008-02-21T16:44:00.000-08:002008-02-21T16:49:19.683-08:00<a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_15899_20-tacky-religious-products-guaranteed-anger-god.html"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cracked.com/article_15899_20-tacky-religious-products-guaranteed-anger-god.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/wong/testamints.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-5629566651219328666?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-57756293610581895782008-02-20T08:16:00.000-08:002008-02-20T08:23:21.855-08:00Our good buddy <a href="http://www.howardsalmon.com/">Howard Salmon</a> has created a <a href="http://www.comicbooksiddur.com/">cool new comic</a>. Way to go brother! <br /> <br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TxaWwbklAPk&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TxaWwbklAPk&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <br /> <br /><object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="<a href=" com="" v="" txawwbklapk="" target="_blank"></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-5775629361058189578?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-79274230704530362582008-02-06T09:07:00.000-08:002008-02-06T09:08:55.432-08:00Another fun episode of our fav podcast.<br /><br /><embed src="http://crackle.com/p/Moving_Targets/Mr._Deity_and_the_Meaning_-_Season_2_Ep_2.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#869ca7" width="400" height="325" name="mtgPlayer" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="id=2071472&amp;mu=0&amp;ap=0&amp;ml=fu%3D2119977%26fx%3D" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed> <br /> <div style="font-family:"> From Crackle: <a href="http://crackle.com/c/Moving_Targets/Mr._Deity_and_the_Meaning_-_Season_2_Ep_2/2071472/#ml=fu%3D2119977%26fx%3D" title="Mr. Deity and the Meaning - Season 2, Ep 2" style="text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;word-wrap:break-word;">Mr. Deity and the Meaning - Season 2, Ep 2</a></div><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border="0" width="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx*PTEyMDIzMTc1ODk*ODAmcHQ9MTIwMjMxNzYwMDg5OCZwPTEyMjE*MSZkPSZuPQ==.jpg" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-7927423070453036258?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-58380563504241755762008-01-31T07:15:00.000-08:002008-01-31T07:16:52.898-08:00Our pal Kelly Kraines explains her creation for parshat Yitro.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5XO67Tde6HQ&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5XO67Tde6HQ&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-5838056350424175576?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-42830657274742180182008-01-29T13:10:00.000-08:002008-01-29T13:13:24.262-08:00I've ridden in many, many Chicago and New York elevators where this would have been very useful... and I LOVE Current.com!<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="400" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://current.com/e/88805916"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://current.com/e/88805916" wmode="transparent" height="400" width="400"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-4283065727474218018?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-3116878209241837432008-01-11T06:45:00.000-08:002008-01-11T06:48:19.676-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jEm0OFRtSQ0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jEm0OFRtSQ0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25233446-311687820924183743?l=52sabbaths.blogspot.com'/></div>The Comic Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255858587360506346noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233446.post-76190329515982158952008-01-10T19:55:00.000-08:002008-01-10T20:53:04.334-08:00<a href="http://afreeman.com/52portions/bo08.htm"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://afreeman.com/52portions/bo08.htm"><img style="display:block; 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