#anyway thinking torah today and rambling again thanks vyvanse <333

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Do you mind if I ask for the translation of the words used on your trans day gifset? (The poem is beautiful! Thanks for linking it!)

thank you im so glad you like it!! the translation is actually in the caption: "my god, the soul you have placed in me (or: given to me) is pure." It's from the Talmud tractate Brachot - not a poem, but a part of legal Rabbinic Jewish text from the Temple period that has been adapted into liturgy. this phrase eventually became part of the morning prayer sequence of thanking god for the functions of our physical body :)

#it's not technically referring to anything trans related #but it's always spoken to me as such #since the rest of the page is talkin about the body and this is the one part about the soul instead #idk it just always struck me as a bit strange and magical by standing out that way in the text #so to me it fits here <3 #faq #judaism #also in reading the translation for the first time in that link i provided i was reminded that #the rabbis actually argued about whether we need to ask the angels and divine beings to help us in the bathroom #or if we should ask them to stay on the other side of the door while we pee XD #fuck those men were hilarious sometimes i really miss talmud class #so... maybe the argument is whether the divine (or outside forces) have any influence on our identity #or whether they should. whether we should let them. #or if really those most personal private things should be up to US and not biology/god/angels etc #anyway thinking torah today and rambling again thanks vyvanse <333 #(for those of youwho didnt know i am a jewish studies teacher XD)