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What Avram and Sarai Taught the World Zionist Congress: An Orthographic Exploration of Parashat Lech Lecha

JL;DR SUMMARY The article by Gabriel Slamovits explores an intriguing orthographic aspect of Parashat Lech Lecha, focusing on the presence of a dotted yud in Bereishit 16:5, a unique feature in the Torah that has significant grammatical and interpretive implications. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Family DynamicsMidrashBereishitCovenantHagarWorld Zionist CongressOrthographyParashat Lech LechaAvramSarai

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"final in-person meeting of the 39th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem just under two months ago"
Israel
"over the course of the next five years. To say that these conversations became heated at times would be a vast understatement. Raw emotions were on display. A sampling of the charged topics under discussion included the draft system in Israel"
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"Yemenite woman from Melbourne"
Vienna, Austria
"Iraqi man from Vienna, a student leader from Barcelona"
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
"Iraqi man from Vienna, a student leader from Barcelona"
Switzerland
"a Swiss Jew, a British Jew not to mention American delegates from Los Angeles to New York"

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