Michael Lubetsky

Surprised to see the Supreme Court of Canada cite my article "Adding Epicycles" in today's Kosicki v Toronto decision. The paper uses a controversial issue in property law to illustrate systemic differences between the common and civil law.

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Speaking English, Jews use the term “b.t.” to mean a non-religious Jew who becomes religious, and the verb “to b.t.” means “to become a religious Jew having previously been non-religious.” The verb is fully conjugatable: “I b.t., you b.t., s/he b.t.’s, etc…”

Query whether it also works in French?

ᓃᔓᒋᒑᒃ ᓃᒥ"ᐃᑎᒃ ᐲᑎᑫᐗᒃ / niizhojichaag niimi’iding biindigewag / The Grand Entrance at the Two-Spirit Powwow: Commemorating both Pride and National Indigenous History Month in Toronto.

#NationalIndigenousLanguagesDay: Boozhoo niwiijiiwaaganag! Ambegish nitaa-ojibwemoyaan. Daga ganoonishin! / ᐴᔔ ᓂᐐᒌᐙᑲᓇᒃ! ᐊᒻᐯᑭᔥ ᓂᑖᐅᒋᐺᒧᔮᓐ᙮ ᑕᑲ ᑲᓅᓂᔑᓐ!

(“Hello, all my friends! I wish to speak Ojibwe well. Please talk to me!”)

The Bible teaches us the evil of racism in Number 12:1-15, where Aaron and Miriam criticise Moses for his “Cushite” wife, to which God reacts by striking Miriam with leprosy.

I would consider adding “L’Amour est bleu” (Luxembourg 1967), “Dschinghis Khan” (Germany 1979) and “Diva” (Israel 1998).

As I recall, if bread is included, you just say hamotzi (after washing your hands with its own brachah). Otherwise, you order the brachot so as to maximize the ones that you say (ie, fruits before vegetables, since the blessing for vegetables includes fruits, but not vice versa).