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What counts as a ritual in a largely #secular society? Wisconsin's Harvest Folk Festival is a modern harvest tradition built around farming, food, music, storytelling, and seed sharing. No theology required — allencentennialgarden.wisc.edu/harvest-fest...
— Brody (@seedsofsinai.bsky.social) July 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Reading a new translation of the ancient Gezer calendar ~ a limestone tablet with early Canaanite inscription discovered in 1908 west of Jerusalem, dated to the 10th century BCE. The text seems to describe early agricultural seasons ~ www.academia.edu/7759726/Geze... #biblearcheology #modernjew
— Brody (@seedsofsinai.bsky.social) July 12, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Gaster's 1953 book "Festivals of the Jewish Year" links the jewish calendar with other ancient cultures. The book can be read online ~ archive.org/details/bwb_... We are now in the summer three weeks of mourning ~ Gaster connects these to an ancient Babylonian tradition on page 193. #modernjew
— Brody (@seedsofsinai.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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