https://dewofyouryouth.com/A blog by Jacob Shore about genealogy, language learning, faith, and software — tracing family history, studying Arabic, and thinking carefully about things that matter.enTue, 26 May 2026 13:44:54 UTChttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/categorically-wrong/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/categorically-wrong/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:53:25 +0200Jacob Shore A jog up Tel Yarmut sparks a reflection on the tension between halachic categories and the lived reality of Jewish destiny.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/kabbalah-and-the-boundaries-of-tradition/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/kabbalah-and-the-boundaries-of-tradition/Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:01:36 +0200 How Kabbalah became woven into normative Judaism despite disputed origins, and why disciplined restraint beats revisionist erasure. Featured image by Roy Lindman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/from-insight-to-verdict/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/from-insight-to-verdict/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:16:41 +0200 A critique of Elon Gilad’s confident pop-Judaism: how narrow philological claims about sufganiyot, meat-and-milk, and Mishnah variants get inflated into sweeping takedowns while ignoring broader sources and transmission. The piece argues for proportion—respecting evidence, the weight of commentary, and oral tradition instead of cherry-picked “gotchas.”https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/tracking-elul-in-obsidian/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/tracking-elul-in-obsidian/Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:54:18 +0300 For Nerds! Tracking Elul in Obsidian: Logs, Charts, and Scriptshttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-logs-rebooted/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-logs-rebooted/Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:54:13 +0300 Elul logs - the next iteration!https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/the-yahrzeit-of-reb-duvid-twersky-of-talne/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/the-yahrzeit-of-reb-duvid-twersky-of-talne/Sun, 11 May 2025 08:52:44 +0300 A trip to Ashdod with my kids to celebrate the yahrzeit of the original Tolna Rebbe tz"l.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/shlichus-bemitzvos/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/shlichus-bemitzvos/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:47:49 +0200 Hebrew notes critiquing R. Asher Weiss on shlichus in mitzvos from Yarchei Kallah 5784.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/speaking-euphemistically/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/speaking-euphemistically/Thu, 23 May 2024 11:06:39 +0300 Rif Pesahim Review IIhttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/pesachim-rif-review-1/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/pesachim-rif-review-1/Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:35:40 +0200 Review of the basic obligation for checking for hametz according to the Rif and Ran.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/chayei-sara-5784/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/chayei-sara-5784/Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:38:40 +0200 Questions For Testing Yourself on the Parsha w/ Rashi and the Rambanhttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-5783-postmortem/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-5783-postmortem/Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:28:52 +0300 A postmortem on my attempt to change my habits over last Elul.https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/the-mashgiach-%D7%96%D7%A6%D7%9C/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/the-mashgiach-%D7%96%D7%A6%D7%9C/Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:00:18 +0300 Remembering the Mashgiach Rabbi Mordechai Zelig Schechter זצ״לhttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/dont-waste-time-talking-with-the-cow/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/dont-waste-time-talking-with-the-cow/Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:13:23 +0300 A speech I gave at my son’s bar mitzva. Originally delivered August 6th, 2023https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-logs-ii/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-logs-ii/Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:10:48 +0300More Notes from Obsidian on Progresshttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/eliyahus-bar-mitzva-speech/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/eliyahus-bar-mitzva-speech/Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:10:48 +0300 My son’s bar mitzva speech, originally delivered by my son Eliyahu on August 6th, 2023https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-logs/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-logs/Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:10:48 +0300Notes from Obsidian on Progresshttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/rebbe-meir-from-behind/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/rebbe-meir-from-behind/Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 UTC Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part IIIhttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/the-reverence-for-your-teacher-as-the-reverence-of-heaven/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/the-reverence-for-your-teacher-as-the-reverence-of-heaven/Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:00:00 UTC Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part IIhttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/i-weep-over-this-beauty-that-will-be-buried-in-earth/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/i-weep-over-this-beauty-that-will-be-buried-in-earth/Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:57:12 +0300Jacob Shore Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part Ihttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-5783/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/elul-5783/Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:16:48 +0300 Hope For The New Year