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People worth emulating

...the kind of nation [South Africans] want to be. A nation where all belong and know they belong; where all are insiders, none is an outsider, where all are members of this remarkable, this crazy, country, they belong in the rainbow nation.

His Grace, The Most Reverend
Desmond Tutu
(1931 – 2021)
Archbishop of Cape Town,
Primate: Anglican Church of Southern Africa,
Chairman: Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
and the one who cried for the beloved country*

* with gratitude to Nadine Gordimer

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another...I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal for which I hope to live for and to see realised. But my lord, if it needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

His Excellency, President
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(1918–2013)
Father of the Nation, which he served in prison for 27 years, before becoming the first democratically elected President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

WamI
A proudly South African, Modern Ortho·dox Ashkenazi Jew, who doesn't support the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu, his government and allies towards Palestinians, aware of and fighting my white male priviledge, Chicken, mathematician and statistician, who loves Dogs and certain plants (the ones I can keep alive), and who holds far left social and fiscal opinions.

Pledges and opinions on Wikipedia editing

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.


  1. Wikipedia’s primary objective (PRIME, quoted above), its foundational principles (Five pillars), and policies, especially neutral point of view (NPOV, wiki-voice), notable article topics (N), edits must have citations (V), and using reliable resources (RS), are mandatory. Their spirit makes Wikipedia a worthy project for me.
  2. I believe the spirit of guidelines and policies sometimes requires common sense (COMMON) to override their letter.
  3. I’m here to build an encyclopedia (HTBAE), personal bias must be subordinate to that.
  4. I believe diversity of editors and opinions is essential. The "sum of all knowledge" can only arise from all people participating. I exclude people who espouse hate speech as defined in the South African Constitution’s exception to the right to freedom of expression. I will help any Wikipedian in good faith (AGF), whether or not I agree with their opinions (within reason). Epecially new editors.
  5. When advising editors who are struggling to understand the rules, I will advise them in English, not "Wikipedia policy codes" (attribution: Irtapil), which often excludes rather than educates. Sub-culture speak is fine if the culture teaches newcomers the in-speak rather than bludgeoning them with it. To "Bludgeon" is "to beat powerfully with an object of great mass". The rules have extreme mass. They shouldn’t be thrown at new or confused editors. If not understood, they can hurt. Being told you’re incompetent (CIR), or don’t have ability to edit, is unnecessarily cruel, and counterproductive.
  6. I will not revert (0RR), except where the three revert rule (3RR) exceptions apply — obvious vandalism, any copyright violation, all edits to biographies of living persons (BLPs) unsupported by reliable sources or unduly weighted (UNDUE), and most importantly anything that threatens to harm (CHILDPROTECT) a child (CHILD) — so cases where the wiki or a person need immediate protection.
  7. Related to 0RR, I apply Bold => Discuss => maybe Revert (BD[R]) to other editors’ good faith edits, not Bold => Revert => Discuss (BRD): Even if I disagree with another editor’s bold good faith work I don’t believe it should be destroyed by reverting until discussion and consensus (CON). If I disagree I’ll take it to the talk page without reverting. If consensus is to revert, I’ll revert if the original editor would rather not self-revert. If the consensus is to not revert I’ll abide by that. I have no problem having BRD applied to me as written. I’ll not revert the reversion but will discuss until consensus.
  8. I will maintain email confidentiality.
  9. I will use Nonviolent Communication (NVC): A communication tool aiming to first create empathy. Once there’s empathy, it’s easier to talk about common needs.
  10. I apply Inclusionist principles: Don’t delete notable information (see Mr Universe above). Keep is always better than Delete (except the 3RR exceptions and clearly non-notable content). Merge is the only other option in extremis (information is lost in a merge). WP:Stubs are fine if notable. In notability edge cases I err on the side of notability.
  11. I remain calm and civil, or disengage and go do something that makes me happy (Cool). Wikipedia is not the be all and end all of existence (The Scottish play Act 1, Scene 7, line 5). Our physical and mental wellbeing are more important than any edit. Walk away if I/you need to.

WikiWork

Sandboxes (current research / writing)

Sandbox 1: Birkat HaGomel
Sandbox 2: Pesukei Dezimra
Sandbox 3: empty
Sandbox 4: Advice for (X)BANed editor
Sandbox 5: Quotes

Default included nusachot

Which nusachot should be included as standard in prayer articles?

  • Allow for first 4 (Ash, Ari, Edo, Sef) by default
  • Show 5-8 (Bal, Ita, Gre, Gra) as notes to default
  • non-Halachic should have own section if they have something to comment on specific prayer component

Halachic

  1. Nusach Ashkenaz: European Ashkenazi Jews (Ash)
  2. Nusach Ari: Chabad (Ari)
  3. Nusach Edot HaMizrach: Majority Sephardi Jews, All Mizrahi Jews (Edo)
  4. Nusach Sefard: Minority Sephardi Jews, All Chassidic Jews excl. Chabad (Sef)
  5. Nusach Baladi Yemenite Jews (Bal)
  6. Nusach Italiani/B'nei Romì/Lo'ez/HaLo'azim: non-Sephardi, non-Askanazi, Italian Jews (Ita)
  7. Nusach Romaniote: non-Sephardi, Greek Jews (Gre)
  8. Nusach HaGr"a: Followers of the Vilna Gaon incl. Ashkenazi’s in Jerusalem (Gra)
  9. Others (myriads): Many incl. Beta Israel assimilated into larger nusachot, especially Sephardi nusach, retaining own customs not liturgy.

Semi- or non-Halachic

  1. Karaite Judaism (Kar)
  2. Conservative halakha (Con)
  3. Reform Judaism (Ref)
  4. Reconstructionist Judaism (Rec)
  5. Humanistic Judaism (Hum)

Wikiwork aim: All Jewish prayer pages ≥ C-class

Service Article Class Importance OA OS OY OH OC OE Co Re To-do
Tefilah (main) Jewish Prayer C Top ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already C-class
* Jewish Prayers List Low ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work on once all prayers finished
Shacharit Shacharit Start Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work on once all prayers finished
* Birkot hashachar Stub Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Working on now
    * Ana BeKoach B Mid ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ Already B-class
* Pesukei Dezimra C Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already C-class merge Hallel (pesukei dezimra)+Songs of thanksgiving (pesukei dezimra)
    * Baruch HaShem Le’Olam (v.1-4) C Mid ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ Already C-class
* Torah reading B High ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already C-class
    * Draft:Birkat Hagomel New Low ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Working on now
Mincha Mincha Start Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work on once all prayers finished
Maariv Maariv Start Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work on once all prayers finished
* Baruch HaShem Le’Olam (v.1-18) See under Shacharit
* Shema al HaMita Stub Low ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work on next
    * Ana BeKoach See under Shacharit
    * Baruch HaShem Le’Olam (v.15-18) See under Shacharit
Shabbat Shabbat B Top ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already B-class
* Jewish prayer §Kabbalat Shabbat n/a Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work out why it was merged
    * Ana BeKoach See under Shacharit
* Mussaf C Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already C-class
Pesach Pesach B Top ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already C-class
* Sefirat Ha’Omer B High ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already B-class
    * Ana BeKoach See under Shacharit
Yom Kippur Yom Kippur B Top ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Already B-class
* Ne'ila Stub Mid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work on once all prayers finished

ShabbatYom TovRosh Chodesh (Mussaf)

To-do
Priority Issue raised Page(s) Why What Status Status Date
1. High 10 Dec 2023 Draft: Birkat Hagomel Creation * Research
* Write
* Create
* Redirect		 processing 4 July 2026
1. High 5 Dec 23 Birkot hashachar Needs update * Research
* Write updates
* Update
 processing 4 July 2026
2. Mid 23 Nov 23 Quality of Jewish Tefilot n/a * Review quality
* Identified Ana b'Koach
* Identified Birkot hashachar
*Identified Birkat HaGomel
* Identified Pesukei Dezimra
Identified Yehi kevod		 processing 4 July 2026


Mischief managed 🪄
Priority Issue raised Page(s) Why What Status Status date
3. Low 15 Nov 23 Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
IICC (Israel)		 AfD Candidate * !vote
* Research
* Write IICC+ITIC+AFIICC
* Close AfD result
* Go live new article
* Redirect ITIC		 not started 8 Jun 2026
0. Highest 25 Dec 2023 Holit massacre (AfD), Netiv HaAsara massacre (AfD), Nir Yitzhak massacre (AfD2) Need +res and rewrites per AfDs *!vote
* All Keep
* Update Nir Yitzhak
* Update Holit
* Update Netiv HaAsara
* Update Nahal Oz		 updating articles 8 Jun 2026
1. High 22 Nov 23 Talk:Jews Change of main image * Discuss Archived with no decision 19 January 2024
4. Highest 25 Nov 23 Ana b'Koach Update to Kaddish std * Research piyyut
* Write updates
* Go live updates
* Rename? No		 complete 5 Dec 2023
1. High 10 Nov 23 Nir Yitzhak massacre AfD candidate *!vote
* Research refs
* Add refs
* Copy edit		 Finalised - reopened as a new work item 25 Nov 23
1. High 11 Nov 23 (A)
13 Oct 23 (M)		 Ein HaShlosha massacre AfD candidate
Merge Candidate		 * Research
* !vote
* Write article
* Go live update
* Close AfD result
* Close merger result		 Finalised 25 Nov 23
3. Low 6 Nov 23
13 Nov 23 (rl)		 Nahal Oz massacre Move candidate * Research "massacre"
* !vote move
(4:6 no consensus)[To late]
* Close move result
"move" 21/11/23
* Discuss with closer		 Finalises - move 23 Nov 23
4. Lowest 31 Oct 23 Yakhini massacre AfD candidate * Research
* !vote
* Rewrite article
* Go live rewrite
* Close AfD result
"merge" to Target 23/11		 Finalised - merge 23 Nov 23
2. Mid 31 Oct 23
7 Nov 23 (rl)
14 Nov 23 (rl)		 Baruch Adonai L'Olam (Maariv)
Baruch Adonai L'Olam (Shacharit)
Baruch Adonai Le'Olam		 AfD candidate * !vote
* Research
* Rewrite merged article
* Close AfD result
"merge" 21/11
* Merge into Shacharit
* Redirect Maariv
* Rename Shacharit		 Finalised
 22 Mov 23
3. Low 14 Nov 23 Nirim massacre Move candidate * Research "massacre"
* !vote move [To late]
* Close move result
"merge" 21/11		 Finalised - move 21 Nov 23
1. High 19 Oct 23 Alumim massacre AN/I issue * Research
*!vote
* Rewrite article
* Go live rewrite
* Close AN/I result		 Finalised - archived 4 Nov 23
1. Low 20 Oct 23 Cameron Whitten Not updated ~2021 * Research
* Update "Controversy"		 Finalised - updated 2 Nov 23

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Weekly Torah Portion
Pinchas (פנחס)
Numbers 25:10–30:1
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 19 Tamuz, 5786+7days—July 11, 2026
"Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, ‘Let the Lord, Source of the breath of all flesh, appoint someone over the community . . . so that the Lord's community may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.’" (Numbers 27:15-17.)

God announced that because Phinehas had displayed his passion for God, God granted Phinehas God's pact of friendship and priesthood for all time. God then told Moses to attack the Midianites to repay them for their trickery luring Israelite men to worship Baal-Peor.

God instructed Moses and Eleazar to take a census of Israelite men 20 years old and up, and Moses and Eleazar ordered it done. The census showed the following populations by tribe: Reuben: 43,730; Simeon: 22,200; Gad: 40,500; Judah: 76,500; Issachar: 64,300; Zebulun: 60,500; Manasseh: 52,700; Ephraim: 32,500; Benjamin: 45,600; Dan: 64,400; Asher: 53,400; Naphtali: 45,400; totaling 601,730 in all.

The text notes parenthetically that when Korah's band agitated against God, the earth swallowed them up with Korah, but Korah's sons did not die. God told Moses to apportion shares of the land according to population among those counted, and by lot. The Levite men aged a month old and up amounted to 23,000, and they were not included in the regular enrollment of Israelites, as they were not to have land assigned to them. Among the persons whom Moses and Eleazar enrolled was not one of those enrolled in the first census at the wilderness of Sinai, except Caleb and Joshua.

The daughters of Zelophehad approached Moses, Eleazar, the chieftains, and the assembly at the entrance of the Tabernacle, saying that their father left no sons, and asking that they be given a land holding. Moses brought their case before God, who told him that their plea was just and instructed him to transfer their father's share of land to them. God further instructed that if a man died without leaving a son, the Israelites were to transfer his property to his daughter, or failing a daughter to his brothers, or failing a brother to his father's brothers, or failing brothers of his father to the nearest relative.

Moses strikes water out of the rock (painting by Nicolas Poussin)

God told Moses to climb the heights of Abarim and view the Land of Israel, saying that when he had seen it, he would die, because he disobeyed God's command to uphold God's sanctity in the people's sight when he brought water from the rock in the wilderness of Zin. Moses asked God to appoint someone over the community, so that the Israelites would not be like sheep without a shepherd. God told Moses to single out Joshua, lay his hand on him, and commission him before Eleazar and the whole community. Joshua was to present himself to Eleazar the priest, who was to seek the decision of the Urim and Thummim on whether to go out or come in.

God told Moses to command the Israelites to be punctilious in presenting the offerings due God at stated times. The text then details the offerings for regular days, the Sabbath, Rosh Chodesh, Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shmini Atzeret.

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