"It is not a coincidence that the 1st Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court

[elleng]

died on the most holy day of the Jewish year. According to midrash (Jewish wisdom), a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness. It signifies that they were given the full measure of a year.
Also not a coincidence that it's customary to recite Baruch Dayan HaEmet upon hearing of a person’s death, which literally means “Blessed is the Judge of Truth”
And she passes away on the 18th. The Hebrew word "chai"' means "life" and in numerology the letters of chai add up to 18. For this reason, 18 is a very spiritual number in Judiasm.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a person of great righteousness and a judge of truth, and her legacy will live on forever. May her memory be a blessing."
Danielle Eisner Hansen

[Laelth]

1. Very cool. I didn't know that.

RIP RBG, and thank you.



-Laelth

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I read that yesterday, I think. I likewise had not known it before.

Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it?

And the way people have been donating to ActBlue and other Democratic things since Friday evening, her death may actually be good in the long run.

[Chainfire]

3. Superstition aside

I will always have the greatest respect for her as a hero who gave everything she had for us.

[CaptYossarian]

4. This is really fascinating.

I'm grieving for her a little less now. It was meant to be.

It doesn't help the country any.

[Gothmog]

5. From Nina Totenberg

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