Essay

[Rival]

How Rival writes an essay on Judaism...

SHALOM ALECIEHM MALACHEI HA SHALOM MALACHEI ELYON MIMELECH MALCHEI HAMLACHIM HA KADOSH BARUCH HUUUUUUUUUU.

etc.



I think this is all anyone can hear from my room.

I haven't listened to any modern style music in weeks and this is what does it, because of course it is.

 

[Gargovic Malkav]

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¿Qué?

 

[Rival]

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¿Qué?

Now it's in your head too,

 

[Harel13]

How Rival writes an essay on Judaism...

SHALOM ALECIEHM MALACHEI HA SHALOM MALACHEI ELYON MIMELECH MALCHEI HAMLACHIM HA KADOSH BARUCH HUUUUUUUUUU.

etc.



I think this is all anyone can hear from my room.

I haven't listened to any modern style music in weeks and this is what does it, because of course it is.

Same, except for any essay and usually not shalom aleichem, unless I'm in the mood for Shabbat songs and just put a playlist.

 

[Rival]

Same, except for any essay and usually not shalom aleichem, unless I'm in the mood for Shabbat songs and just put a playlist.

I just find it so catchy

Yossi Azulay's entire 2 Tiflot albums are good though and I always enjoy them.

We were given a series of essay questions to choose from and I was going for another one but the inner dialogue basically went:

Brain: I know you want to do that other one but do the Jewish one.
Me: I have not brought my Jewish books with me I have literally nothing to reference apart from the To--
Brain: Do the Jewish one tho.
Me: Yes.

 

[Rival]

How do you write about Jewish rituals and practices and their historic import in 2000 words??? I can't even cover Pesach and its importance in just 2000 words.

Or I guess you could just write 'Soft wafer and scratchy wafer choose the soft wafer sorry Ashkenazim.'

 

[exchemist]

How do you write about Jewish rituals and practices and their historic import in 2000 words??? I can't even cover Pesach and its importance in just 2000 words.

Or I guess you could just write 'Soft wafer and scratchy wafer choose the soft wafer sorry Ashkenazim.'

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about but you are clearly enjoying your time at university. I expect this is how I sounded to my parents, wittering on about Russell-Saunders and jj coupling in my first term of chemistry.

 

[Harel13]

How do you write about Jewish rituals and practices and their historic import in 2000 words??? I can't even cover Pesach and its importance in just 2000 words.

Or I guess you could just write 'Soft wafer and scratchy wafer choose the soft wafer sorry Ashkenazim.'

Wafer? If only.

 

[Rival]

Wafer? If only.

It's interesting because the Communion bread is called wafer and is just basically a savoury wafer, unleavened bread, and is meant to be or at least represent what is eaten at Pesach; so the word 'wafer' came to my mind. I'm not sure that unleavened bread has a proper name.

 

[Brickjectivity]

How do you write about Jewish rituals and practices and their historic import in 2000 words??? I can't even cover Pesach and its importance in just 2000 words.

Or I guess you could just write 'Soft wafer and scratchy wafer choose the soft wafer sorry Ashkenazim.'

I'll write it for you for 200$ --> guaranteed A or my sincere apologies.

Here's what you should do. Pretend you are me. Think about how I would write it. That will keep it down to way under 2000 words.

 

[Harel13]

It's interesting because the communion bread is called wafer and is just basically a savoury wafer, unleavened bread, and is meant to be or at least represent what is eaten at Pesach; so the word 'wafer' came to my mind. I'm not sure that unleavened bread has a proper name.

Improper bread does not deserve a name.

 

[Harel13]

I'll write it for you for 200$ --> guaranteed A or my sincere apologies.

But no refunds...

 

[lewisnotmiller]

How do you write about Jewish rituals and practices and their historic import in 2000 words??? I can't even cover Pesach and its importance in just 2000 words.

Or I guess you could just write 'Soft wafer and scratchy wafer choose the soft wafer sorry Ashkenazim.'

You'll have to focus what you're trying to convey. A detailed history doing their impact justice won't happen in 2000 words. Just accept that, and refine your aim.

 

[Rival]

You'll have to focus what you're trying to convey. A detailed history doing their impact justice won't happen in 2000 words. Just accept that, and refine your aim.

It's the subject of the essay so I've not much choice. It's just hard to compress the information.

 

[Harel13]

It's the subject of the essay so I've not much choice. It's just hard to compress the information.

I had that problem with a few of the essays I wrote this past exam period. In one case we had to write a maximum of 2000. Unfortunately, the bibliography brought me to about 2700 words, so finally I contacted the professor and he said it was fine. In another case, we didn't have any maximum length for the essay, but the professor said he thought it would take us about 5 pages. I, being thorough, wrote about 13 pages (bibliography included)...and now there's the essay that I finished mere minutes ago - we could only write up to 15 pages and I had passed that a long time ago. So I spent today extracting one core idea that could serve as a standalone theory and restructuring it into a standalone essay.

 

[RabbiO]

@Rival -

Write a cursory essay and end it with - The rest is commentary. Now go and study.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

It's the subject of the essay so I've not much choice. It's just hard to compress the information.

A detailed history in 2000 words?

Your lecturer might be a goose.

 

[Harel13]

@Rival -

Write a cursory essay and end it with - The rest is commentary. Now go and study.

Wow, that's genius.

 

[Harel13]

Brain: I know you want to do that other one but do the Jewish one.

So what was the other one?

 

[Rival]

So what was the other one?

These are the options:

Essay question. Select ONE of the following topics:
1. What are some concepts that are fundamental to what we call ‘religion’?
2. In which ways is the 'world religion paradigm' an exercise in power that reflects a colonial mindset?
3. Discuss with reference to an Abrahamic religion of your choice how it has responded to Feminism.
4. How do different Jewish rituals and practices reflect the importance that Judaism attributes to its historic past? Discuss with reference to specific examples.
5. Discuss the popularity of Pentecostalism in African communities. Why is this strand of Christianity particularly appealing to certain groups of Christians?
6. In Islam, human beings are seen as custodians of the earth. What are the implications of this understanding for Muslim attitudes towards Ecology?
7. In which ways is religious fundamentalism a modern phenomenon?
8. In which ways has the pandemic changed religious observances and practice. Do you think these changes will last? Explain why you think so by reference to specific examples.

I originally went for number 7 but.... you know me.

Teacher said Pesach rituals would work well for number 4, so I went for that and I was going to choose something else too but 2000 words is way too constraining.