Mensch of Letters

This week: Exposure therapy for secondhand embarrassment, making dick jokes about angels, Dean doesn’t know how to destroy a hard drive, the return of Buffynatural, and the JJ Bittenbinder school of vampire hunting. References: * Rat Park - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park] * “Prayer is no panacea, no substitute for action.” -- Abraham Joshua Heschel [https://books.google.com/books?id=mXS4wqT_hBYC&pg=PT475&lpg=PT475&dq=%22prayer+is+no+panacea%22&source=bl&ots=3XKlffKJUE&sig=ACfU3U27puzg7sS3X_RnSCuGq5oES1Vp2w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpvMnQiPT0AhUVlYkEHU13CewQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=%22prayer%20is%20no%20panacea%22&f=false] * B’shem Hashem [http://www.zemirotdatabase.org/view_song.php?id=18] * Ishim (angel) - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishim_(angel)] * Angels as Human Byproducts [https://archive.org/details/encyclopedia-of-jewish-myth-magic-mysticism/page/n63/mode/2up] - Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism [https://archive.org/details/encyclopedia-of-jewish-myth-magic-mysticism/page/n63/mode/2up] * Last rites - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_rites] * "What happened to all the pussy in Supernatural [https://64.media.tumblr.com/550c98c71338f2786d44ec7d846496e3/c62cd9f78ab52047-07/s1280x1920/b5868267cf68d99c88b54acf7c28ffa57babc731.png]" * The Winchesters and First Aid Kits [https://transjess.tumblr.com/post/648452035213164544/i-think-sam-and-dean-just-never-consider-using] [Archived Version [https://web.archive.org/web/20211208010435/https://transjess.tumblr.com/post/648452035213164544/i-think-sam-and-dean-just-never-consider-using]] * Kashrut and bittul (nullification) [https://ohr.edu/this_week/its_not_quite_that_simple/5951] * The True Meaning of Smekday [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Meaning_of_Smekday] * Jacob as [https://theallendercenter.org/2016/08/four-js-jacob-trickster/] trickster figure [https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/a-tale-of-two-jacobs/] You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters [https://twitter.com/menschofletters] and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com [https://menschofletters.tumblr.com]. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/menschofletters]! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord [https://discord.gg/sYt4DKwDJh], exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com [https://yidvicious.com], where their music is available for purchase.

This week: Scenes that aged like milk on a radiator, the era when they cared about demon possession victims, mid-00s homophobia that turned into real bisexuality, rescuing a kid from ghost-induced drowning...2!, and Jules’s boyfriend Special Agent Victor Henriksen. (Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 10, 11, and 12) References: * Real Actors on SPN [https://bauliya.tumblr.com/post/664690183627767808] [Archived Version [https://web.archive.org/web/20211130225437/https%3A%2F%2Fbauliya.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F664690183627767808]/Picture [https://64.media.tumblr.com/249d84f3bdcc8c154a4542cf54369cb2/a5e52ffd99da2ec6-4d/s640x960/a3e7b6f088eb2c4891570e2c9421690ab2ee02fa.jpg]] * Dean and Sam’s Paramilitary Upbringing [https://monalisssasandmadhatters.tumblr.com/post/660956547852140544/there-should-have-been-a-case-when-they] [Archived Version [https://web.archive.org/web/20211201002340/https://monalisssasandmadhatters.tumblr.com/post/660956547852140544/there-should-have-been-a-case-when-they]] * Down to Agincourt [https://archiveofourown.org/series/110651] * Borscht Belt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht_Belt] You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters [https://twitter.com/menschofletters] and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com [https://menschofletters.tumblr.com]. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/menschofletters]! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord [https://discord.gg/sYt4DKwDJh], exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Many thanks to Lulavet Arnow for her help with our audio editing. She can be found on Twitter @palmliker [https://twitter.com/palmliker] or @spacetrucksix [https://twitter.com/spacetrucksix]. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com [https://yidvicious.com], where their music is available for purchase.

This week: Little sibling crimes of being taller, a sprinkling of daloy politsey, Sam gets snubbed by the FBI, Elijah the Prophet is playing with your dogs, and the covenant is just Eldest Daughter Disorder writ large. (Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 7, 8, and 9) References: * SPN Wiki Transcript Search [https://spntranscriptsearch.github.io/] * The Usual Suspects [Archived] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200825150227/https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects#Errors] * The Story Iscah Vaguely Remembers [https://sorekbekarmi.tumblr.com/post/664214066103992320/hey-i-was-hoping-you-could-possibly-help-me-find] * The complexity of reasons people could get into hunting [https://deanmarywinchester.tumblr.com/post/645661167765929984/anyway-society-if-we-got-to-see-the-complexity-of] / [Archived Version [https://web.archive.org/web/20211116035908/https://deanmarywinchester.tumblr.com/post/645661167765929984/anyway-society-if-we-got-to-see-the-complexity-of]] * Black Dogs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore)] * The Black Dog of Meriden, CT [https://books.google.com/books?id=n_8aAAAAYAAJ&q=black+dog#v=snippet&q=black%20dog&f=false] * Perception of Dogs Among Ancient Jews [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ojl_wsv0x3QC&q=dogs#v=snippet&q=dogs&f=false] * The Story of King Solomon and Ashmedai [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:The_Story_of_King_Solomon_and_Ashmedai] * Demons with “Cock-like Footprints” [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5085-demonology#anchor4] * Robert Johnson and the Devil Legend [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson#Devil_legend] * Honorifics for the dead in Judaism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorifics_for_the_dead_in_Judaism] * May Their Memory Be for a Blessing [https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/may-their-memory-be-for-a-blessing] * Roanoke Colony [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony#Hypotheses_about_the_colony's_disappearance] * Genesis 32:4 - Parsha Vayishlach [https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.32.4?lang=en&aliyot=0] You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters [https://twitter.com/menschofletters] and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com [https://menschofletters.tumblr.com]. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/menschofletters]! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord [https://discord.gg/sYt4DKwDJh], exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com [https://yidvicious.com], where their music is available for purchase.

This week: The boys could both benefit from some weed, emotions are little brother nonsense, apologies to Jules' mom for ragging on philosophy, the haunted post office episode we should have gotten, and debating the merits of different hairstyles. References: * The uncle who put up the headstone [https://donniefinnerman.tumblr.com/post/648221425259380736/mary-was-an-only-child-which-means-the-uncle-that] / [Archived Version [https://web.archive.org/web/20211019022538/https://donniefinnerman.tumblr.com/post/648221425259380736/mary-was-an-only-child-which-means-the-uncle-that]] * Death and Mourning in Judaism [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/death-and-mourning-in-judaism] * Dean's Amulet - Super-wiki [http://supernaturalwiki.com/Dean%27s_Amulet] * Why do all monsters have superstrength? [https://roxyandelsewhere.tumblr.com/post/656256175796518912/roxyandelsewhere-dont-think-ive-said-this] / [Archived Version [https://web.archive.org/web/20211019143852/https://roxyandelsewhere.tumblr.com/post/656256175796518912/roxyandelsewhere-dont-think-ive-said-this] + Picture [https://64.media.tumblr.com/b0e72f7c63c541a8ee7d1f74d2b75695/77b02cf57a696e89-dd/s1280x1920/7ca340f742ed2d4b232af6aa69387f524cc4cfdd.jpg]] * HH Holmes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes] You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters [https://twitter.com/menschofletters] and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com [https://menschofletters.tumblr.com]. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/menschofletters]! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord [https://discord.gg/sYt4DKwDJh], exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com [https://yidvicious.com], where their music is available for purchase.

This week: A Lulav-ly guest star, worms and Worms and vurms, kings breaking necromancy prohibitions, no such thing as scars or head trauma, and the math of plane crashes vs. serial killer clowns. References: * 82 — Naso: Angel's on First — Kosher Queers! [https://kosherqueers.gay/episodes/episode-82] * "ben edlund...looks like a goat that got turned into a human" [https://swordfaires.tumblr.com/post/653628958446895104] / [Archived [https://bit.ly/3FBRnVs] + Picture [https://bit.ly/3FNVIVN]] * Smile Time [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_Time] * The Others (2001 film) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Others_(2001_film)] * The Book of Abramelin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Abramelin] * Exodus 30:36 [https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.30.36?lang=en&aliyot=0] * Kol Nidrei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGzOozXt4ek] * Samael [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samael] * Jewish Naming Practices [https://www.kveller.com/article/jewish-naming-practices/]/Can a Child Be Named After a Living Person? [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/820540/jewish/Can-a-Child-Be-Named-After-a-Living-Person.htm] * DEATH, VIEWS AND CUSTOMS CONCERNING [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5019-death-views-and-customs-concerning#anchor10] * Communication with the Dead [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/940315/jewish/Negative-Commandment-38.htm]/ Ghosts, Spirits, and Jewish wanderings in the Afterlife [https://www.myjewishlearning.com/2013/10/30/ghosts-spirits-and-jewish-wanderings-in-the-afterlife/] * Jewish funeral in-fiction as protection from ghosts, etc [https://violenceenthusiast.tumblr.com/post/649862134441951232/rufus-got-a-jewish-funeral-so-by-executive-order] * "Sam, you go interrogate the MILF." [https://fuckspn.tumblr.com/post/650942006403710976/now-now-lets-be-fair-about-this-sometimes-the] / [Archived] [https://bit.ly/3mHrg6V] * Freak show [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_show] * Jews and the Circus [https://www.aish.com/jw/s/Jews-and-the-Circus-7-Fascinating-Facts.html] * The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay [https://bookshop.org/books/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-clay-9780679450047/9780812983586] * Rakshasa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakshasa] * Pardes (Jewish exegesis) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_(Jewish_exegesis)] * Sera Gamble's Anti-Black Racism [https://cassierobinsons.tumblr.com/post/660618846550589440/would-you-mind-giving-some-examples-of-sera] [Archived [https://bit.ly/3mDuKY0]] You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters [https://twitter.com/menschofletters] and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com [https://menschofletters.tumblr.com]. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/menschofletters]! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord [https://discord.gg/sYt4DKwDJh], exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Special guest Lulavet Arnow can be found on Twitter @palmliker [https://twitter.com/palmliker] or @spacetrucksix [https://twitter.com/spacetrucksix]. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com [https://yidvicious.com], where their music is available for purchase.