Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer

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15 October 2026 14:12

…and ascends with the smoke into heaven. And Manoaḥ, just now, realizes the thing his wife knew from the start — that this guy wasn't a human. So he turns to his wife and says "Oh shit, we just saw an angel! We're gonna die!" And his wife is like, "Dear, he said we'd have a child." "Ah, right"

Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer

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15 October 2026 14:12

"God says so." "That's so great! What should we do with it?" "Ask your wife." "Cool, cool. What's your name?" "It is unpronounceable to the human tongue." "I see. Uhh, care for a bite?" "I don't… eat. Offer it up to the LORD instead." So Manoaḥ offers up a goat, and the angel jumps into the fire…

Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer

isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social

15 October 2026 14:12

…that an angel just visited me? Some very holy-looking guy came and said to me we're going to have a son." Manoaḥ is like "Man I'd love to meet this holy-looking guy." So the angel comes back, again to Wife. She brings Manoaḥ over. He asks angel: "Did you say we're going to have a son?" Angel says…

Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer

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15 October 2026 14:12

my bar mitzvah was Parashat Naso, the ritual instructions for the nazirite. The haftara for Parashat Naso is the annunciation and birth of Samson, and the main thing I thought while reading it was "this is... this is a Simpsons episode. Manoaḥ is Homer Simpson."

Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer

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15 October 2026 14:12

Like, here's my retelling of the story. Manoaḥ and wife have no kids. Manoaḥ's wife (note: not Manoaḥ) is visited by an angel in the guise of a man, who says "You're going to have a son, he's chosen by God as a nazirite, he'll fight the Philistines." Wife goes to Manoaḥ and says, "Uhhhh I think…