I spotted this while lurking on the H-Judaic list, and thought that it might be of interest to you. << There is a digitized version of Jastrow on the web now...
Rabbi Howard Jachter, author of Gray Matter (see http://www.jewishstore.com/Books/Products.asp?ProdID=IBS-L135 ) and Gemara teacher at the Torah Academy of...
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I am presently out of the office. I will respond to emails when I return onTuesday, January 4, 2005. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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how do i become a member? thanks! ... I am presently out of the office. I will respond to emails when I return onTuesday, January 4, 2005. [Non-text...
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Jan 7, 2005 4:02 pm
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Joel Wolowelsky posted this to Lookjed, but there were no on-lists responses. As it is a question of some interest (at least to me), I wondered what you have...
Please forgive my brevity. It has been my understanding that there are borderline cases of gender as determined by genetics - as in extra or missing...
I remember learning the Gemara about praying for the gender of a baby until the 40th day. And as it happens so often there was an article in the newspaper the...
If the mishna in berachot had the final say on what is an appropriate tefilah and what is not, I certainly would not have a problem saying that if the...
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... These two perspectives -- one in which the criterion for tefilat shav is the objective reality of the issue in question, and the other in which the...
Avi Billet sent this to Lookjed some time before Pesach, and I have not gotten to posting it yet. Any suggestions? From: "Avi Billet" <avbillet@...> ...
I wanted to share a Minchat Shai on Megillat Rut 3:5 - regarding a Kri u'Ketiv. He quotes a Gemara in Nedarim which lists scribal changes as Halachah L'Moshe...
Simon Family
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May 3, 2005 3:23 am
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See the rather comprehensive article in Entzyklopedia Talmudit, Chelek Tet. Yaakov Bieler [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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May 3, 2005 5:08 am
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Rabbi Yitzchak Frank sent this to me on behalf of his son, Uziel - î÷åøåú áòðéï äììî"ñ: s ø' øàåáï îøâìéåú, ééñåã...
my new e-mail address is bhkramer@.... my school e-mail (for the regular lookjed) is the same ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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May 5, 2005 1:41 am
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My friend and neighbor, Alan Haber sent this one in to Lookjed, but I thought I would share it with the Shaqla group first. Suggestions? << From: Rabbi Alan...
Weaning a large public from widely held superstitious beliefs is necessarily a very long process. In the process one must relate with full seriousness to the ...
Although the Maimonidean in me wants to accept David's argument that Hazal are simply trying to wean the masses away from superstitions like zugot, sugyot such...
I wish the Maimonidean in you success; it is appropriate. I genuinely believe it is a correct approach on this issue. Yet, it is true, there is no denying...
Could someone explain what the question and/or problem is? It seems that there are a number of different issues here: 1) Did Hazal in fact believe in the power...
... Indeed, let us suppose that this is not a problem, at least in certain areas. That leaves question 1 open, to be dealt with independently of whether we...
Shaqla_VeTarya@yahoogroups.com on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 10:56 AM ... The connection is that we have different perceptions of reality than those which...
Dear All, I received this query to Lookjed, but thought that some of you might want to have a "go" at it first. Shalom Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D. The...
Just for starters, it is worth keeping in mind that there are hashkafic issues regarding torah sheba'al peh min hashamayim that have to be considered in...
Well, since this is the first time I'm writing, I'll do a quick intro. Name is Mendel Breitstein, and I'm a teacher at Ida Crown Jewish Academy (Chigago)....