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Oct 31, 2006 12:49 am
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I have been fascinated with Dr. Shnayer Leiman's investigative analyses of issues of history and halakha ever since I took his "Lifeboat ethics" course in...
I still remember how, as a high school student studying Massekhet Hullin, I chanced upon a Pnei Yehoshua who quoted the Yerushalmi on the massekhet. I turned...
Shalom, Shalom! Thanks for the reference; indeed a fascinating story. I must comment, though, on R. Bechhofer's observation that there seems to have been a...
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Feb 7, 2007 11:09 am
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I received this today and thought that it might be worth presenting to Shaqla_VeTarya readers. Comments? << From: joseph schwarz <schwarzj2004@...> Sent:...
I do not believe that the situation described in this article is as true in North American Yeshiva High Schools as it is in Israel, nevertheless, it does raise...
Last week I sent out a link to Uri Orbach's lament about the state of Talmud instruction in Israeli boys' high schools today. Some of you might be interested...
I was learning Massechet Sukkah with my son and we came across the sugya of "etrog ha-kushi" (31a), which concludes that whether or not a black etrog is kosher...
Yes. Rashi had no clue when it came to geography. He was working exclusively from texts, not maps. All of his geographical conjectures came from what he...
I don't know about trashing Rashi's lack of knowledge but why assume that Kush was Ethiopia when no one really knows what or where it is? There are many places...
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May 21, 2007 9:03 pm
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I agree with Rabbi Frankforter. On the general issue, there is no reason to expect more than outline sketches of "maps" from Rashi ("square"), giving the...
Rabbosai, Please exaplin Rashi to Bereshis 13:11, where he says that Sodom is in the west of Eretz Canaan. To say that Rashi didn't know geography is no more...
Shalom! I fear that the unfortunate conclusion below, stated in broad generality and with an unpleasant air, is likelier to generate the heat of competitive...
Any suggestions in response to this Lookjed query? Kol Tuv, Shalom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posted by: Matt Reingold <Matt.Reingold@...> Date:...
For one perspective regarding Yisrurin Shel Ahava, See Beraishit Rabba 56:2-3 and Shemot?Rabba 1:1. Yaakov Bieler ... From: Shalom Berger...
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Nov 27, 2007 10:36 am
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I heard R. Moshe Soloveitchik give shiur on this topic. If I'm not mistaken, and I might be (I heard the shiur over a year ago, and my memory is certainly not...
I have given talks on this topic in my post high school yeshiva as well as to adults back in the US for years. I have found an approach that works quite well....
Any suggestions for this request? Thanks, Shalom Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D. The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education Bar-Ilan University ... From:...
The last query that I shared (about teaching the Second perek of Makkot) didn't get much of a response. How about this seasonal question? Kol Tuv, Shalom Rabbi...
I thought that this might be of some interest to you. Wishing all a Hag Kasher VeSame'ah Shalom Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D. The Lookstein Center for Jewish...
I thought that this resource may be of use/interest to you. Shalom Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D. The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education Bar-Ilan University ...
This is a great question for the general list as well, especially since this one unfortunately does not generate much conversation. Will you be posting it...
Dear Shalom, I would like to take the conversation started by Larry Kobrin in a different direction. What I have been thinking about is how the thinking...
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Aug 13, 2008 2:26 pm
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Things have been pretty quiet on the Talmud discussion front of late, but the following question just appeared ion my inbox. Any suggestions? Kol Tuv, Shalom ...
I almost fell off my chair when I read this note. My father (Rabbi Yosef Wolicki) and I were discussing exactly this matter a few hours before I opened my...