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November 18, 2008

14a {Kiddushin 33a} אמר (ליה)אאביי לא אמרן אלא ברבו שאינו מובהק אבל ברבו מובהק מלא עיניו:אביי מכי חזי ליה לאוני דחמריה דרב יוסף הוה קאים דקיימא לן דרכוב כמהלך דמי ומחייב למיקם ...
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Alfasi [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 7:20 AM

November 17, 2008

Recently, in Daf Yomi, we encountered an interesting gemara. To cite my translation of the Rif, who cites the gemara lehalacha: {Kiddushin 31a} אמר ר' יהושע בן לוי אסור לאדם שיהלך ארבע אמות בקומה זקופהשנאמר מלא כל הארץ כבודו Rabbi Yehos...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 7:19 AM

November 16, 2008

12a {Kiddushin 29a} Gemara: תנינא להאדת"ר האב חייב בבנו למולו לפדותו וללמדו תורה ולהשיאו אשה וללמדו אומנותוי"א אף להשיטו בנהרר' יהודה אומר כל שאין מלמד בנו אומנות כאילו למדו לסטו...
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Alfasi [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 3:11 PM

November 13, 2008

A rather curious Baal HaTurim on Vayera, explaining vaHashem pakad et Sarah. The pasuk in question reads: א וַה' פָּקַד אֶת-שָׂרָה, כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמָר; וַיַּעַשׂ ה לְשָׂרָה, כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר. 1 And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had s...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 4:19 PM

November 12, 2008

Let me preface this with the statement that Obama is not Gog, and Bush is not Gog. But there is a dispute going on on various mystically inclined blogs, whether Obama is Gog, or George Bush is Gog. A night or two ago, on Tamar Yonah's show, there was an interview of Joel Gallis and Dr. Robert Wolf, ...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 9:41 PM | 1 Citations
In the comment section of a previous post, an Anonymous commenter writes: Lets throw in a parsha trivia question what is Lot wifes name (the salt lady)?It is a nice question, and I will admit up front that I did not know this bit of trivia. But I think there are some related, though better and more ...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 2:52 PM | 3 Citations
On the sheitel front, a post at Geulah Perspectives showing how modern poskim, even in Israel, are reacting to Rav Kanievsky's "new" psak: Then a relative of mine who is engaged calls me. She is about to buy her first sheitel and her chosson, who is learning in Yerushalayim calls, telling her that p...
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parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 7:22 AM

November 11, 2008

I was looking through Baal HaTurim on JNUL, and decided to check out Vayeshev. I can across a text towards the beginning of Vayeshev that is crossed out. It is pictured to the right. This text is available at JNUL, in this Baal HaTurim, page 7. According to JNUL, this is from ויניציאה : (ד×...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 7:38 AM | 1 Citations

November 10, 2008

In a post from 2004, I treated vehakenaani az ba`aretz , and explained how it did not concern me. In a comment, Gilui offered another suggestion, but noted that Avraham pursuing until Dan, when Dan was not named this until Shofetim. The problematic pasuk occurs in Lech Lecha, in Bereshit 14:14: יד...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 1:24 PM
On the sheitel front, kallahmagazine posts her article -- "The Advent of the American Sheitel." And here is an online collection of sources on kisui harosh . Overlawyered posts about Obama's mandatory volunteerism at change.gov -- 50 hrs a year of community service from middle school until the end o...
parshablog [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by joshwaxman at 7:05 AM | 1 Citations
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