tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.comments2023-03-29T09:40:29.908-04:00Frum HereticFrum Heretichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17815538809825229710noreply@blogger.comBlogger1029125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-73749046924347739012015-02-17T09:16:55.877-05:002015-02-17T09:16:55.877-05:00600,000 pounds at $17.32 gets to roughly $10 milli...600,000 pounds at $17.32 gets to roughly $10 million...<br /><br />The rowers description is absurd, as we have no measuring stick to compare rates of pay then to the general price of items... <br /><br />sounds conceivable to me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-577039717660559652015-02-17T09:11:53.267-05:002015-02-17T09:11:53.267-05:00you mean $300 million... (313,632,000)
you mean $300 million... (313,632,000)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-58905049188075310832014-12-09T16:40:14.939-05:002014-12-09T16:40:14.939-05:00Hi there, cool article. I'm a Semi lapsed gent...Hi there, cool article. I'm a Semi lapsed gentile Christian. Verses in the NT which imply that Jesus advocated leaving kosher behind are disproved easily, as the church manuals of discipline (including Paul's epistles,)told Gentiles to abstain from blood, things strangled, and from food sacrificed to idols. (Acts 15) If the intent of the sect was to drop kosher, these rules wouldn't make any sense especially after his purported resurrection. Groups like the Ebionites (2nd century) continued to observe the Torah. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-7658537878091918552014-06-03T09:33:27.970-04:002014-06-03T09:33:27.970-04:00Did you ever get ahold of the book? ive read about...Did you ever get ahold of the book? ive read about half. i find some of what he says to he absolute nonsense, some insightful, and some downright amazing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964681726881055715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-19543019425608480062014-05-27T22:01:57.080-04:002014-05-27T22:01:57.080-04:00This interpretation would seem plausible if it did...This interpretation would seem plausible if it didn't contradict with history. If you have read the New Testament one quickly realises this could not be true. For no where does it replace the Jewish feasts with those the Christians celebrate, the earliest manuscripts are not written in Latin but rather Greek and Aramaic. Shimon kefir boasted about the thousands of Jewish followers in Jerusalem in the book of Acts how "zealous the were for Torah". To say that shimon Kefar invented the Latin language is hilarious considering Latin was around in the last century BC. Great discussion but historically the whole these folklores do not match up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455075286201406526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-62897828734984148902014-05-14T01:58:13.709-04:002014-05-14T01:58:13.709-04:00Sam zaks fundraised more than half their budget an...Sam zaks fundraised more than half their budget and was paid accordingly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-42861955186476085072014-05-09T19:49:05.460-04:002014-05-09T19:49:05.460-04:00Hi - I don't maintain this blog and only occas...Hi - I don't maintain this blog and only occasionally check it so that I can post any relevant comments. So please excuse the late inclusion and my response. <br /><br />Any quotes in the article were accurate at the time of inclusion. Unfortunately, hirhurim did not maintain all of their old comments when moving to torahmusings so there is nothing currently found in the 5-year old article link. If you are disavowing the quote(s) made in this post, then it must have been someone else with that moniker.Frum Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815538809825229710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-57896544480519674262014-02-08T14:02:38.187-05:002014-02-08T14:02:38.187-05:00I agree this Rabbi falls into the trap of trying t...I agree this Rabbi falls into the trap of trying to answer the un-answerable. However you have to understand in our culture we often give lessons in language that is purely allegorical without admitting it, for once you stop thinking about the allegory you lose the lesson of thought. In fewer words, he's talking about morality, sticking to morality, in order to teach morality and the facts around the lessons are secondary. I do agree 100% however that the idea the universe was created from nothing is the least possible explanation anyone could come up with, and once we accept it as fact anything else is absorbed without a filter. I've never been a creationist but his talks made me think twice. Something out of nothing? Yeah, that makes more sense than a creator! :) Think about as I did for the first time in 44 years of living as a big-banger. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-36322514880025779052014-01-29T03:37:15.276-05:002014-01-29T03:37:15.276-05:00Great blog posts - keep it up.
U may want to see ...Great blog posts - keep it up.<br /><br />U may want to see my spot<br /><br /> http://altercockerjewishatheist.blogspot.com/<br />Alter Cocker Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263517660985042288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-83330817505590556942014-01-28T13:39:06.161-05:002014-01-28T13:39:06.161-05:00Very easy distinction - one talks of a place, the ...Very easy distinction - one talks of a place, the other of a city. In the interim between the building of the first well, the founding of a settlement, and it's development of a city, it is in fact highly likely that the city of a local ruler didn't name itself after a WELL dug by an outsider. <br /><br />Now we are dealing with the regional ruler of the location entering into a pact within a city ruled by him. The city became noted for it's role as the location of the pact, sort of like how Appomattox is emblematic of the conclusion of the American Civil War.<br /><br />The reason Rashi isn't bothered by the discrepancy between naming the place twice is because two different things are being named - the location of the well ("The Well of the Seven/Oath") and the the city ("The City of the Pact of the Well"). This is the pshat.<br /><br />I agree that "What's not bothering Rashi" is oftentimes the more interesting question, but the answer in this case was rather straightforward. All that's needed is a comparison of the two sources.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792616956635936671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-91743381473619341572014-01-02T09:06:37.827-05:002014-01-02T09:06:37.827-05:00Having thought about it awhile, I now remember wha...Having thought about it awhile, I now remember what came to mind when I read the objection of Egyptians to eating with the Israeli's. Manners were the immediate thing to come to mind; I often see people eating with a fork in the left hand, cutting with a knife in the right hand. I was taught to cut with the right hand, then to transfer the fork to the right hand, and then to use it to eat. It is actually objectionable to me to see someone use the left hand to immediately eat. Such minute differences in manners could have been the Egyptian objection. Also, it is hardly likely that sheep were served at all Israeli meals; yet, the objection to eating with Israeli's was (seemingly) always there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737327615606591150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-8960193019364775572014-01-02T08:53:12.195-05:002014-01-02T08:53:12.195-05:00Interesting article. Will have to look up mitzvah...Interesting article. Will have to look up mitzvah. To Christians, the sheep blood on the doorposts represent a foreshadowing of the "once for all" sacrifice of the Messiah at Calvary. I was not aware of sheep being deity in Egypt, but I could have guessed it since the pantheon of the created were often worshipped (the Nile, etc.); the Creator was mostly unknown in Egypt. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737327615606591150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-32500777343638136392013-12-29T04:02:12.417-05:002013-12-29T04:02:12.417-05:00I am Mordechai Housman, and I have never said nor ...I am Mordechai Housman, and I have never said nor have I ever written what has been quoted here in my name. Please cite the location of that comment. Please e-mail me to discuss this at host@beingjewish.com Reb_Motchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447670298247423427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-53555299329498421132013-12-23T21:11:49.246-05:002013-12-23T21:11:49.246-05:00This is a fascinating post. Alfred Edersheim, Jewi...This is a fascinating post. Alfred Edersheim, Jewish convert to Christianity and later Oxford professor, discusses here the connection of 9 Tevet to Christmas:<br /><br />http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edersheim/lifetimes.vii.vi.html<br /><br />Footnote 955:<br /><br />955 There is no adequate reason for questioning the historical accuracy of this date. The objections generally made rest on grounds, which seem to me historically untenable. The subject has been fully discussed in an article by Cassel in Herzog’s Real. Ency. xvii. pp. 588-594. But a curious piece of evidence comes to us from a Jewish source. In the addition to the Megillath Taanith (ed. Warsh. p. 20 a), the 9th Tebheth is marked as a fast day, and it is added, that the reason for this is not stated. Now, Jewish chronologists have fixed on that day as that of Christ’s birth, and it is remarkable that, between the years 500 and 816 a.d. the 25th of December fell no less than twelve times on the 9th Tebheth. If the 9th Tebheth, or 25th December, was regarded as the birthday of Christ, we can understand the concealment about it. Comp. Zunz, Ritus d. Synag. Gottesd. p. 126. <br /><br />Personally I believe Jesus was born on Tisha BeAv, when his mother Miryam was in her seventh month of pregnancy (as with Moshe Rabbeinu), when travel was not arduous due to rain and cold and daylight hours were longer making for a safer journey. This would put Jesus' presentation in the Temple near Rosh Hashanah, festival of the coronation of God ruler over the earth.Mevashirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-23389511521015909072013-12-16T13:41:43.822-05:002013-12-16T13:41:43.822-05:00absurdly amusing..........absurdly amusing..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-21597537391173556162013-12-12T05:51:35.607-05:002013-12-12T05:51:35.607-05:00Man, that brought back memories of when I voluntee...Man, that brought back memories of when I volunteered in Hazon yeshaya (the soup kitchen). <br /><br />I liked that place. Although some of the stuff I saw there was depressing... (some people coming to pick up food for their family had containers. But some took home soup in double layered shopping bags)) Still, saw lots of good people working there. <br /><br />(totally unrelated to your actual point, I know.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-88476726950041439172013-12-04T18:34:37.966-05:002013-12-04T18:34:37.966-05:00A grosse danke...I just chucked my Tikvah envelope...A grosse danke...I just chucked my Tikvah envelope and am perusing them all very carefully. Anyone have any suggestions for "real tzedakah?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-52773297617005979392013-11-23T17:56:46.798-05:002013-11-23T17:56:46.798-05:00Yes, I read that as a youngster myself. My favorit...Yes, I read that as a youngster myself. My favorite cartoon. Another one of his was the sailor about to have his way when the woman in bed screamed at seeing his tattoo which were the letters "VD". The caption read: "Honest, lady, my name is Virgil Dortmeyer!" (Probably better seen in the original.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-34248264643684436952013-02-20T18:33:01.537-05:002013-02-20T18:33:01.537-05:00Moshe - don't know if you'll see this, but...Moshe - don't know if you'll see this, but please consider worthwhile local charities such as JARC & Yad Ezra. Frum Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815538809825229710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-84637931389394214522013-02-10T21:21:05.888-05:002013-02-10T21:21:05.888-05:00Wow go back to Nazi Germany you racist turd.
Not o...Wow go back to Nazi Germany you racist turd.<br />Not only have the Jewish people that i've met in my lifetime been the nicest people i've ever met, they're also usually pretty intelligent and classy.<br /><br />It sounds like your parents threw you head first into a wall when you were a baby.. and i'm deeply sorry for that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-61289900436227293522013-01-30T15:47:48.853-05:002013-01-30T15:47:48.853-05:00Thank You for posting this.
I was going to give tz...Thank You for posting this.<br />I was going to give tzduka to Tikva.<br />I am glad you poted your warning.<br />My income is below the povery level and I want to give my money to an organization that is "on the leval."<br /><br />Be well, Moshe<br />Oak Park, Michigan<br />USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-2999117528541834622012-12-31T13:59:03.710-05:002012-12-31T13:59:03.710-05:00"There is a vast difference between history a..."There is a vast difference between history and storytelling. History must be truthful, otherwise it does not deserve its name. A book of history must report the bad with the good, the ugly with the beautiful, the difficulties and the victories, the guilt and the virtue. Since it is supposed to be truthful, it cannot spare the righteous if he fails, and it cannot skip the virtues of the villain. For such is truth, all is told the way it happened. Only a Navi mandated by his Divine calling has the ability to report history as it really happened, unbiased and without prejudice.<br /><br />Suppose one of us today would want to write a history of Orthodox Jewish life in pre-holocaust Germany. There is much to report but not everything is complimentary. Not all of the important people were flawless as one would like to believe and not all the mores and lifestyles of this bygone generation were beyond criticism. An historian has no right to take sides. He must report the stark truth and nothing but the truth. Now, if an historian would report truthfully what he witnessed, it would make a lot of people rightfully angry. He would violate the prohibition against spreading Loshon Horah which does not only apply to the living, but also to those who sleep in the dust and cannot defend themselves any more."<br />menachem rephunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04884639737624332933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-19129339416191240842012-12-24T10:21:06.147-05:002012-12-24T10:21:06.147-05:00On this topic see John Gaiger's article in Sch...On this topic see John Gaiger's article in Schaefer - Meerson, Toledot Yeshu Revisited (Tubingen, 2011) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-63875508104203141402012-04-08T20:56:00.882-04:002012-04-08T20:56:00.882-04:00The owner of the animal was NOT allowed to eat fro...The owner of the animal was NOT allowed to eat from most sacrifices (unless he was a kohen).Frum Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815538809825229710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310633442210374868.post-23806564502121098042012-03-17T17:19:20.211-04:002012-03-17T17:19:20.211-04:00I especially like the sacrifices. People forget yo...I especially like the sacrifices. People forget you got to eat part of the cow..Benjamin of Tudelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443453533108185137noreply@blogger.com