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2007
We arrive home from the Purim celebration late, a bit inebriated from alcohol and chocolate and redemption. Amidst the levity bordering on chaos, we read the Megillah Esther on Purim, a story steeped in controversy and interpretation. For me, Megillot Esther is a narrative about the courage displayed by Queen Esther imperiling her own life to save the ...
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We arrive home from the Purim celebration late, a bit inebriated from alcohol and chocolate and redemption. Amidst the levity bordering on chaos, we read the Megillah Esther on Purim, a story steeped in controversy and interpretation. For me, Megillot Esther is a narrative about the courage displayed by Queen Esther imperiling her own life to save the ...
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2007
One day his [Elazar’s] wife was quarreling with a neighbor, [who] said to her: “May she be like her husband who was not brought to burial!” The Rabbis said: “[If it has gone] this far, it is certainly not fitting behavior!” There are [some] who say: Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai appeared to them [the Rabbis] in a dream, [and] he said to them: “I have one dove
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One day his [Elazar’s] wife was quarreling with a neighbor, [who] said to her: “May she be like her husband who was not brought to burial!” The Rabbis said: “[If it has gone] this far, it is certainly not fitting behavior!” There are [some] who say: Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai appeared to them [the Rabbis] in a dream, [and] he said to them: “I have one dove
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2007
I have been studying Talmud down here in my basement for the past several years. It has at times been both a maddening and a joyous experience. Moshe Halbertal (1997, 1) admits that he had been taught that hell was not where the wicked were consumed by fire, but rather, where they had been made to study Talmud.
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I have been studying Talmud down here in my basement for the past several years. It has at times been both a maddening and a joyous experience. Moshe Halbertal (1997, 1) admits that he had been taught that hell was not where the wicked were consumed by fire, but rather, where they had been made to study Talmud.
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2007
“After I have grown old, I have had youth.” Rav Hisda said, “After the flesh has become withered and the wrinkles had multiplied, the flesh was rejuvenated and the wrinkles were smoothed out, and the beauty returned to its place.” It is written: “And my lord is old,” and it is written: “And I am old.” For the Holy One, blessed be he did not repeat what
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“After I have grown old, I have had youth.” Rav Hisda said, “After the flesh has become withered and the wrinkles had multiplied, the flesh was rejuvenated and the wrinkles were smoothed out, and the beauty returned to its place.” It is written: “And my lord is old,” and it is written: “And I am old.” For the Holy One, blessed be he did not repeat what
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2007
The Mishnah (82a) says, If someone hired workers and told them to come early or to stay late, [in] a place where it is customary not to come early and not to stay late, he is not permitted to force them. [In] a place where it is customary to feed [them], he must feed [them], to provide [them] with a dessert, he must provide [it], everything in ...
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The Mishnah (82a) says, If someone hired workers and told them to come early or to stay late, [in] a place where it is customary not to come early and not to stay late, he is not permitted to force them. [In] a place where it is customary to feed [them], he must feed [them], to provide [them] with a dessert, he must provide [it], everything in ...
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2007
Leviticus, the third book of the Torah, begins with the rules and regulations concerning the ritual practice of the sacrifice. Sacrifice was the primary process by which the human population established communication with the divine. Through the conciliatory act of the sacrifice, human beings could initiate with divinity the illusion of a sustaining ...
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Leviticus, the third book of the Torah, begins with the rules and regulations concerning the ritual practice of the sacrifice. Sacrifice was the primary process by which the human population established communication with the divine. Through the conciliatory act of the sacrifice, human beings could initiate with divinity the illusion of a sustaining ...
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2007
I am on sabbatical leave from the University of Wisconsin-Stout for the spring semester, 1999. People who do not know me, or who are merely casual acquaintances and whom I meet casually and infrequently, or people whose memories fail them and who have forgotten that I am on sabbatical, enter casually into conversation inquiring, “So, what is going on ...
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I am on sabbatical leave from the University of Wisconsin-Stout for the spring semester, 1999. People who do not know me, or who are merely casual acquaintances and whom I meet casually and infrequently, or people whose memories fail them and who have forgotten that I am on sabbatical, enter casually into conversation inquiring, “So, what is going on ...
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2007
I love the form argument takes in Talmud. Unlike in the classroom where the right response is inevitably sought, the Rabbis seem rather to eschew answer to pursue method. In the midst of the discussion begun in the previous chapter concerning the length of the workday and the content of the worker’s meal, the issue of local custom is suddenly dropped ...
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I love the form argument takes in Talmud. Unlike in the classroom where the right response is inevitably sought, the Rabbis seem rather to eschew answer to pursue method. In the midst of the discussion begun in the previous chapter concerning the length of the workday and the content of the worker’s meal, the issue of local custom is suddenly dropped ...
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