…נא, ובהרד”א ועוד. וע’ בהגהות מהר”ץ חיות (מגילה יב:) שזה אחד מן המאמרים שהוזכרו בראשונים בשם הירושלמי ולא נמצאו בירוש’ שלפנינו. [5] The term פורס את שמע means to recite…
…to impose on itself a stringency; in that case, a person who comes to that town must observe that stringency, even if he intends to return to his home, so…
…Aramaic texts, I have translated all sources into English but retained key rabbinic terms that I both transliterate and translate. I make the following arguments from halachah, from the teaching…
…We read about the Jewish people collectively taking part in building the Tabernacle. In referring to the talents of each individual the Torah uses the term “Chacham Lev”, “wise-hearted.” (Exodus…
…and possessing the learning, courage, and integrity to seek the absolute “truth” as a finite, mortal human being in search of the Numinous Ding en sich, the “thing-in-itself,” to approximate…
…term to mean any form of reproduced sound, including an echo. Indeed, a number of translators render the term as “echo” (see e.g. Soncino Talmud). However, Marcus Danby renders the…
…caught up in pursuing victory – achievement of our short-term objectives- that we put human life and health at risk. I write these words during the week in which Barry…
…an attempt to save their souls and to murderous pogroms. Ironically, the third mutation of anti-Semitism was born during the Enlightenment. In 1879 Wilhelm Marr coined a new term “anti-Semitism.”…
…using the term מותר”” (meaning it is permitted) indicates a Torah prohibition. See also Taz’s strong critique of R. Karo’s analysis at Taz 442:1, particularly starting with “כתב ב”י ומ”ש…
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…the Biblical prohibition against moving a homeowner’s fencepost to morph into a grander rule beyond its original intent. Thus, the term “Hasagat G’vul” was used in Sifre (Devarim, 188) in…