8 hours ago by Liron Kopinsky

In Massechet Shabbat (22a), the Gemarrah records a debate between Rav and Shmuel whether or not one can use an already lit Chanukkah candle to light another one of the candles. Rav says that one cannot light another candle, while Shmuel permits it. In analyzing this debate, the Gemarrah wants to kno ...

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4 days ago by joshwaxman

Summary: As discussed in a previous post, saying that tzadeka mimeni are two separate statements ("she is righteous; the pregnancy is from me"; or else "the situation is from Me") is at odds with the trup, which has no pause between them. Yet Rashi endorses this as both peshat and midrash. And it ap ...

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4 days ago by Menasche Scharf

Now for a contemporary reminder of what the mobile looked like 4,000 years ago . . . If you have a Mikro'oys Gedoyloys Chumash (sorry for the spelling) it's worth looking into Perush Rashi MeKtav Yad, brought int the Mossaf Rashi on the Passuk Vategnov Rachel es haterofim.From the description of how ...

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5 days ago by charlesasullivan

Classical Hebrew, the text for the majority of the Old Testament, is only a small part of the available Hebrew writings available today. It doesn’t take much more effort to learn modern Hebrew over learning to read classical Hebrew texts, but the time spent learning modern Hebrew gives one a much mo ...

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7 days ago by Liron Kopinsky

In Parshat VaYeshev we read of the descent of two of Yaakov’s sons. Yosef is sold by his brothers to slavetraders, who take him to Egypt. Yehuda, too, is sent away from his brothers, seemingly as a response for his role in the sale of Yosef. These two stories run parallel to each other and one can l ...

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7 days ago by WebYeshiva

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14 days ago by joshwaxman

Summary: A simple calculation based on when children had to be born within the given time frame would make her about 7 years old. Yet there are difficulties with that. How Rav Shimon Shkop and Ibn Ezra deal with that. Post: I saw an interesting dvar Torah over at Revach.net. An excerpt, : Rav Shimon ...

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14 days ago by WebYeshiva

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14 days ago by joshwaxman

Summary: Another study of methodology of peshat, examining how different meforshim treat the duplication in different terminology as Shechem's actions vis a vis Dinah. I last reviewed this idea of peshat methodology in terms of the unnecessary poetic duplication of Rivkah being a virgin, whom no man ...

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15 days ago by joshwaxman

Summary: In Vayishlach, Rashi notes that 'camp' is used in both the masculine and feminine genders. What in the pasuk prompts this? And would Rashi necessarily agree with how Gur Aryeh develops this? Yaakov is afraid of what will happen when Esav arrives. And thus, in Bereishit 32:9: ט וַיֹּאמֶר, אִ ...

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