tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post560656478825503638..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Interesting Posts and Articles #143joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-46036206032624467572009-04-30T22:34:00.000-04:002009-04-30T22:34:00.000-04:00joe:
thanks. indeed, this seems to match some mefo...joe:<br />thanks. indeed, this seems to match some meforshim, e.g. Radak. perhaps I'll get a chance to develop this into a post...<br /><br />e-man:<br />true, though some halachic sources have grappled with this, and given some guidelines. check out the Aruch HaShulchan I translated <A HREF="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2004/07/blog-post.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Basically, what if we could see them with the naked eye, once we know how to look for them? I don't know from personal experience about thrips, though.<br /><br />michael:<br />:)<br />Of course, <A HREF="http://xkcd.com/552/" REL="nofollow">correlation</A> does not indicate causation. And I think that people are just as willing to misinterpret any text to conform with their beliefs and hopes. I have seen the same done to gemara. interesting about the thrips. i checked locally in the US and didn't find, but i don't know what i'm doing nor are they apparently as numerous here. i'd like someone to show me, in person, a live thrip, and see if I can subsequently locate it, and consistently so, as was claimed on the video.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-29823191727529478632009-04-30T19:06:00.000-04:002009-04-30T19:06:00.000-04:00I once was told that if you read Zohar you can go ...I once was told that if you read Zohar you can go nuts. I am beginning to think that there is truth in this statement, considering the amount of loonies out there.<br /><br />By the way. Here in Israel I checked a few strawberries that I bought and found no thrips. Worth checking, anyway.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-20473028878246841532009-04-30T18:37:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:37:00.000-04:00Solar and lunar eclipses are linked - if the condi...Solar and lunar eclipses are linked - if the conditions are right for a solar eclipse, there is a good chance that they will be right for a lunar eclipse exactly half a month later. I haven't looked at Yoel 3 inside but a naive reading is certainly consistent with solar and lunar eclipses.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/why_cycles.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is a good explanation of why eclipses happen at particular times. If there is a solar (lunar) eclipse while the moon is traveling towards a node, then the moon will be near the opposite node half a month later and there will be a subsequent lunar (solar) eclipse at that time.Joe in Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-55246314111109309392009-04-30T10:30:00.000-04:002009-04-30T10:30:00.000-04:00joe:
especially in terms of the context in Yoel, w...joe:<br />especially in terms of the context in Yoel, where the sun undergoes a solar eclipse.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1441111211318988892009-04-30T10:29:00.000-04:002009-04-30T10:29:00.000-04:00joe:
makes sense.
e-man:
interesting point. i'll ...joe:<br />makes sense.<br /><br />e-man:<br />interesting point. i'll have to response a bit later to this, probably in a comment here.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-89747008641309945422009-04-30T10:26:00.000-04:002009-04-30T10:26:00.000-04:00Naively - I've never heard of this quotation from ...Naively - I've never heard of this quotation from the Zohar - a "blood moon" would be a lunar eclipse, when the moon is shadowed by the earth and is lit only by light refracted through the earth's atmosphere. It really does look copper-red.Joe in Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-48689638150625586002009-04-30T09:18:00.000-04:002009-04-30T09:18:00.000-04:00About the strawberries. These bugs are soooo tiny ...About the strawberries. These bugs are soooo tiny that it brings me to ask the following question. Dust mites are in the air, does that mean I should stop breathing because I will inhale one? What are the perimeters that tell us when a living thing is too small to be considered a traif bug. I mean, I have living organisms in my bowel, E. Coli, should I remove my intestines? I mean, it seems like this debate would be similar to the same debate about drinking tap water in new york city, because of those tiny bugs that are found in the water. Do we have to be worried about bugs that are so small we can't see them? If yes, then my question about dust mites stands.E-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327848648278849664noreply@blogger.com