tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post643352041129847556..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Re'eh: The Bible Critic and the Rabbijoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-30454506263794825152015-08-13T02:04:59.056-04:002015-08-13T02:04:59.056-04:00Dear Rabbi Waxman
The opinion of this Karaite is ...Dear Rabbi Waxman<br /><br />The opinion of this Karaite is the opinion of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yehuda his student<br />That " kaasher tzevitiha " refers to probably " veshahat "Baruch Yuabovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-50797309540308663192013-08-05T09:50:01.568-04:002013-08-05T09:50:01.568-04:00This Yerushalmi is quite complicated, speaks about...This Yerushalmi is quite complicated, speaks about form of Earth.<br />These lines from Iyov proves, that it was physical, Hashem clearly relates to old times, beginning of the world.<br />In Yeshaya it may be tikkun olam, valleys changing to mountains, mountains to valleys.SPACEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422724355730756799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-18838196761127156672013-08-04T22:33:57.154-04:002013-08-04T22:33:57.154-04:00nice.
i'd have to see it inside, for context....nice.<br /><br />i'd have to see it inside, for context.<br /><br />however, please take a look at this midrash in the Yerushalmi, about <a href="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2003/08/veetchanan-nachamu-every-valley-shall.html" rel="nofollow">mountains being flattened in messianic days</a>, based on a pasuk in Yeshaya.<br /><br />from the halachic context, it certainly seems that they took this literally. and if so, it removes one of the great mental obstacles for taking it literally.<br /><br />also relevant, as perhaps a feed or perhaps a contradiction, would be Iyov 15:7:<br />http://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2715.htm<br />הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם, תִּוָּלֵד; וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָלְתָּ.<br />Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?<br /><br />Simple implication would be that the hills preceded any human. But alternatively, maybe they interpreted it that Adam HaRishon and company were the only ones brought forth before the hills...<br /><br />joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-64348361010135668372013-08-03T09:47:25.005-04:002013-08-03T09:47:25.005-04:00R.Josh, are you good at midrashes?
When the Holy O...R.Josh, are you good at midrashes?<br />When the Holy One—blessed be He !—created the world, it was a level expanse free from mountains ; but<br />when Cain slew Abel his brother, whose blood was trodden down on the earth, He cursed the ground, and immediately hills and mountains sprang into existence. Midrash Vayosha<br /><br />Does it really happened, or it's again parable?<br /><br />SPACEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422724355730756799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-2516699615099658292013-08-01T16:51:35.629-04:002013-08-01T16:51:35.629-04:00I believe polemics like this have a place. They ar...I believe polemics like this have a place. They are useful much in the way an inspirational story is. To make a basic point that will reinforce the audiences belief in God and tradition.<br /><br />"His jacket was stuck in the taxi door, causing him to be late for the plane. Why is Hashem doing this to me? Jack cursed his luck. Until the plane exploded mid air..."<br /><br />Never mind that it's a statistical anomaly or that Sue had the opposite story of being pumped <b>onto</b> the doomed flight. <br /><br />So, sure, we can't take a polemic too seriously as an intellectual exercise, but it serves its purpose all the same.isaacsonhttp://twitter.com/isaacsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-90902336741293380682013-08-01T08:19:30.542-04:002013-08-01T08:19:30.542-04:00Yes, but stories like this always go the same: Fre...Yes, but stories like this always go the same: Freethinker challenges rebbe. Rebbe swats him down with answer. Everyone is happy. <br />Never mind the answer can be challenged. It almost never is because, well then the rebbe might have to mount a real defence.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttp://garnelironheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com