tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post305907502570836806..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Was the Vilna Gaon a Flat Earther? It would seem so.joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-11575122677374302002010-05-12T13:14:22.081-04:002010-05-12T13:14:22.081-04:00I always imagined arba kanfos to be N,E,S,W, the 4...I always imagined arba kanfos to be N,E,S,W, the 4 points of the compass.Nosson Gestetnerhttp://gtorah.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-40631094790775234502009-06-10T08:07:24.751-04:002009-06-10T08:07:24.751-04:00Not to fret, this makes me only regret the $5 I sp...Not to fret, this makes me only regret the $5 I spent on Otzar haChochmah before I bought the reprint.<br /><br />What are we looking for, I can try when I get home, as of course I can't install that plugin on my work computer.גילויhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600628881119650305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-86479676733837294922009-06-10T08:03:16.899-04:002009-06-10T08:03:16.899-04:00thanks.
it turns out (I don't know if this wi...thanks. <br />it turns out (I don't know if this will make you happy or disappointed) that JNUL now has this online.<br />http://aleph500.huji.ac.il/nnl/dig/books/bk001758840.html<br />if you know offhand where in the text to find it, that would be wonderful. but otherwise, it would probably take forever.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-41124462409950020262009-06-10T07:50:52.763-04:002009-06-10T07:50:52.763-04:00Josh,
It's out of print, and expensive to get...Josh,<br /><br />It's out of print, and expensive to get a reprint. I got one, and it cost me a few hundred shekels.גילויhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600628881119650305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-81416581146962507682009-06-10T07:41:42.997-04:002009-06-10T07:41:42.997-04:00wow! thanks. i think now I might need to track dow...wow! thanks. i think now I might need to track down the gra's commentary on tikkunim...<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-79646551226529872332009-06-10T04:26:19.231-04:002009-06-10T04:26:19.231-04:00It is on page 26, commentary 82.It is on page 26, commentary 82.madaralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464817724312275528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-17754519023636752292009-06-10T04:26:15.640-04:002009-06-10T04:26:15.640-04:00It is on page 26, commentary 82.It is on page 26, commentary 82.madaralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464817724312275528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-64969992806224093572009-06-10T00:15:16.544-04:002009-06-10T00:15:16.544-04:00I am sure the GR"A knew that the Earth is a s...<i>I am sure the GR"A knew that the Earth is a sphere.</i><br /><br />Why?Velvelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-12169757588892523582009-06-09T23:20:25.161-04:002009-06-09T23:20:25.161-04:00Take a look at (the contemporaneous) Metzudas Dovi...Take a look at (the contemporaneous) Metzudas Dovid on posuk {Iyov 38:6}.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-57454659565018144532009-06-09T16:32:02.449-04:002009-06-09T16:32:02.449-04:00If you get a chance, Christine Garwood's treat...If you get a chance, Christine Garwood's treatment of the 19th - 21st century flat-earthers is fascinating.<br /><br />Awhile back, Dan Rabinowitz had a post about the flat-earth concept. For any interested parties: here's a list of sources I have in my archives that he and R' Brodt mentioned in regards to the Gra's belief --<br />R. Y. Engel, Gilyoni HaShas, Shabbat, 74a; aliyos eliyahu pg 62 in the ftnt; Eliach's gra vol 2 pg 578 ftnt 38; the toldos adam pg 68 and onwards; R' Korman in his Movo Ltorah page 286 ftnt 27; and the sharei zohar pg 302, sefer habris pg 41 and 95 as well as the magen avos of tashbatz pg 15 in the Zayni versionBaruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051421355654178857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-34589059128379863662009-06-09T16:01:57.286-04:002009-06-09T16:01:57.286-04:00Oops, because it was in red, it was not noticeable...Oops, because it was in red, it was not noticeable as a hyperlink. here is the link, but i'll change to colors above as well.<br /><br />http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14220<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-59108587613776980562009-06-09T15:29:54.091-04:002009-06-09T15:29:54.091-04:00Josh, where's the link to Aliyat Eliyahu?Josh, where's the link to Aliyat Eliyahu?גילויhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600628881119650305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-24371159682486195702009-06-09T15:13:44.924-04:002009-06-09T15:13:44.924-04:00but his contemporary, the shevus yaakov, also main...but his contemporary, the shevus yaakov, also maintained this, and pretty clearly so. (see my upcoming post on this, or see what was cited above.) as i noted, i linked to the sefer Aliyat Eliyahu from Hebrew Books. if you have the time to find it, it would indeed be most helpful.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-62320550729424432272009-06-09T15:09:23.810-04:002009-06-09T15:09:23.810-04:00I am sure the GR"A knew that the Earth is a s...I am sure the GR"A knew that the Earth is a sphere. Note the degree to which degree this is hearsay. I imagine the GR'A once gave a Shiur about Iyov and what he said ended up in Aliyat Eliyahu, and from there in Gilyon HaShas. I have never seen this Aliyat Eliyahu, but I would nevertheless propose that the GR"A in the Shiur that I imagine is the source of all this, could well have meant to refer to the form of the continents in the midst of the great seas.madaralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464817724312275528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-65304583381302648102009-06-09T14:47:02.084-04:002009-06-09T14:47:02.084-04:00>despite having a mystical orientation, was kno...>despite having a mystical orientation, was known to be well-versed in scientific matters.<br /><br />This is true, but misunderstood. The Gra's knowledge of science was essentially knowledge of medieval science, not (the burgeoning) modern science. He could not, after all, read texts written in European languages. At the time he lived there were few Hebrew translations of contemporary science works. the Gra, thus, was not very familiar with them.<br /><br />Furthermore, in view of all this, he could not have had a modern outlook on science, and could well have viewed an issue like the nature of the earth as one to be determined by tradition and authority and not by getting into a boat and sailing into the horizon.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.com