Volume 43: Number 12
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
Subjects Discussed In This Issue:
Message: 1
From: Danny Schoemann
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:08:27 +0200
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Teyqu - Peirush or Hevel?
R' Simon Montagu responded
> > Astaghfirullah!
>
> > You are quoting from Paul Fagius, the Christian translator of the Tishbi
> into Latin, not from Eliyahu Bahur himself, who was not a Christian and
> never became a Christian. See
> http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2007/02/did-elias-levita-become-christian-also.html
>
Heaven forbid! Chalila V'Chas.
1. I was quoting from a Hebrew early print. I even included the URL, so you
can see the yourself.
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10988900?page=5
2. I never claimed he converted. I wrote that his Wikipedia biography was
full of references to X-tians.
Didn't come across any Pauls in my research, nor any Latin. Nor any Arabic,
not sure why that was included.
Kol Tuv
- Danny
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Message: 2
From: Simon Montagu
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:39:55 +0200
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Teyqu - Peirush or Hevel?
On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 10:08?PM Danny Schoemann <doni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2. I never claimed he converted. I wrote that his Wikipedia biography was
> full of references to X-tians.
>
You strongly implied it by attributing Fagius's reference to "Meshihenu
vego'alenu" to him, and suggesting this is why he characterized the Teku
notarikon as Hevel
>
> Didn't come across any Pauls in my research, nor any Latin.
>
Did you look at the title page of the book you linked to yourself?
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10988900?page=412
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Message: 3
From: Henry Topas
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:45:51 -0500
Subject: [Avodah] Meaning of a particular trope
A congregant of mine has asked me why the word "Vayishma" at the beginning
of Parshas Yisro has the gershayim trope.
It seems a rare situation and I have not found any of the usual peirushim
dealing with this.
Looking for a sefer or peirush which might provide guidance on this subject
and would be grateful for suggestions.
Henry Topas
Montreal
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Message: 4
From: Micha Berger
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:46:41 +0200
Subject: Re: [Avodah] tosfot's style
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 05:46:29AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> 3.Also, anything on why tosfot (realize different authors) sometimes says
> vteima, mihu, im tomar etc?
Not only different authors -- different schools of thought
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosafot#Schools_of_Tosafists>
spanning over 2 centuries. There is little reason to expect any patterns
or consistency without at least knowing which school.
IOW, I think your parenthetic is enough to make the question a non-starer.
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha
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Message: 5
From: Joel Rich
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:53:39 +0200
Subject: [Avodah] permanent mutav sheyihiyu shogegin
How should we feel about seemingly permanent mutav sheyihiyu shogegin (e.g.
allowing rhythmic table drumming on shabbat according to some authorities.)
Thoughts?
Bsorot Tovot
Joel Rich
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Message: 6
From: Joel Rich
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:55:22 +0200
Subject: [Avodah] tests?
Rabbi X touched on something that I have thought about a lot over the years
which is, is it possible that someone is given a test that the best result
they can achieve is one of imperfection (that the absolute best they can
achieve is to be a lesser sinner.) For example, if current research is that
some people have no choice but to have same sex desires. I would really
love to hear more from him or any source of authority as to how to think
about that question.
Thoughts?
bsorot tovot
Joel Rich
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