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Being right – Pesachim 2

27 november 2020
3 minuten leestijd
We all would like to be right all the time. But there are some dangers to have the right on your side without questioning it. I always had a distaste for people who claimed (or gave the impression that) they had morality on their…

A people of rebels – Eruvin 98

15 november 2020
2 minuten leestijd
Joel, Eruvin 98 ends with a mishna that teaches -amongst other things- that one may stand in a private domain and move things in a public domain. This means, for instance, that if one is in his own house, and sees a potato on…

Where do we live? – Eruvin 92

9 november 2020
1 minuut leestijd
Last week the weather was better than expected, and the Dutch Mule Corps, the Dutch Jewish motorcycle club -after some discussion of course- went for a ride. And what a ride it was! If you’re interested you can check out the first, second and…

The Private and the Shared (Eruvin 79)

27 oktober 2020
2 minuten leestijd
Thank you Julius for your comments. I agree with you that the gemara is not very consistent in applying some of the principles that it introduces – the respect for a teacher that you mention being a case in point. I can see that…

Respect my property (Eruvin 74)

23 oktober 2020
2 minuten leestijd
In Eiruvin, Daf 63a the Gemara goes to great lengths to talk about the respect a student must have for his teacher. The story of slaughterer’s knife, and how many Rabbis’ were affected by that. We are left with the story of Rabbi Elazar from Hagronya who…

How to drink responsibly (Eruvin 65)

14 oktober 2020
1 minuut leestijd
Rav Sheishet is quoted to have said that the Jews should not be held responsible for their sins, as they were “drunk without having drunk wine” due to all the hardships they encountered during the continued state of exile. A lame excuse. Everyone is…

The Rabbis and Science (Eruvin 57)

6 oktober 2020
3 minuten leestijd
Robbert – With today’s daf we are squarely (no pun intended) back in hard-core eruvin territory – although we are, strictly speaking, not dealing with eruvin, but with the cities of the levi’im. I don’t know how the gemara gets here, but that happens…

Emotions (Eruvin 52)

1 oktober 2020
2 minuten leestijd
Joel – Todays daf also speaks about substance over form. The Gemara brings in Raba bar Rav Chanan whose custom it was to go from Artibbena to Pumbedita on Shabbat and formally acquired residence in Tzinta, which was located between the Shabbat limits of…
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