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DISCOVERING TORAH
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ONE OF THE FAMOUS, BELOVED, AND often-quoted incidents in the Talmud centers on a debate over a technical issue of Jewish law in which Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (2nd Century CE) disagreed with the opinion of the Sages (Baba Metzia 59b).
Now Rabbi Eliezer marshalled every imaginable argument in support of his viewpoint, yet the Sages would not budge from their position. Yet so convinced was Rabbi Eliezer that his reasoning was superior to that of the Sages, that he finally proclaimed -...
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DISCOVERING TORAH
Chicago Jewish Star
; ONE OF THE FAMOUS, BELOVED, AND often-quoted incidents in the Talmud centers on a debate over a technical issue of Jewish law in which Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (2nd Century CE) disagreed with the opinion of the Sages (Baba Metzia 59b). Now Rabbi Eliezer marshalled every imaginable argument in
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Studying 'higayon'
Jerusalem Post
; Levi Cooper Jerusalem Post 12-22-2006 Headline: Studying 'higayon' Byline: Levi Cooper Edition; Up Front Section: Features Page: 29 Friday, December 22, 2006 -- When Rabbi Eliezer's health was failing, his students paid him a visit (B. Berachot 28b): "Our master, teach us the ways of life that we
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Communications
Judaism
; TO THE EDITOR: Jacob Neusner persuades us that Jews rightly enjoy a good argument reminding us that both "the Torah, and how the Torah is authentically studied, teach us to value argument and respect difference." In support ofhis claim, he offers some lively Talmudic stories. I want here to revisit
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Magic amulets belong in fairy tales
Jerusalem Post
; SHLOMO RISKIN Jerusalem Post 05-25-2001 Headline: Magic amulets belong in fairy tales Byline: SHLOMO RISKIN Edition; Daily Section: Features Page: 09 Friday, May 25, 2001 -- Shavout (Bamidbar) Over the past decade or so, charismatic religious personalities who claim unusual powers of healing and
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Woodside shul dedicates first Torah
Washington Jewish Week
; It's taken more than four decades, but Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah in Silver Spring finally has a Torah it can call its own. The Orthodox shut was never at a loss for scrolls, but those sifrei Torah have always been on loan from congregants. Earlier this month, the congregation celebrated the
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Not in heaven
Jerusalem Post
; Reuven Hammer Jerusalem Post 06-04-2004 Headline: Not in heaven Byline: Reuven Hammer Edition; Up Front Section: Features Page: 33 Friday, June 4, 2004 -- The Torah is a combination of active and passive sections. Active sections are those narrative portions in which something is happening; there
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Don't be a Korahite
Jerusalem Post
; Moshe Kohn Jerusalem Post 06-11-1999 KORAH IS one of ten men who coveted things to which they were not entitled, and who not only did not get their heart's desire, but came to a bad end. These were Cain, who desired the whole world for himself; Korah, who was not satisfied with being a levite and
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How much time should it take to pray?
Jerusalem Post
; Levi Cooper Jerusalem Post 08-03-2007 Headline: How much time should it take to pray? Byline: Levi Cooper Edition; Up Front Section: Features Page: 33 Friday, August 3, 2007 -- What is the appropriate length of time for prayers? Reb Menahem Ziemba (1883 - Warsaw Ghetto, 1943), one of the
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Class differences
Jerusalem Post
; Levi Cooper Jerusalem Post 02-24-2006 Headline: Class differences Byline: Levi Cooper Edition; Up Front Section: Features Page: 33 Friday, February 24, 2006 -- Thankfully, owning slaves is not an acceptable norm in our society. We would be burying our heads in the sand, however, if we did claim
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Halacha: Divine or human?(interpretation and Judaic law)
Midstream
; Is halacha, Jewish law, Divine or human? Or is it an amalgam of both elements? This is a fundamental question for understanding Judaism, which is, after all, a religion of law, not merely of theology, of action, not just of faith. Law plays a crucially important role in Judaism that cannot be
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