Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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In the last few days there have been an increasing number of criticisms of my posts which criticize (or, as they call it, "bash"... -
Who would engage in actions that could lead to the deaths of their own children, and the deaths of many other people in their very own commu... -
Rabbi Herschel Grossman first came to my attention during the Great Torah/Science Controversy. It created a crisis for charedi rabbinic au...
Kind of ironic, coming from a Brit.
ReplyDeleteplease just 1 dot between the 3 and the 1
ReplyDeleteon 2nd to bottom line
Deletethe top dot is just a space
DeleteHere's one for rationalist Judaism: the Femara discusses the line/circumference ratio in .עירובין דף יד. That's the 3rd tractate on page 14. 3.14!
ReplyDeleteThe Gemara was paginated by printers, hundreds of years after it was closed by the Sevara'im.
DeleteYou probably also like to spoil gematrias. :-)
DeleteThat makes it even more miraculous.
Deletethat's being a rationalist....
Deleteit's a great mnemonic though
DeleteLeiluy Nishmas Stephen Hawking.
ReplyDeleteHis yorzeit is Pi Day.
Then again RNS doesn't do leiluy nishmas.
This post is Blasphemy!
ReplyDelete"Leiluy Nishmas Stephen Hawking. His yorzeit is Pi Day.
ReplyDeleteThen again RNS doesn't do leiluy nishmas."
Admiring exemplars of the indomitability of the human spirit is one thing. But before adding him to your honorary el-moleh list, you might remember he was a supporter of BDS and a few years ago refused to attend a physics conference in israel because it honored Peres's 90th birthday.
Rabbeinu Yonah commentary on Mishnah,
ReplyDeletetractate Avot, chapter 3, last paragraph:
The study of Mathematics [Chachmat
HaCheshbone] sharpens [the mind of] a man.
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Rambam Rejected Childless Messiah:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/rambam-rejected-childless-messiah-by-mr.html