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I had the opportunity to be one of the speakers at the tenth annual Jewlicious Festival, held recently in Long Beach. Ten days ago, one of the two text-based discussions I led, which I called “What Not to Say”, had … Continue reading
Continuing on in my series to see which sages are argued against [the most] in the Tosefta by “חכמים”, an unnamed group of sages, I now continue on with סדר נשים. So far, as we’ve seen with סדר זרעים and … Continue reading
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An interesting phenomenon in Rabbinic Literature is the rhetorical move of considering a particular mitzvah as being as weighty as all of the rest of them. While I have previously written about the study of Torah not being a part … Continue reading
As part of my ongoing “Foregoing Fridays” series, here are posts of mine from my original blog that I wanted to share in this medium on random Jewish stuff: One of My Favorite Rabbis – Rabbi Aryeh Klapper – Some … Continue reading
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Continuing on in my Tanya-reading project, brings us to chapter 6 in the ספר של בינונים, in which Rabbi Shneur Zalman moves on to talk about the parallel bad side in contrast to what he’s been dealing with in the … Continue reading
Continuing on in my series to see which sages are argued against [the most] in the Tosefta by “חכמים”, an unnamed group of sages, I now continue on with סדר מועד. Previously, with סדר זרעים, we saw that Rabbi Meir … Continue reading
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Continuing on my reading and commenting on the Tanya project, chapter 5 continues (from the previous chapter) discussing this Godly soul. Herein are some of the my thoughts on this chapter: I found Rabbi Schneur Zalman’s take on halakhah as … Continue reading
When it comes to reading rabbinic literature (Mishnah, Talmud, etc.), the androcentrism of the Rabbis does not often seem like such an issue as much as it does when they discuss women, relationships, and sex. Not infrequently, I come up … Continue reading
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As part of my ongoing “Foregoing Fridays” series, here are posts of mine from my original blog that I wanted to share in this medium on the topic of “Walking Humbly With Your God”: Walking Humbly With Your God, Part … Continue reading
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One of the curious aspects I discovered while initially counting up how frequently sages appeared in the Mishnah was the not infrequent appearances of “חכמים”. These unnamed חכמים (sages) usually appeared in verbal disagreement with a previously-named sage. As I … Continue reading
