Tuesday, July 24, 2012

On sitrei Torah

Hilarious, typically British, excerpt from an 1890 obituary for the unusual Hungarian-British scholar Solomon Schiller-Szinnessy.


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6 comments:

  1. Frieda Vizel9:34 PM, July 24, 2012

    "He was a good hater."

    What a good man he must have been!

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  2. S.9:36 PM, July 24, 2012

    LOL I can confirm that he was in fact a good hater. Hilarious stuff to read. He could pound away at someone for misquoting something, and then misquote three things.

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    1. Frieda Vizel8:55 AM, July 25, 2012

      Well, three things is chazuka which makes it permissible.

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    2. S.11:28 AM, July 25, 2012

      .הוא מורה היתר לעצמו ועושה כל העבירות בזדון

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  3. Ovadya9:34 AM, July 25, 2012

    "typically British... "

    uho, and how!

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  4. PJS5:51 PM, July 27, 2012

    I have an original letter written by Schiller Szinessy inviting the Master of a Cambridge College to visit his sukkah. And see

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/5675857293/

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