tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post3289010651974297456..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: The dangerous path from comet comprehension to Chanuka denial - on Chaim Zelig Slonimsky.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-65668335331487882512011-02-06T19:22:59.934-05:002011-02-06T19:22:59.934-05:00Funny seeing the name Branin here; printed this o...Funny seeing the name Branin here; printed this out to read over shabbos. My grandmother's maiden name was Branin. Very uncommon. Hve found many of R. Brainin's books.Azinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-47753380675682165282011-02-03T23:41:46.844-05:002011-02-03T23:41:46.844-05:00Another important Jewish inventor - this one purpo...Another important Jewish inventor - this one purportedly invented an early, commercially successful adding machine:<br /><br />http://bdld.info/2011/02/03/the-horovshovian-computer/Yitzhakhttp://bdld.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-84402099533331419252011-02-03T10:04:11.514-05:002011-02-03T10:04:11.514-05:00>Huh? I don't get the reference. I meant th...>Huh? I don't get the reference. I meant this post.<br /><br />Just a joke. I cited the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin in this post. <br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed the post.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-74309484009496473572011-02-03T08:00:28.195-05:002011-02-03T08:00:28.195-05:00Not just the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, but the M...Not just the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, but the Military Order of Cooties.JXGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-76021962424302701902011-02-03T01:29:47.334-05:002011-02-03T01:29:47.334-05:00Huh? I don't get the reference. I meant this p...Huh? I don't get the reference. I meant this post.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-5189870951265364932011-02-02T10:55:12.764-05:002011-02-02T10:55:12.764-05:00Thanks, Nachum. I bet it was the Walla Walla Union...Thanks, Nachum. I bet it was the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, right?S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-53455096326954446142011-02-02T10:36:29.553-05:002011-02-02T10:36:29.553-05:00Fred, you rock. Just wanted to say that.Fred, you rock. Just wanted to say that.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-74381861264662785072011-02-02T09:55:08.766-05:002011-02-02T09:55:08.766-05:00Joe Samuel, thanks.
I'm pretty sure I meant &...Joe Samuel, thanks.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I meant "exercised."<br /><br />A third pamphlet, which I did not link to, was <a href="http://www.hebrewbooks.org/31559" rel="nofollow">Emunat Hakhamim</a> by Rabbi Dovber Yehuda Leib Ginzberg, who was a Chabad Chassid, and wrote it at the behest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Since it was really directed at Alexandrov, which is where the dispute spread, I didn't mention it. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing that one of the major problems was the Alexandrov used the writings of the second Chabad rebbe in support of his contention that the oil is metaphorical. Thus the expected outrage over the issue was magnified in their case.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-77942665031848884252011-02-01T22:01:21.074-05:002011-02-01T22:01:21.074-05:00Interesting post, as always.
"In particular ...Interesting post, as always.<br /><br />"In particular Chabad seems to have been very exercised about the article."<br /><br />I think that should be "excited" rather than "exercised" - and could you provide some examples of Chabad opposition specifically? Where any of the authors of the volumes you linked to associated with Chabad?Joe Samuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-33045493150732982632011-02-01T19:12:15.364-05:002011-02-01T19:12:15.364-05:00S
Speaking of the BY in the discussion in your pr...S<br /><br />Speaking of the BY in the discussion in your previous posting, there was some comments about the Rambam's attitude to Arabic. Being brought up in the Yeshivah world the only reference I was aware of is the first Kesef Mishnah <br />יסוד היסודות ועמוד החכמות לידע שיש שם מצוי ראשון. מלת שם שכתב כאן רבינו אינו מורה על מקום שהוא יתעלה אין לו מקום אבל מלת שם פה היא כפ"א רפה בלשון ישמעאל. ודומה לזה מ"ש בפרק ג' מהלכות תשובה. ג' הם הנקראים אפיקורוסים האומר שאין שם נבואה כלל ואין שם מדע. ובפרק ה' מהלכות תעניות יש שם ימים וכו'. ועוד יש לפרש פה מלת שם לומר שהוא יתעלה נמצא בכל מקום כדכתיב מלא כל הארץ כבודו:<br /><br />Is this a generally accepted position?<br /><br />MidwestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-10368773518832798232011-02-01T17:50:57.098-05:002011-02-01T17:50:57.098-05:00Thanks. I didn't remember that the BY himself ...Thanks. I didn't remember that the BY himself (or whomever yesh lomar is) says this.<br /><br />Like Zeke said, maybe Slonimsky was inspired by the Beis Yosef.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-67525826714789954532011-02-01T17:42:38.898-05:002011-02-01T17:42:38.898-05:00S
Its the other way around
http://hebrewbooks.or...S<br /><br />Its the other way around<br /><br />http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14268&hilite=d1ab7cb9-a2fa-4b00-93af-81c0f0bd15a7&st=%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94&pgnum=598<br /><br />second paragraph<br /><br />MidwestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-77592452696869099072011-02-01T17:40:30.038-05:002011-02-01T17:40:30.038-05:00Oh well. Corrected, thanks.Oh well. Corrected, thanks.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-4665495575722891522011-02-01T14:28:27.331-05:002011-02-01T14:28:27.331-05:00Your link to כוכבא דשביט leads instead to מוסדי חכ...Your link to כוכבא דשביט leads instead to מוסדי חכמהAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-80686234149957196452011-02-01T13:36:32.619-05:002011-02-01T13:36:32.619-05:00Very sharp. It wouldn't surprise me if this an...Very sharp. It wouldn't surprise me if this answer is connected or was generated from some of the discussion which took place over this article.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-30953120011034210592011-02-01T13:30:14.621-05:002011-02-01T13:30:14.621-05:00I remember hearing once that one answer that was g...I remember hearing once that one answer that was given to the Beis Yosef's kashe was that the Maccabees divided the oil into eight parts so that each night a miracle happened and it lit the whole night. I have no clue where it's from but I wonder if there is a connection to Slonimsky.Zekenoreply@blogger.com