tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post4417355633110841450..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: Montesquieu, Mendelssohn, Three-cornered hats, physically large Acharonim and evolving shi'urim.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-36213652543059875102010-05-03T17:12:05.264-04:002010-05-03T17:12:05.264-04:00this ahavat tzion is the sefer in the famous story...this ahavat tzion is the sefer in the famous story about the mashgiach of volozhin who supposedly didn't know too much but who's job it was to confiscate all prohibited literature. When he took someone's copy of ahavat tzion the Netziv showed him that all sefarim nubered with hebrew characters are above suspicion. Incidentally, R. Bar-ilan in his memoirs tells some stories of this mashgiach which illustrate that he was in fact very learned and quite sharp to boot. just goes to show the mashgiach never got a good rap even back thenmbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-44764318986117584232010-05-03T13:24:55.797-04:002010-05-03T13:24:55.797-04:00Is RY of Emden in fact buried near RYE ?
http://up...Is RY of Emden in fact buried near RYE ?<br />http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Jacob_Emden.JPGAMSHINOVERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680072149053035110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-58816237247660416612010-04-30T12:36:23.119-04:002010-04-30T12:36:23.119-04:00Zylinder is a top hat.Zylinder is a top hat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-77133472687314963152010-04-30T10:30:49.175-04:002010-04-30T10:30:49.175-04:00Thanks. It really is a very interesting book.
F-...Thanks. It really is a very interesting book. <br /><br />F-P, smile? Could be.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-21751820992526492312010-04-29T13:41:54.816-04:002010-04-29T13:41:54.816-04:00Well, this post did get my curiosity but not for a...Well, this post did get my curiosity but not for any of the interesting items that you mentioned in the title.<br /><br />I am most curious about this line:<br /><br /><i>'Pathways of the Prophets,' (Artscroll Mesorah 2009; a book which merits its own post or posts)</i><br /><br />and I eagerly await the post (or posts) that would represent the confluence of two of my favorites, namely, Rabbi Yisroel Reisman and Mississippi Fred on Artscroll.LkwdGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-84664201356623966082010-04-29T13:02:35.821-04:002010-04-29T13:02:35.821-04:00I don't think it means "laughed". I ...I don't think it means "laughed". I think it means "smiled".Fotheringay-Phippsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-73214271949773134722010-04-28T21:20:33.451-04:002010-04-28T21:20:33.451-04:00I see three cornered hats, I think of hamentashen....I see three cornered hats, I think of hamentashen. Seems clear that the minhag of saying Haman had a 3 corner hat could have only developed in places where such hats were acutally in existence. <br /><br />DFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-91016525238970914962010-04-28T20:36:39.243-04:002010-04-28T20:36:39.243-04:00Was it the Noda B'Yehuda who when chastised by...Was it the Noda B'Yehuda who when chastised by his father that he wears out his shoes in six months, while the father wears them for a whole year replied "I need to take two steps to every one of yours"?SoMeHoW Frumhttp://somehowfrum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com