tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post8742652193282982628..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: Maimonides and his faithful frum servant Peter.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-53464631269732334182013-02-11T17:04:49.189-05:002013-02-11T17:04:49.189-05:00Hi, sorry for not noticing your comment until now....Hi, sorry for not noticing your comment until now. <br /><br />If you look at the links on the bottom of <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9A" rel="nofollow">this page</a> you will see several versions of the Maaseh Buch.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-61368777797811952512013-02-07T23:56:51.274-05:002013-02-07T23:56:51.274-05:00Can you please tell me where I can see a copy of t...Can you please tell me where I can see a copy of the Maaseh Buch? I would like to see the source for the Shlomo Hamelech / Chess story in the source qouted by Yellinek in his sefer BHM. Thanks!Yitz in Lakewoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-91848007855757476292011-05-11T08:35:29.001-04:002011-05-11T08:35:29.001-04:00considering that rambam was probably not even a ba...considering that rambam was probably not even a bar mitzvah yet when his family fled spain, and that he lived most of his adult life in egypt (which is where he became and then practiced as a physician), it's hard to understand how this rabbi meir visited an adult dr. maimon in spain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-19154982448821980022011-05-10T21:16:47.139-04:002011-05-10T21:16:47.139-04:00so what's the מכשול, maybe he tricked him but ...so what's the מכשול, maybe he tricked him but if there's no איסור then where's the מכשול?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-456384291038390872011-05-10T17:24:38.671-04:002011-05-10T17:24:38.671-04:00The calf wasn't geshochten at all. Besides, Pe...The calf wasn't geshochten at all. Besides, Peter was obviously a modernishe, or at least a Byzantine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-89904846904997244352011-05-10T15:06:29.439-04:002011-05-10T15:06:29.439-04:00What was the stumbling block, was the calf not chs...What was the stumbling block, was the calf not chsidishe shchita?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-66039611959437185762011-05-10T09:35:56.451-04:002011-05-10T09:35:56.451-04:00Is there anyone who discusses whether Maimonidies ...Is there anyone who discusses whether Maimonidies was allowed to place a stumbling block in front of the blind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-77437864935761872412011-05-10T08:26:34.183-04:002011-05-10T08:26:34.183-04:00Addy,
They sent Rabbi Meir to question him about ...Addy,<br /><br />They sent Rabbi Meir to question him about resuurection and kabbala. While there, the Rambam decided to teach them a lesson in dan lekaf zchut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-37371099254858622942011-05-10T07:31:04.038-04:002011-05-10T07:31:04.038-04:001) Segula recently had a feature article on Bertha...1) Segula recently had a feature article on Bertha Pappenheim/ Anna O.<br />2) I find it interesting that according to legend the rabbis were not concerned about whether he believed in the resurrection or kabbala or was corrupted by Aristotelean philosophy. They just needed to make sure his shechita was good.ADDeRabbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749876612695930184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-4457563140021700252011-05-10T01:13:54.620-04:002011-05-10T01:13:54.620-04:00In the story that you tell at the beginning, who i...In the story that you tell at the beginning, who is Rabbi Meir? Do you think he has become a trope, modelled on the story of Rabbi Meir ben Yitzhak <i>haShatz</i>, who composed Aqdamut Milin, and about whom it is said that he was sent as an emissary over the river Sambatyon? Yes yes, one shouldn't read too deeply into such stories, but the name reminded me...Simon Hollowayhttp://benabuya.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-16785029932853457062011-05-10T00:55:50.947-04:002011-05-10T00:55:50.947-04:00This is the fruit.This is the fruit.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-79460877960561196082011-05-10T00:15:08.519-04:002011-05-10T00:15:08.519-04:00The story is told of the bachurim in shanghai duri...The story is told of the bachurim in shanghai during the war, that they were given an esrog with fingers to use on succos as there were no real esrogim. Some used it without a brochah, and others didn't use it at all. Is this the same fruit, or is there another one that looks similar?yitzchoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-60428699147358327912011-05-09T20:19:48.327-04:002011-05-09T20:19:48.327-04:00It surprised me to confirm that it's this Bert...It surprised me to confirm that it's this Bertha Pappenheim, who's more interesting than I knew:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Pappenheim" rel="nofollow">Bertha Pappenheim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_O." rel="nofollow">Anna O. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-73984753504558918522011-05-09T16:21:15.377-04:002011-05-09T16:21:15.377-04:00Anon 1. It was meant to be tongue in cheek, but th...Anon 1. It was meant to be tongue in cheek, but thanks for pointing that out.<br /><br />Anon 2. Thanks. Corrected.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-70352048747778839182011-05-09T15:31:16.712-04:002011-05-09T15:31:16.712-04:00"In a late 19th century catalog of the Bodlei..."In a late 19th century catalog of the Bodleian Library I saw it claimed that only one copy was known (it's copy)"<br />Sorry to nitpick: that "it's" should shed its apostrophe...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-42224652973926469742011-05-09T15:25:46.938-04:002011-05-09T15:25:46.938-04:00Very interesting. Although it specifies Mezritch d...Very interesting. Although it specifies Mezritch d'Lita, which is not the Mezeritch you probably meant to refer to when you wrote "okay, he was from Mezritch"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com