There Is That Is Destroyed Unjustly
For S.B., who is blameless and has not yet tasted sin. A provocative Talmudic agadah asserts that some deaths are unjust, citing as an example the bizarre tale of a minion of the Angel of Death whose...
View ArticleRationalizing Rosh Ha’Shanah
I had long been aware of Meiri’s delicious rationalization of the apparently superstitious underpinning of the simanim of Rosh Ha’Shanah: ועל צד הגדיל התעוררות לזכור השם בכל רגע ולשוות יראתו על...
View ArticleThere Is That Is Destroyed Unjustly
For S.B., who is blameless and has not yet tasted sin. A provocative Talmudic agadah asserts that some deaths are unjust, citing as an example the bizarre tale of a minion of the Angel of Death whose...
View ArticleRationalizing Rosh Ha’Shanah
I had long been aware of Meiri’s delicious rationalization of the apparently superstitious underpinning of the simanim of Rosh Ha’Shanah: ועל צד הגדיל התעוררות לזכור השם בכל רגע ולשוות יראתו על...
View ArticleChildren of G-d and Children of Men
S.B. spent several hours in shul with me on each day of ראש השנה (supplied with ample provisions and certain plastic trucks and related equipment). On the second day, I was honored with מפטיר and the...
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