Sunday, October 15, 2006

New midrash halacha discovered!

Recent excavations have unearthed this hitherto missing text from Sifra on Leviticus 23 that casts doubts on the validity of yom tov sheni:

מקראי קדש אשר תקראו אתם -- יכול כל יום שרוצה ישראל לקרא מקרא קדש יקרא תלמוד לומר במועדם

8 comments:

  1. I'm not sure if this was meant as a joke or not, but even if it was true, that does not justify your anti-halachik stance. Halacha does not change.

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  3. i appreciated the humor. also: i may be co-facilitating a teach/learn session at either northern or southern jitw about "how communicate effectively across jewish paradigms". maybe chaim should attend.

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  4. Sorry I'll miss the session. Will it be blogged?

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  5. When did "blog" get so transitive?

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  6. This use of "blog" as a passive verb is from May 2004. Can anyone find an earlier instance?

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  7. Ketiv hacha:
    Halacha does not change.

    Uchtiv hatam:
    Chazal had the power to uproot a chiyuv min hatorah when they saw fit.

    Kashya Reb Chaim a-Reb Chaim!

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