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  1. Harel13

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    The Rabbinic administration before the destruction: Tosefta Chagigah 2:4 states explicitly that there were different-level courts around Israel. The highest one was at Yersuhalayim. However, the high court gave the sages room for nuanced rulings that fit their hometowns. So, for example (Mishna...
  2. Harel13

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    Rabbinic mental preparation for the destruction: 1. From several sources we know that the Temple administration was declining. Since Herod's time, it had become customary for priests to buy the position of high priest. Even more righteous priests who did this were looked down upon by the sages...
  3. Harel13

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    Not really. I don't think there's evidence that RYbZ didn't see the Temple as central. After all, he did institute several laws in its memory. And before the destruction, he was part of fierce debates with the Sadducees regarding the manner in which it should be run. Something a lot of people...
  4. Harel13

    What does it mean to be a 'Jew'?

    I saw the word "tribes" and related words too many times...
  5. Harel13

    The Unconquerable City

    I liked that part too. I thought it would be a good setting for a Jewish fantasy story.
  6. Harel13

    Jewish zombies

    Think I'll print it and read it on chag.
  7. Harel13

    The Unconquerable City

    Me'am Loez is usually based on older sources the author had, so it's always worth trying to locate the original sources. In this case, there are a few Talmudic sources that attest both realistic and legendary qualities to a city in the Province of Syria named Luz. See BT Sotah 46b, BT Sanhedrin...
  8. Harel13

    Pagan-only: Considering paganism (long?)

    *Mod Post: Thread moved to Seeker's Circle*
  9. Harel13

    Weapons Cache from the Bar Kokhba Revolt Found in Israel

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/four-1900-year-old-roman-swords-discovered-hidden-in-desert-cave/ A couple of months ago, a researcher from Ariel University in Israel explored a cave in the En Gedi area in Israel. The cave had been explored many times before, but he lucked out and found a javelin...
  10. Harel13

    What does it mean to be a 'Jew'?

    Atheism wasn't really a thing then, so she was obviously religious. Now, what god or gods she worshipped - that's another matter. According to Genesis 26:34-35, she was a Hittite and a source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah. It doesn't sound like she knew some of the truth.
  11. Harel13

    Mashiach according to Rabbi Hillel

    After receiving a good mark on my essay, and some deliberation, I decided to send it in to a journal called Hayo Haya, which was established as a way of publishing select seminar papers written by history students. I was told it would take some time until they get around to reading it, because...
  12. Harel13

    Happy Birthday Revoltingest!!!

    Slightly-belated Happy birthday!
  13. Harel13

    How would you define secular Jew?

    Well, at least your birthday doesn't come out on the three weeks...
  14. Harel13

    You are what you’re raised

    Although sometimes a strong nurturing can redirect a particular nature.
  15. Harel13

    How would you define secular Jew?

    Here's a link to the haftarah in Hebrew and English: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading_cdo/p/haftarah/aid/2495808/jewish/Shoftim-Haftorah-Hebrew-and-English.htm
  16. Harel13

    You are what you’re raised

    I think the question is what affects a person more. And sometimes the two sides duke it out.
  17. Harel13

    You are what you’re raised

    So nurture is everything unless there's also nature? :nomouth:
  18. Harel13

    How would you define secular Jew?

    That's the opening of the haftarah of Parashat Shoftim (and yes, a Hebrew-secular calender verifies that the date matches). My dad also had his bar mitzvah that Shabbat (though over a decade after you).
  19. Harel13

    How would you define secular Jew?

    Technically dat means law, so dati means law-abiding. But most people don't think about it that way, because the world has gotten used to Western definitions.
  20. Harel13

    Rav Hai Gaon and the Priest

    I think many of us can relate. Still, I find it impressive that Rav Hai was so forward about the issue, no hemming and hawing involved (I don't mean "forward" as in progressive, because that would make out disagreements such as that of Rabbi Matzliach as being backwards, which is not something I...
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