The Dog Jumps-הכלב קופץ » Torah http://www.tableman.com Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:12:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Covenant & Conversation http://www.tableman.com/covenant-conversation/ http://www.tableman.com/covenant-conversation/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:30:34 +0000 Nathan http://www.randulina.com/2007/12/27/covenant-conversation Sometime over the High Holy Days, Rabbi Scheinberg suggested to check out Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks‘ weekly podcast Covenant & Conversation. In general Rabbi Scheinberg’s reading suggestions are spot on and I had no doubt that a podcast referral would also we worthwhile. A simple synopsis of the references in this week’s commentary should [...]]]> http://www.tableman.com/covenant-conversation/feed/ 0 Reason #378 Why Jews Stop Being Jews http://www.tableman.com/reason-378-why-jews-stop-being-jews/ http://www.tableman.com/reason-378-why-jews-stop-being-jews/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:03:25 +0000 Nathan http://www.randulina.com/?p=323 From YNet this morning, an uplifting and thoughtful decision on gender roles:

…prominent Zionist-religious leader explained that women are allowed to study specific verses from the Gemara, which deal with “subjects related to them,” but they “shouldn’t study Gemara like men.”

What is there to say about this? I do indeed believe in family roles, [...]]]> http://www.tableman.com/reason-378-why-jews-stop-being-jews/feed/ 0 Talmud Tidbit – 9th & 15th of Av & 17th of Tamuz http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-9th-15th-of-av-17th-of-tamuz/ http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-9th-15th-of-av-17th-of-tamuz/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:06:17 +0000 Nathan http://www.randulina.com/?p=238 Most know some of these, but they were delineated at the end of the last Tractate.

17th of Tamuz – 5 bad things:

Tablets were broken by Moses upon seeing the Golden Calf Tamid offering discontinued Jerusalem city wall was breached Roman military leader Apostumos burned the Torah in the temple He also placed and [...]]]> http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-9th-15th-of-av-17th-of-tamuz/feed/ 1 Talmud Oddities: Sexual Ambiguity http://www.tableman.com/talmud-oddities-sexual-ambiguity/ http://www.tableman.com/talmud-oddities-sexual-ambiguity/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:44:59 +0000 Nathan http://www.randulina.com/?p=221 It has been a while since I found a Talmud oddity that was worth posting about. The last couple of tractates have been a bit dry. I am fully versed in the number of doves I am allowed to kill for a Yom Tov and what to do if when I decide they are for [...]]]> http://www.tableman.com/talmud-oddities-sexual-ambiguity/feed/ 0