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I once heard in the name of Rav Belski Shlita, on this topic, that when you look in the New York Times you see ‘sundown’, ‘sunrise’. Actually, if you look at any astrolgy text you’ll see that, too. The fact is you cannot calculate a zenith by your head point driving past the entity.

By the way, all those Gaonim/ Rishonim you mention are actually talking about this Gemara specifically, or Meklala Itmar?

Who is this majority and how many of the ones that we usually Pasken from?

The Gemara in Pesachim is obviously cryptic, since anyone looking up in the sky will see the sun going down, not up. Perhaps the question was how to look at it: is the sun going away from us — above, beyond our reach — or is it merely going down, as the physical fact is.

Chazal did not know everything. Some Tanoim were able to derive scientific facts from Pesukim, as was the case with Reb Yehoshua ben Chananya and the Greek philosopher, and the sending of broken musical instruments to Egypt, and the consulting a doctor or sitting out on a farm for a year. However, all over Shas you can find Braysos about scientific facts. You’ll notice that the only science accepted by Chazal are Mesoras and Braysos. Rav Popa is often Medayek science from Mishnos. Chazal make it clear when their information is from the outside. Bottom line is, we accept their words unquestingly just like they accepted the words of the Tanaaim unquestingly.

The same goes for encyclopedias. When I saw how they wrote up Yidden and Yiddishkeit, it made me question any other society they portray. Also, I figure, if they don’t begin to understand the mentality of Arabs today, how can you trust their depiction of ancient people?

Move there.

I thought they use nets that dolphins can chew out of.

Isn’t the hook and line a new innovation? The Gemara speaks of nets, never of fishing rods.

Don’t think of it that you are holding yourself back. You are merely deciding against posting and broadcasting a certain idea. There are many topics of which I had strong opinions, that I decided not to contribute, for any number of reasons. I’m not in middle of a discussion, where not answering is an answer of its own.

This is a message board. It is a place where people drop by and post a message, usually pertinent to the topic, and others read them and sometimes post another message.

Sam4, I’m aware of that Gemara. That was Min Shamayim, but creating with the Sheymos of Yetzira is not, or shouldn’t be.

The Yaavetz has a teshuva where a guy killed someone and wanted to know if he can swear falsely to save himself from the authorities.

A: That would be adding another Cheit.

The Maharal writes in Ner Mitzva that Malchus Yishmael is a continuation of Malchus Paras. When Sefarim categorize everyone into these two groups it is because all others follow one of these two. Therefore, they fall under the same category.

Raphael, that’s a very loose connection, hardly a reason for the term Galus Edom, with all its implications. Yitzchok’s Brocho to Eisav and the Nevua that was told to Rivka have no meaning according to your theory.

Besides, Hurdus wasn’t put in by the Romans. He was a royal servant that made a coup.

And while any medrash might refare to arabs as a race, islam as a religion started around 1,300 years ago. That will be at least 500 years after any medrash.

Not ‘any’ Medrash. Many Midrashim were written or finished in the time of the Geonim. The Medrash in Nasso speaks about the Cristians and Arabs claiming that they have the Torah. That is why we didn’t write Torah Shel Bichsav, so that they shouldn’t lay claim to that as well, says the Medrash. The Kamarna writes that the Raaya Mahimna in the Zohar Hakadosh was written by a Gaon named Shalom.

Who wrote, “Ha D’reb Ashi Bedusa Hi”, if Reb Ashi made the Gemara? The Tzemach Dovid writes that it was written 70 years after Rav Ashi was Niftar.

descendants of Esav who lived generally south and east of Eretz Yisroel. In other words, Arabs.

Keep in mind that the whole world originated in the mideast. Does that make us all Arabs?

Coffee, it actually says that about Edom. Check out the Zohar Chadash in Parshas Balaq. The only difficulty there is in interpreting what is physical and what is Ruchnius. It is also hard to tell which events happened or will happen.

No. Not a half, either.

Sam2, Chatzi Nezek is also a Gezeiras Hakosuv. Will you say there is no reason? But anyhow, wherever an Eid Echad is Kosher, so is a woman. In other words, we have no problem believing her. She is just not a Kosher Eid.

The Ben Ish Chai gives a few reasons why she is Pasul. Keep in mind, though, that Eidus in itself is a Gezeiras Hakosuv. There are times that even when Beis Din saw something themselves, we need two other people to be Eidim.

There’s nothing wrong with a general statement when it is true. You are uncomfortable when you meet them because it is akward. If you are confusing that with the emotions of meeting and being turned down, then you don’t even know what emotional means. What a boy!

Don’t take her opinion more seriously than she does. It was an outburst of the way the complaint sounded to her ears at that particular moment.

People say all kinds of things depending on how the argument struck them at first. Had someone started the conversation in a different way in a different setting, perhaps she would have espoused the opposite view.

It’s because the last minute is still only one minute long, no matter when the Zman is.

If you have a relationship with someone, they read your body language and reciprocate. In most cases closeness and distance has to do with trust. When Aron Hakohen told a person that his friend wants to be close again the person would like his friend, as well.

A great Tzaddik once said that just like you need to have Emuna in Hashem you need to have Emuna that your friend loves you. It takes Emuna in the friendship when your friend doesn’t return a call or even got upset at you. Most broken relationships began as misunderstandings. If people would fully trust that the relationship is strong they would see things differently (just as a wack on the back can have opposite messages, depending on who wacked you).

When you do your part and try to feel the closeness deeply and truly, it will show in your body language, and will be understood subconsiously, giving that person the trust to return the friendship.

Those who consider the whole house as Daled Amos only quote the Shita of Rebbi Shimon ben Elozor who said that a room is like Daled Amos — by a Meis.

The Daled Amos comes from a Zohar Hakadosh that the Beis Yosef quotes. Otherwise the basic Halacha would require that you wash your hands before Davening.

but suffice to say, they are not a source of nachas for their fathers (or children) right now.

Are you :?)

Could he have friends from out of school? What about a cousin. A relative that is slighly older can be a good choice of someone who can come over once in a while to play with him.

I wonder if it’s really the other way around. The mother might have told him to make the first call, and he made the second one in her name. The old message is irrelevant and should be forgotten about.

I don’t think the Taana on these Resho’im is through Hilchos Shlichus. Also, I recall that by a king it is considered that he killed. That is why it was as if Dovid Hamelech killed Uria.

The problem is that it was supposed to be a sentence, while mine is the only one that is actually one sentence.