Wallowing in sarcasm at https://t.co/vcb29l8Jn0 since 2013. Not only does RT=endorsement, it means I want to have your baby.
Dec 25, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The depth of this pun (originally from @HeshLuber1 I believe) is wonderful: the Meiri is among the minority of medieval authorities who defined "idolater" not as a theological status but
behavioral: to the Meiri, the "idolater" in the language of the Talmudic sages meant not specifically one who worshiped pagan deities of performed such rituals, but a total barbarian - one who, if not for
Nov 10, 2022 • 26 tweets • 5 min read
OK fine I'll do it now. I don't know what @CocktailMazal assumed about the story, but it's not an odyssey of my gustatory evolution - it started with a simple textual question from my son about a year ago.
It was the week of Parashat Tol'dot, and he noticed the unusual form of the word עשתה - "she (had) made/prepared" in the verse describing Rivka's preparation of the goat meat to help Yaa'kov deceive his father and get the blessing Yitzhak intended for 'Esav.
The Mishnah categorizes a cooked meat-dairy mixture ("basar b'halav") as "to be buried," which, unlike the "to be burned" objects, can never become permitted, even for non-eating benefit (e.g. selling or using on one's body).
That means if the basar b'halav becomes "un-buried" it retains it forbidden status, and must be disposed of again. This differs from "to be burned" things, which become permissible once burned/destroyed.
