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  Yaakov -7 years ago

  Video works on my computer only not my phone. Mp3 doesn't download on either

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  Yaakov -7 years ago

  This mp3 is not downloading nor is the video playing

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  Sholom -11 years ago

  great shiur
  The novelty seems only relevant to Agripas, why would the author of the Talmud incorporate this teaching in the Talmud if it's not relevant toanyone (other then Agripas)? Is there perhaps, something that is gleaned from this novelty which would be practically relevant to the nation at large?
  
  Thank you for the great class, looking fwd to the next one.
  
  The histrocial tidbits enhance the class v much, helping somewhat to bridge the gap of up to almost 2000yrs (timewise).
  
  
  

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  b -11 years ago

  more learning
  thanks Rabbi for another great article.
  
  Are going to Miami Beach to teach?
  
  I'm sure Rav Schapiro would like to hear from you if you are.
  
  Be well and look forward to learning with you.
  
  
  
  
  

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  Esther Sarah Evans -11 years ago

  ב"ה b"H inyan: the willow does smell
  

  
  b"H
  
  
  
  Shalom, Rabbi, 
  
  Everything you say here is good and very powerful. Only with one thing there is a problem, which is really none: the willow does indeed have a smell - especially when it is shaken or beaten. Don't you remember the smell of a regular Shul after beating the Arovos? Oy, smells like a dog that has been running hell-bent through a swamp of Arovos. If you have been clutching and shaking the Minim long enough, you can smell the willow even on your paws...excuse me, hands. I think cat. It is kind of a primaeval smell, somehow - simple, powerful and as primitive as musk. It is wild and swampy - a reminder of water, Palgey Mayim. 
  
  
  
  You and your "bible" - oy, oy, Rabbi, oy, oy, oy. 
  
  This is assimilation. You should think thrice, before you say that. 
  
  I think of what my mentor rabbi from Chabad would say to something like that. Oy.
  
  
  
  Chag sameach. G'nar tov.
  
  Be well, and take care.

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  moti -11 years ago

  typo
  great article- typo at end "untied" should be "united"!  I hope it's not a freudian slip!

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  Shmulik -13 years ago

  Curriculum Attachment
  Thank you!

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  Rabbi Eliezer Wolf -13 years ago

  Answer to Censored Gemora
  Historically, all sorts of changes and censorships were made. For example, in many ancient editions, the Talmud is missing an entire tractate called 'Avodah Zarah' which discusses the laws about idol-worship and the legalities regarding the relationship between Jewish people and gentiles.
  
  Overall, our Talmud today is quite accurate. Predominantly, the only mistakes still extant are either spelling or grammar mistakes.
  
  And thankfully, our version of Talmud is getting better and better. Currently there are several institutions that are pouring over manuscripts from ancient archives all over the world and perfecting the language and the grammar of our Talmud.

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  Miri -13 years ago

  Censored Gemora?
  You said that when they finally printed the Gemara and called it that instead of Talmud, they also made some other changes in it? This intrigues me. Does this mean the Gemora we have today is different than the original Gemora authored by the Amorayim? What specifically was changed?

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  Rabbi Avi Shlomo -13 years ago

  Response to Joshua
  Good question! In general there are many different "cushions" that our Sages have made, and many of them have different amounts of time.
  
  For example, in the first Mishna of Berachos the Sages tell us to daven Maariv before midnight, even though you legally may daven until dawn.
  
  It depends on what they are creating the cushion to protect you from. The half hour Mincha cushion is in order to ascertain that the sun has really begun to set, and has moved pass the mid-day point. For that, a half hour is enough. But for eating chometz, which is a whole meal, it is much easier to get carried away in a long meal, so an hour cushion is needed.
  
  Does this help?

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  Joshua -13 years ago

  A question between this class and Rabbi Piekarski's class
  Rabbi,
  
  
  
  You mentioned that the Sages instituted that we should stop eating chametz 1 hour before noon time (5 hours into the day). I just listened to another shiur on this site by Rabbi Eliezer Wolf. He mentioned that the sages also instituted to only offer the mincha offering 1/2 hour after noon even though from the Torah we can do it at noon. How come the rabbis in one place make a cushion of time around a mitzvah for an hour and in another case only 1/2 hour?
  
  

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  Mendy C -13 years ago

  Kol Hakavod
  Rabbi Wolf you have a brgihit future ahead of you, keep on talking and keep on teaching, you will be a star.

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  Albert -13 years ago

  great class Rabbi!
  thank you for that Rabbi wolf.
  
  i especially enjoyed your clarity and the historical tidbits.
  
  looking forward. Toda and shalom
  
  

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  Chana Markovits -13 years ago

  Great Class Rabbi Wolf. Wishing you well in your Shlichus. Happy Purim

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