tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post3689455091715283815..comments2023-10-25T05:54:21.098-04:00Comments on Guess Who's Coming To Dinner: Purim - A Look BackG6http://www.blogger.com/profile/15932781801654313054noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-76431249498983794282011-04-08T15:15:23.017-04:002011-04-08T15:15:23.017-04:00Which Yehuda? You wouldn't mean sweet, little,...Which Yehuda? You wouldn't mean sweet, little, old me by any chance?Yekkishe Bekishenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-24473832464981813782011-04-08T13:30:09.719-04:002011-04-08T13:30:09.719-04:00Maaaaaaaaaa, Yehuda is starting up.Maaaaaaaaaa, Yehuda is starting up.BLDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-25141627351219899512011-04-07T23:05:26.523-04:002011-04-07T23:05:26.523-04:00Page 29, These and Those (in the REAL version):
&...Page 29, These and Those (in the REAL version):<br /><br />"While we do not urge that only "Torah-Giants" come forth from our great Yeshivoth, we are certainly not anxious to put up with any "Torah-Dwarfs" either. By this we mean the overly inflated semi-scholar, whose knowledge of neviim and kesuvim is nil, whose acquittance with shisha sidrei mishnah is pitiful, whose knowledge of Halacha is just as fragmentary as his knowledge of Aggadah...."<br /><br />(BTW - If you have not read this important essay, I really suggest it! -Ed. comment :)R' Schwabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-27917920522586116942011-04-07T04:59:38.933-04:002011-04-07T04:59:38.933-04:00Anonymous,
Thank you for judging me kindly, but I...Anonymous,<br /><br />Thank you for judging me kindly, but I was in fact trying to insult "bnei Torah." Rather than pontificate, here are some excerpts from a very good article R. Berel Wein wrote relatively recently:<br /><br />"The study of Tanach is almost an oxymoron statement regarding our schools. During my years as the head of a high school yeshivah and beit midrash program, I discovered that most students who graduated from excellent elementary and high schools could not even name the twenty-four holy books of the Jewish canon....<br /><br />"Many times, the so-called People of the Book have little or no idea what book they are talking about."<br /><br />(taken from: http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/66990/)Yehudahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-82718723822907443492011-04-06T16:39:07.889-04:002011-04-06T16:39:07.889-04:00Anonymous 4:10 - Fine I'm not a yekke wannabe ...Anonymous 4:10 - Fine I'm not a yekke wannabe I'm posting as a Yeshiva guy if that helps you, my point is that just because they don't teach Doniel in yeshiva which by the way is written in aramaic doesn't mean that you won't know it, you could know it from gemorah.Y Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-26997512063549978892011-04-06T16:10:49.567-04:002011-04-06T16:10:49.567-04:00If you are a Yekke Wannabee, then you must remembe...If you are a Yekke Wannabee, then you must remember to show the actual source of a quote, rather than where the quote is quoted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-62319153221623806502011-04-06T15:13:28.200-04:002011-04-06T15:13:28.200-04:00Yekkishe Bekisha - No I did not learn Doniel but i...Yekkishe Bekisha - No I did not learn Doniel but i do learn Gemorah and it is a Gemorah in sanhedrin 22a and in megilloh 11a and b. all my point is that i don't have to learn Tanach to know the where its from and as a Yeshiva guy i take it personal when people say that yeshiva guys won't know where it is because they Don't learn tanach we learn gemorah which it is mentioned twice.y wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-26667836106715450482011-04-06T13:50:07.134-04:002011-04-06T13:50:07.134-04:00OMG...freaky!OMG...freaky!itsagifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06942149774297914315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-54895831160175174702011-04-06T10:33:54.583-04:002011-04-06T10:33:54.583-04:00A Wannabee is a Wannabee. I guess he never looked...A Wannabee is a Wannabee. I guess he never looked in Doniel. This is the infamous handwriting on the wall seen at the last supper..... of Belshatzar!Yekkishe Bekishenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-7399475513861273872011-04-06T09:23:21.731-04:002011-04-06T09:23:21.731-04:00Brilliant! I love it!Brilliant! I love it!FBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505082368362325039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-60267983289385016452011-04-05T22:40:24.813-04:002011-04-05T22:40:24.813-04:00BLD-
Yehudah is merely making a point he is not i...BLD- <br />Yehudah is merely making a point he is not insulting any Bnei Torah, I think you are being too critical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-46908701669817851292011-04-05T20:56:46.281-04:002011-04-05T20:56:46.281-04:00Yehudah- I know where it's from its a gemoro i...Yehudah- I know where it's from its a gemoro in sanhedrin 22a.Yekke Wannabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-45331955803892986142011-04-05T20:36:18.065-04:002011-04-05T20:36:18.065-04:00Maybe Yehuda should cool it on the insults to the ...Maybe Yehuda should cool it on the insults to the Bnei Torah.BLDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-40800380831001180892011-04-05T15:53:14.857-04:002011-04-05T15:53:14.857-04:00@Yehudah-
Maybe the Jeopardy lady could help them!...@Yehudah-<br />Maybe the Jeopardy lady could help them!<br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-42653402254460118902011-04-05T09:11:33.580-04:002011-04-05T09:11:33.580-04:00Awesome! :-)
!חודש טוב ומבורךAwesome! :-)<br /><br />!חודש טוב ומבורךMrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-87951097908716168512011-04-04T22:55:21.496-04:002011-04-04T22:55:21.496-04:00I wonder how many yeshiva boys even know what thos...I wonder how many yeshiva boys even know what those words mean or where these words appear in Tanach and in what context.Yehudahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-79621654587031528412011-04-04T22:20:36.825-04:002011-04-04T22:20:36.825-04:00Very nice. Purim is such a Holy Day we should thin...Very nice. Purim is such a Holy Day we should think back how much we grew not how much fun we didnt have.BLDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-75305913884685153522011-04-04T22:17:09.681-04:002011-04-04T22:17:09.681-04:00Cool!Cool!tembownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-77122332759484417182011-04-04T21:25:41.651-04:002011-04-04T21:25:41.651-04:00Solid...Solid...Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.com