Tuesday, June 30, 2020
What colour was the פרה אדומה?
What colour was the פרה אדומה?
We find in the Torah and Chazal, the colour “אדום” can be translated
a) the actual red colour (red wine)
b) the red family, colour (brown, orange etc.)
1) (Bereishis 25 : 30) הלעיטני נא מן האדום האדום הזה
It is called red lentils, but its colour is brown.
2) (Zecharya 1:8) איש רוכב על סוס אדום - סוסים אדומים –
(A man riding on a red horse-red horse)
There are no red horses. There are brown horses.
3) (Succah 35b) An Esrog that was peeled and looks like a red date.
Rashi explains, "All peeled fruits נהפך לאדמימות" (turn red).
Peeled or cut fruits turn brown not red.
4) (Bechoros 6a Rashi) סתם סוסים אדומים (horses are usually red)
Highly unusual
The colour of a פרה אדומה was not fire engine red nor red wine red.
There are no red cows and there never was.
.
The cow was brown. The uniqueness of the Para Aduma
was not that it was red. It was unique by being completely
brown, not having two strands of hair in a different colour
other than brown. (white-black)
One might argue and claim it still needs to be a certain shade
of brown (orange or light brown etc,) However, we don't
find in the Rambam qualifying what shade of אדום is כשר.
Assuming אדומה is brown there is no reason to insist it to
be a specific shade.
Perhaps, instead of a "red heifer" it should be translated a "brown cow"
We find in the Torah and Chazal, the colour “אדום” can be translated
a) the actual red colour (red wine)
b) the red family, colour (brown, orange etc.)
1) (Bereishis 25 : 30) הלעיטני נא מן האדום האדום הזה
It is called red lentils, but its colour is brown.
2) (Zecharya 1:8) איש רוכב על סוס אדום - סוסים אדומים –
(A man riding on a red horse-red horse)
There are no red horses. There are brown horses.
3) (Succah 35b) An Esrog that was peeled and looks like a red date.
Rashi explains, "All peeled fruits נהפך לאדמימות" (turn red).
Peeled or cut fruits turn brown not red.
4) (Bechoros 6a Rashi) סתם סוסים אדומים (horses are usually red)
Highly unusual
The colour of a פרה אדומה was not fire engine red nor red wine red.
There are no red cows and there never was.
.
The cow was brown. The uniqueness of the Para Aduma
was not that it was red. It was unique by being completely
brown, not having two strands of hair in a different colour
other than brown. (white-black)
One might argue and claim it still needs to be a certain shade
of brown (orange or light brown etc,) However, we don't
find in the Rambam qualifying what shade of אדום is כשר.
Assuming אדומה is brown there is no reason to insist it to
be a specific shade.
Perhaps, instead of a "red heifer" it should be translated a "brown cow"
Monday, June 29, 2020
The Holy Bible (Old Testament)
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Burning Of The Talmud -Parshas Chukas
24 wagon loads of
the Talmud burnt
In the year 1244 עש"ק פרשת חקת, - Twenty four wagon loads
of the Talmud was burnt in the main square of Paris.
R. Yechiel of Paris had a student named Nicholas Donin שר"י,
who became a משומד.
He went to the pope accusing the Talmud of being against
the נוצרים & אותו האיש.
R. Yechiel of Paris and R. Moshe miKutzi (סמ"ג) tried to
defend the Talmud but to no success.
After the burning of the Talmud, R. Yechiel of Paris
moved to עכו. Hence the first of the Ba’alei
Tosfos in Eretz Yisroel.
The Maharam Mi Rottenberg wrote a קינה about the burning
of the Talmud. Ashkenazim say this קינה on Tisha B'av
(שאלי שרופה באש -קינה מ"א)
One of the powerful stanzas of the קינה.
In the year 1244 עש"ק פרשת חקת, - Twenty four wagon loads
of the Talmud was burnt in the main square of Paris.
R. Yechiel of Paris had a student named Nicholas Donin שר"י,
who became a משומד.
He went to the pope accusing the Talmud of being against
the נוצרים & אותו האיש.
R. Yechiel of Paris and R. Moshe miKutzi (סמ"ג) tried to
defend the Talmud but to no success.
After the burning of the Talmud, R. Yechiel of Paris
moved to עכו. Hence the first of the Ba’alei
Tosfos in Eretz Yisroel.
The Maharam Mi Rottenberg wrote a קינה about the burning
of the Talmud. Ashkenazim say this קינה on Tisha B'av
(שאלי שרופה באש -קינה מ"א)
One of the powerful stanzas of the קינה.
אוריד דמעות עדי יהיו כנחל ויגיעו לקברות
שני אציליך משה ואהרן
בהר ההר ואשאל היש תורה חדשה בכן נשרפו גליליך
בהר ההר ואשאל היש תורה חדשה בכן נשרפו גליליך
"I will shed tears until they flow like a river and reach the
graves of your two princes Moishe & Aaron who are resting
on the mountain of Hor.
And I will ask them, Is there a Torah that is new and therefore
your scrolls have been burnt"
R.Hillel Verona* writes the Talmud was burnt on the exact
same square, the opponents of the Rambam burned the
Moreh Nevuchim a few years earlier.
They now had realized that they had wronged the Rambam.
*Talmid of R. Yonah who was originally an opponent of the Rambam.
Friday, June 26, 2020
.Did the sing the שיר של יום?
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Gemoro Medicines -Daf Yomi
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The 10 composers
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Monday, June 22, 2020
מחלוקת is beautiful
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
Parshas Shelach The Secular Zionist
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👀Did you know? (178) -Parshas Shelach
TAKE A L👀K
There are some Rishonim* who
hold that every time
one looks at his ציצית, he is
מקיים מצוות עשה דאורייתא
of וראיתם אותו.
It seems from some Poskim
that this Mitzvah can
be performed even by looking
at ציצית worn by others.
*סמ"ק,ריב"ש,רשב"ץ ועוד
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
The Amukah Prank
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DID YOU KNOW? (219)
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
RIDDLE:
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Monday, June 15, 2020
DAF HASHAVUA-1000 ALEPHS
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Friday, June 12, 2020
What about the rest of חזרת הש"ץ?
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
are you allowed to talk during חזרת הש"ץ?
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What fast are we talking about
which fast ?
When do males start fasting from age 18 years and older and females from age 15 years and older ?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Samsung Galaxy Buds With Wireless Charging Case
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Samsung Galaxy Buds With Wireless Charging Case
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