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You Rejoice – though not Me: Some Notes on bMeg 10b and its Parallels

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Does God rejoice at the downfall of the wicked? Surely He wants the good to prosper and the wicked to perish. Yet, the destruction of God’s own creatures, regardless of some poor choices they may have made in the past, … Continue reading →

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Bar Ilan Talmud Conference Proceedings

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

Back in 2007, I attended a Talmud conference at Bar Ilan University. It was an international meeting, and included a nice variety of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, along with a “continental” Talmudist or two. The proceedings have … Continue reading →

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Sifre Bemidbar, Ed. Kahana!

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

In 1982, when he completed his doctoral dissertation, Menahem Kahana wrote: In the first stages of preparing this dissertation, over a decade ago, I naïvely thought that I could quickly finish the menial work of collecting the material and collating it. … Continue reading →

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