Analogy Time
A good question-answer pair is like collaborative problem solving.
The asker has a big puzzle they are trying to solve, and are stuck on some part of it.
A good question will explain what it's trying to achieve as well as the specific problem they are currently facing ...
Attempting to prove to me that Judaism is the only true religion, a friend of mine read to me from a book titled, The Coming Revolution, that the Zohar (a 2nd/3rd century CE commentary on the Torah allegedly written by Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai) uses a highly accurate value for the duration of the ...
Maimonidies (12th Century) puts it at 29.530594. His source is the Talmud (Bavli RH 25a) (~7th century quoting a rabbi from the 2nd century).
(For the curious the precise number is 29 days, 12 hours, and 793/1080 of an hour.)
However, lunar cycles can be calculated pretty accurately even in anc...
Who knows what the meaning of "a thing" is?
פשר דבר - מי יודע?
Kohelet 8:1 expresses uncertainty about the meaning of "a thing":
... וּמִ֥י יוֹדֵ֖עַ פֵּ֣שֶׁר דָּבָ֑ר ...
... and who knows the meaning of "a thing"? ...
Is there a traditional Jewish answer to this apparently age-old q...
Analogy Time
A good question-answer pair is like collaborative problem solving.
The asker has a big puzzle they are trying to solve, and are stuck on some part of it.
A good question will explain what it's trying to achieve as well as the specific problem they are currently facing ...
Maimonidies (12th Century) puts it at 29.530594. His source is the Talmud (Bavli RH 25a) (~7th century quoting a rabbi from the 2nd century).
(For the curious the precise number is 29 days, 12 hours, and 793/1080 of an hour.)
However, lunar cycles can be calculated pretty accurately even in anc...
Who knows what the meaning of "a thing" is?
פשר דבר - מי יודע?
Kohelet 8:1 expresses uncertainty about the meaning of "a thing":
... וּמִ֥י יוֹדֵ֖עַ פֵּ֣שֶׁר דָּבָ֑ר ...
... and who knows the meaning of "a thing"? ...
Is there a traditional Jewish answer to this apparently age-old q...
Rabbi Shushan Habira on his website says that the Special K is a symbol specific to Purim and thus is only Kosher on that day.
