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5:43 AM
@alex perhaps tosfos avodah zarah 8b’d be of interest to you based on your last answer.
 
@Dr.Shmuel Indeed. There's also Tosafos Shabbos 15a which challenges the whole idea.
 
6:34 AM
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Q: Why specifically branches as firewood on the Altar?

Isaac MosesIn Tamid 2:3, the Mishna tells us that the kohanim would bring גִזְרִין - logs - every morning to serve as the fuel for the fire on the Altar. It goes on to report that most types of wood are eligible, but that בְּאֵלּוּ רְגִילִין, בְּמֻרְבִּיּוֹת שֶׁל תְּאֵנָה וְשֶׁל אֱגוֹז וְשֶׁל עֵץ שָׁמֶן...

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Q: Do they change the text of the seder in Israel?

Maurice MizrahiAt the seder, we recide Ha Lachma and say: הָשַׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל -- This year we are here, next year in the Land of Israel. Do they say that in Israel?

 
6:51 AM
Yes Maharsha notes that.
@Alex I was actually referring to ד׳ה אלא, not מלמד. But I guess you have prior familiarity regardless.
 
7:11 AM
@Dr.Shmuel I figured.
 
 
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2:10 PM
Can someone help explain the reality that the tashbetz is describing here: על כן נ"ל דנוז אינו שזור אלא שיהי' פתול בשעת טוייה כדרך שתי וערב של בגדים לאפוקי שנמשך החוט בלי פתול כדרך עושה חגורות וארוג נפקא לן מדכתי' יחדו Is he talking about wrapping one string around another?
 
 
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7:51 PM
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Q: How did Beeri the Hittite come up with naming his daughter Yehudit?

Al Berko וַיְהִי עֵשָׂו בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה אֶת־יְהוּדִית בַּת־בְּאֵרִי הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־בָּשְׂמַת בַּת־אֵילֹן הַחִתִּי׃ When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite; (Gen 26) The Hittites wer...

 

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