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Daily Archives: July 28, 2008
Falling Into Sin
I heard a lot of perplexing things during two years of Daf Yomi but none more perplexing than the case of the man who fell off a roof and into sex with a woman. What an acrobat, I thought. Then there’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbi, daf yomi, interpolations, Marc B. Shapiro, r joseph, rsquo
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‘Noah Feldman May Be Very Smart, But He Isn’t Very Wise’
Marc B. Shapiro writes: Professor Isadore Twersky once mentioned in class that although this book’s title should have mentioned Maimonides, in 1929 Harvard University Press would not publish a book with such a title. In this regard, he also called … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Noah Feldman
Tagged doctoral dissertation, harvard university press, hebrew book, jewish thinker, Marc B. Shapiro, Noah Feldman
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The Modern Orthodox Intellectual
I find it really tiresome in Modern Orthodox life how its rabbis go about picking on Artscroll (a hugely succesful chareidi press) for the tiniest of mistakes. Another symptom of this is when Modern Orthodox rabbis go off on Agriprocessors. … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox
Tagged leaps of faith, Marc B. Shapiro, rabbi yitzchak etshalom, slaughter house, tender souls, yeshiva world
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The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – A Book To Put You Off Judaism
One of the first Jewish books I studied was the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Marc B. Shapiro writes: "When I was young everyone seemed to study it. It has been reprinted numerous times and also translated into many languages. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged encyclopedia judaica, halakhah, jewish books, kitzur shulchan aruch, Marc B. Shapiro
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Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters
Marc B. Shapiro has a new book out: "Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters" Included in the book is a short "Note on Maimonides and Muhammad" following censorship that occurred in his "Islam and the Halakhah," Judaism 42:3 (Summer … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, innocent mistake, Marc B. Shapiro, political correctness, precarious state, salman rushdie
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