tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post7412362296043518938..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Tu b'Av - The Fifteenth of AvThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-10831263026656794012009-08-09T14:18:11.071-04:002009-08-09T14:18:11.071-04:00Talmid-
I meant that they could be back-dating Yif...Talmid-<br />I meant that they could be back-dating Yiftach (and therefore his mother) to the period of the gezeirah.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-71102775220321084332009-08-07T16:13:52.722-04:002009-08-07T16:13:52.722-04:00What does superannuation have to do with Yiftach&#...What does superannuation have to do with Yiftach's mother being from a different shevet than his father? (And please use simpler words- I had to consult a dictionary, which is too Gush-esqe for me!)The Talmidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864554535184476585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-246252197649168742009-08-06T12:56:16.720-04:002009-08-06T12:56:16.720-04:00Talmid-
I understand the problem, but look at Rada...Talmid-<br />I understand the problem, but look at Radak's words. It would not be the first time we assumed superannuation for a shofet.<br /><br />Shorty-<br />Dunno. More likely it's just people using cultural shorthand.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-22910271997875419822009-08-05T08:47:38.763-04:002009-08-05T08:47:38.763-04:00so which came first Valentine's day or Tu B...so which came first Valentine's day or Tu B'Av<br /><br />the reason i am asking is because everything is call it the Jewish Valentine's day.<br /><br />so i am wondering if Valentine's day is actually the goy Tu b'Av!Shortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195198876287540850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-80177887803998198402009-08-04T22:34:23.827-04:002009-08-04T22:34:23.827-04:00Taanis 30b says the gzeirah was for the generation...Taanis 30b says the gzeirah was for the generation of bnos tzlofchad, but later generations may marry outside their shevet. Yiftach was a couple hundred years later, wasn't he?<br />Shoftim were Osniel<br />Ehud<br />Shamgar<br />Devorah<br />Gidon<br />Avimelech<br />Tola<br />Yair <br />Yiftach. After Yiftach was Ivtzan, who was Boaz. We know who his great-grandson (how many greats?) was.<br />(David, for those who don't remember.)The Talmidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864554535184476585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-88762098163597440722009-08-04T22:25:17.259-04:002009-08-04T22:25:17.259-04:00Michael-
I don't recall seeing a connection an...Michael-<br />I don't recall seeing a connection anywhere, but I'm sure there is one, much as some connect Pesach and Succos on those grounds (aside from their other connections).<br /><br />Joel-<br />#1 - Yes, that's why Tosafos is so appealing.<br /><br />#6 - Agreed. Lots more to say on that, at some point.<br /><br />Talmid-<br />Are you sure he's not saying this was before the gezeirah was lifted?<br /><br />Lion-<br />1. Because I don't know what to make of it.<br />2. True, but you know what I meant.<br />3. It's that they recognized the end of the die-off at that point.<br />4. The gemara cites it without elaboration.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-36200998457623128942009-08-04T21:52:49.543-04:002009-08-04T21:52:49.543-04:00shameless plug for my primer on tu be-av:
http://...shameless plug for my primer on tu be-av:<br /><br />http://agmk.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-tu-be-av-festival-of-love.html<br /><br />MICHAEL:<br /><br />a lot of jewish holidays are on the 15th day of the month.<br /><br />RH:<br /><br />come on, how could you leave out my favorite mishnah?<br /><br />"gladdening shadchanim everywhere"<br /><br />in fact, the shadchanim play no role in that mishnah<br /><br />"On Tu b’Av, the die-off of the Desert Generation stopped"<br /><br />didn't it stop earlier?<br /><br />what is the source for no. 5?<br /><br />חג שמחLion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-75625519398047137232009-08-04T19:25:22.620-04:002009-08-04T19:25:22.620-04:00Re #3 - In Israel ,we lained Parshas Chukas (not ...Re #3 - In Israel ,we lained Parshas Chukas (not with Balak) and read the Haftorah of Yiftach - ben Isha zona, one explanation the Radak brings is that his mother was not from the same shevet as Yiftach's father. So we see that many years later there was still some sort of stigma against marrying into another shevet. Do you have any thougts about this?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />A Fellow KBY AlumThe Talmidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864554535184476585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-4790178181447638672009-08-04T12:18:41.709-04:002009-08-04T12:18:41.709-04:00number 1 is hard to chop the metziut (isn't th...number 1 is hard to chop the metziut (isn't the medrash that they dug their graves on 9 av every year?)<br /><br />I love #6 - think of the joy of hard (physical) labor in service of HKB"H. Reminds me of R' N Alpert ZT"L dvar torah on :טו וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב, וְאֶת-הָאָרֶץ כִּי נָעֵמָה; וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֹ לִסְבֹּל, וַיְהִי לְמַס-עֹבֵד. {ס} and the meaning of satisfaction to a Jew<br /><br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-11987912518540077012009-08-04T11:51:41.008-04:002009-08-04T11:51:41.008-04:00Unless I'm counting wrong, Tu B'Av is also...Unless I'm counting wrong, Tu B'Av is also exactly six months away from Tu B'shvat. Is there any significance to that?Michael Kopinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239953045100689630noreply@blogger.com