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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways Is. 55:8 Also, bad jokes

Jerusalem, Israel
Joined March 2008

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    "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding" Louis Brandeis

  2. One may not raise small animals in Israel, or raise chickens in Jerusalem 79b

  3. R. Yochanan explains the discrepancy to כבוד הבריות bec he had to carry the sheep on his shoulders 79b

  4. R. Meir: Penalty for stealing & slaughtering an ox is 5x, sheep is 4x, showing the power/value of מלאכה/labor 79b

  5. A גזלן pays what was stolen, a גנב is fined כפל (double) bec feared being caught by man more than feared God 79b

  6. There is one exception to אין שליח לדבר עבירה 79a

  7. "I don't need to be faster than the lion, I just need to be faster than you"

  8. As if individuals haven't had their lives ruined for their own "missteps," recognizes words have consequences

  9. Q: What do you call a joke without a punchline?

  10. Just finished 's thought provoking "The Definition of Anti-Semitism." Highly recommended.

  11. Breaking News: Two Jews agree on something

  12. There's a whole lot of condemnation in the Bible. Even Psalms is replete with calls for God to smite wicked enemies

  13. An important and sobering read, especially critical in the age of narratives.

  14. At least you began with the obligatory "spreads" pun

  15. Just confirmed I'll be speaking at the Young Israel of Stamford (69 Oaklawn Avenue) on Sept 11 at 6pm. Subject:...

  16. I really hope "don't block traffic" counts

  17. If you read Dataclysm you see how much user data OKC itself collected. (A fascinating read, but still...)

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