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Feb 19, 2021

lol u would love the talmud then this is only the beginning: we would learn it with several other books full of hundreds of commentaries that disagreed with commentaries on the side of the commentaries in the talmud

Hormeze

@hormeze

Feb 19, 2021

this page is a giant argument about what time morning prayers should be

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@QiaochuYuan

Feb 19, 2021

glorious. honestly i think i would make a great rabbinical scholar. think i tweeted something like this in a previous discussion too lol

Hormeze

@hormeze

Feb 19, 2021

i genuinely think so too! (tho u would have to get around the pesky detail of the death penalty lol)

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@QiaochuYuan

Feb 19, 2021

the death penalty for what 😨

Hormeze

@hormeze

Feb 19, 2021

there are sections of the talmud where it is said that gentiles must be put to death for reading it (lol also that it must be burned before a woman reads it)

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@QiaochuYuan

Feb 19, 2021

oh dear hmm don't koreans study talmud nowadays tho?

timesofisrael.com

Talmud-inspired learning craze sweeps South Korea

Some think the key to unlocking academic success can be found in Jewish approaches to education, leading to the establishment of dozens of chavruta-themed institutions

Hormeze

@hormeze

Feb 19, 2021

oooo my favorite part of this article is that chavrusa style learning is spreading

QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

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@QiaochuYuan

Feb 19, 2021

it does seem like more fun than most of the alternatives!

Hormeze

@hormeze

Feb 19, 2021

this connects to ur tweet about google docs and reading- reading as a collaborative activity

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google docs chavrusa (chavruta?) 💪

9:47 PM · Feb 19, 2021Twitter for iPad

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yesss (re pronunciation as usual it depends who u ask, i have sefardi mother and Ashkenazi father so i kinda just switch between the two depending on context)