Down The Rabbi Hole

By: Elli Fischer
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  • Deep dives into forgotten corners of Jewish culture and social, material, and intellectual history.
    Elli Fischer
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Judaism Spirituality
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  • Picking up the Pieces: On the Oven of Akhnai

    Picking up the Pieces: On the Oven of Akhnai
    Apr 26 2024
    Some thoughts and ideas on the famous story of the Oven of Akhnai, which appears in tomorrow's Daf (Bava Metzia 59)
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    59 mins
  • Some Thoughts on the Purim Story and Senator Lieberman zt"l

    Some Thoughts on the Purim Story and Senator Lieberman zt"l
    Apr 2 2024

    An idea developed by the Ketav Sofer on Megillat Esther resonates with something that appeared in Daf Yomi a few days ago and with the life and legacy of Senator Joe Lieberman.

    The idea of the Ketav Sofer appears here: https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14083&pgnum=337

    The idea that emerges on Bava Metzia 32b is here: Rashi s.v. אי אמרת https://shas.alhatorah.org/Full/Bava_Metzia/32b.9#e0n6

    The link to Rabbi Ethan Tucker's eulogy for Senator Lieberman is here: https://www.youtube.com/live/_NTVjFB_FnU?si=8fu-kCINHVPhlHnc&t=5515
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    38 mins
  • Radbaz vol. 1, no. 40 - Ransoming Captives

    Radbaz vol. 1, no. 40 - Ransoming Captives
    Dec 20 2023
    Radbaz, R. David Ibn Abu Zimra, addresses the question of what constitutes 'overpaying' to ransom a Jewish captive. This episode gets into the economic and political realities of the 16th century in the Mediterranean basin, including the burgeoning slave trade, and the resulting attention to the great mitzvah of pidyon shevuyim, ransoming captives. Here's a link to the responsum: https://www.sefaria.org/Teshuvot_HaRadbaz_Volume_1.40.1?lang=bi And here's a link to the first part of my series on Rav Ovadiah Yosef's teshuvah on the Entebbe hostages: https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary-israel/14972/rabbi-ovadia-yosefs-and-the-halakhot-of-hostages-part-i/
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    57 mins

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