tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post5259285323186286651..comments2023-10-22T09:19:57.342-04:00Comments on אישים ושיטות: Taking a page out of R' Slifkin's bookWolf2191http://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-52264061912612446302008-06-17T14:02:00.000-04:002008-06-17T14:02:00.000-04:00According to this explanation of the verse in Told...According to this explanation of the verse in Toldot, wouldn't "tzayid" have to be vocalized "tzeid"? The ta'amim are also wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-85236147282137632182008-06-12T22:52:00.000-04:002008-06-12T22:52:00.000-04:00>IIRC he interprets it as an orangutan?In the Yoch...>IIRC he interprets it as an orangutan?<BR/><BR/>In the Yochin. But he "apologises" for chazal in the Boaz.<BR/><BR/>>R. Slifkin discusses the Adnei ha-sadeh is chapter 14 - "Vegetable Men and Tree Geese" - in his Sacred Monsters book.<BR/><BR/>Thanks a lot. Does he mention the Mandrake?<BR/><BR/>>R' Shimon Schwab...<BR/><BR/>I don't get that. The Mishna is deciding the Halachic status... of a metaphorWolf2191https://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-18146395309240652592008-06-12T17:10:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:10:00.000-04:00>Tiferes Yisrael who accepts the reality of itIIRC...>Tiferes Yisrael who accepts the reality of it<BR/><BR/>IIRC he interprets it as an orangutan?Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-76723322756624178502008-06-11T08:49:00.000-04:002008-06-11T08:49:00.000-04:00Oh, and I think that Josephus got that bit about t...Oh, and I think that Josephus got that bit about the mandrake from Harry Potter.Frum Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815538809825229710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-9644159271026304902008-06-11T08:48:00.000-04:002008-06-11T08:48:00.000-04:00R. Slifkin discusses the Adnei ha-sadeh is chapter...R. Slifkin discusses the Adnei ha-sadeh is chapter 14 - "Vegetable Men and Tree Geese" - in his Sacred Monsters book. He mentions the two passages in Kilayim, then quotes Ohr Zarua, the Gra, and Midrash Tanchuma on this creature. He segues from this into vegetable lambs (see http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/Probe/v2n3/legend.html)<BR/>as a possible source of this legend. Other opinions include: R. Shimon Schwab who says that adnei ha-sadeh is a metaphor, the Tiferes Yisrael who accepts the reality of it, Malbim and Rambam who suggest that it refers to apes, R. Daniel Sperber who conjectures that the text of the gemara changed from "field" to "navel" (tur to tavur: single vav to double vav to beis).Frum Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815538809825229710noreply@blogger.com