The recent Danish cartoon controversy is a good excuse to be a bit blasphemous, or at least talk about it a bit. Well-known is the story from Leviticus, “And the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of [...]
Dan at Seforim has an interesting piece on Tu Beshevat.
I always wondered about the origins of the word “פרווה/parve/pareve” in the sense of neither meat nor milk. In the Talmud a food in this state is described as דגים שעלו בקערה (“fish that have been put on the plate”) and the question is raised whether it is permitted to eat these fish which have [...]
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