http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2007/07/30/rav-yosef-the-persians-and-the-15th-of-av/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rav-yosef-the-persians-and-the-15th-of-av Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2007/07/30/rav-yosef-the-persians-and-the-15th-of-av/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Reb Yudel Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:24:44 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=280#comment-22 Given that at the statements are attributed to tana'im, I would wonder whether the reference is not to actual Persian practices, but rather to practices which Roman culture attributed to Persians. (cf "French kisses" and "French letters" in English usage.) You might want to be referencing Latin sources, then, rather than Persian ones. Given that at the statements are attributed to tana’im, I would wonder whether the reference is not to actual Persian practices, but rather to practices which Roman culture attributed to Persians. (cf “French kisses” and “French letters” in English usage.) You might want to be referencing Latin sources, then, rather than Persian ones.

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