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A Grating Lack of Grammar

Know what makes me sad? When some Jews say “Bassar dagim vechagavim”.

As in Mishna Chulin 8:1:

כל הבשר אסור לבשל בחלב, חוץ מבשר דגים וחגבים. ואסור להעלותו עם הגבינה על השלחן, חוץ מבשר דגים וחגבים. הנודר מן הבשר, מתר בבשר דגים וחגבים. העוף עולה עם הגבינה…

Find translation here.

It’s not “Mebassar dagim vechagavim” but “besar“, the flesh belonging to A and B. As the Mishna continues, unqualified “Basar” does not denote fish and locust at all.

I ask very nicely and kindly. I forgive everything until today; from now on please stop.

 

Krazy Keynes

Ancient Egypt was doubly fortunate, and doubtless owed to this its fabled wealth, in that it possessed two activities, namely, pyramid-building as well as the search for the precious metals, the fruits of which, since they could not serve the needs of man by being consumed, did not stale with abundance. The Middle Ages built cathedrals and sang dirges. Two pyramids, two masses for the dead, are twice as good as one; but not so two railways from London to York. Thus we are so sensible, have schooled ourselves to so close a semblance of prudent financiers, taking careful thought before we add to the “financial” burdens of posterity by building them houses to live in, that we have no such easy escape from the sufferings of unemployment. We have to accept them as an inevitable result of applying to the conduct of the State the maxims which are best calculated to “enrich” an individual by enabling him to pile up claims to enjoyment which he does not intend to exercise at any definite time.

Source: here.

The Dor Hamidbar had very high unemployment…