העורך Editor

On leaving the doorway of one’s home wearing Tallis and Tefillin VERSUS getting to shul early (and among the first ten worshippers).

UPDATE: Here it is.

They don’t have a known email address, but…

1. Some organizations have a question form on “Nedarim Plus”.
2. Some speakers on Kol Halashon grant the option to ask them a question on Kol Halashon (the new site, anyway).

I wouldn’t automatically assume the question went through, or that it’s kept private, however.

קרי “גדולי” ישראל, עם שלטים מלאים במ”מ, וכינויי גנאי מהש”ס.

I asked Perplexity AI to remix the Tosefta into a rhyme.

Unedited:

In halls of Torah, warriors clash,
Their words like swords, a verbal bash.
Rabbi Yose and Akiva, fierce,
Their arguments, the air they pierce.

A cow that drank, then met its fate,
Pure or impure? A grand debate.
Yose says clean, Akiva not,
Tarfon joins in, the plot gets hot.

Akiva’s might, at first prevails,
But Yose’s wisdom never fails.
A new response, he finds with time,
His logic sharp, his words sublime.

Like rams they butt, with horns so strong,
Each sure their view could not be wrong.
But Yose’s answer, clear and bright,
Turns thirty-two elders to his side.

In Lod they gather, wise and old,
Declare the cow pure, Yose is bold.
Akiva’s strength, once thought supreme,
Now toppled by Yose’s gleam.

So in this clash of Torah might,
Both warriors shine in wisdom’s light.
For in debate, truth often lies,
Where sharpened minds can touch the skies.

Find it here…

(Of course, in the long run, all the good guys are winners and the bad are losers…)