Showing posts with label lost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lost. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 October 2013

shekalim 5

when does something become Temple property?
when it is given, or when it is received?
- what if it never made it?

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

shabbat 69

circle or square

when wandering and lost, should we have the perspective of God or human?

(continuing the discussion about forgetting/not knowing shabbat the talmud discusses what one should do if one is lost and does not know what day of the week it is. Rav Huna says: count 6 days, and designate the 7th as shabbat, following the pattern of creation. R. Hiyya bar Rav says: designate shabbat and then count 6 days, because although Adam was created on day 6, to this primal human's perspective, it's day 1 was shabbat. for english translation of this talmud page, see here)