tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post2081580039982987526..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: Our Dark AgesJameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-19818620794113949512012-01-20T00:01:46.390+02:002012-01-20T00:01:46.390+02:00When I made aliyah I started reading Israel's ...When I made aliyah I started reading Israel's history so I would know what I missed out on.<br /><br />I was also shocked to learn how much was done by Israel, and how much thrived here. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out that most of it was done in the North.<br /><br /><br />As for speaking only Hebrew on shabbat, what does that mean exactly? Does it mean they were silent monks except for davening and reading Torah?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-57268483987494264532012-01-19T21:14:11.750+02:002012-01-19T21:14:11.750+02:00Thank you, Reb Chaim HaQoton, bookmarked.Thank you, Reb Chaim HaQoton, bookmarked.Juniper in the Deserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708630426785072160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-56888186603238916002012-01-19T20:43:12.418+02:002012-01-19T20:43:12.418+02:00About speaking Loshon HaQodesh on Shabbos, I remem...About speaking Loshon HaQodesh on Shabbos, I remember seeing this mentioned as something that the group associated with the Arizal did. I think it is mentioned in Sefer Chareidim (written by Rav Elazar Azkiri), but I don't remember exactly where. Regarding the history of Loshon HaQodesh, you might be interested in a paper I wrote about the subject which you can read here: <a href="http://independent.academia.edu/RudolphKlein/Papers/728250/The_History_of_Loshon_HaQodesh" rel="nofollow"> The History of Loshon HaQodesh</a>.Reuven Chaim Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836805247888732019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-45980799507850224462012-01-19T20:35:50.003+02:002012-01-19T20:35:50.003+02:00Rabbi Michael Tzadok:
Hebrew was a spoken languag...Rabbi Michael Tzadok:<br /><br />Hebrew was a spoken language in yeshivot, at least on Shabbat for some? Would you provide more details?Shmildanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-48933398774606786662012-01-19T20:17:31.762+02:002012-01-19T20:17:31.762+02:00Nachum: I knew about this, and yet I still had no ...Nachum: I knew about this, and yet I still had no idea how much we're influenced by it. For example, I always thought our halacha came only from the Babylonian Talmud.<br /><br />Rabbi Michael Tzadok: In their defense, the early Zionists came before the research of the Cairo Genizah started. Even today we still have no idea what's still hiding there. Also, Zionism is not just about making Aliyah, it's about having a Jewish country. The Jews who lived here throughout the ages were not living in a Jewish country and saw themselves as living in Exile.<br /><br />Reb Chaim HaQoton: I'd love to find out everybody already knows this.Orahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795978245007434031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-78408633482647636862012-01-19T19:56:42.688+02:002012-01-19T19:56:42.688+02:00I don't see the חידוש in all of this?I don't see the חידוש in all of this?Reuven Chaim Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836805247888732019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-63402962637801599102012-01-19T18:28:45.928+02:002012-01-19T18:28:45.928+02:00May I suggest that is more than a bit counter to Z...May I suggest that is more than a bit counter to Zionist Romanticism, its counter productive to the Zionist cause. The whole point is that for the first time in over a 1000 yrs Jews are once again in the land, that's the propaganda that the Zionsit movement built is financial appeal, and thus its very essence on.<br /><br />You think you are the first one to do one of those clips, sound bites, ect that found out that there were Jews living hear all along? Of course not. You're just one of the few who are honest enough to let the project fall apart under the weight of its inaccuracy.<br /><br />I remember the horrified look on my Ulpan teachers face when I offered documentary proof that Hebrew was spoken in the Yeshivot here, and used exclusively by several communities as their Shabbat language. Didn't I know that Hebrew was dead until Ben Yehuda revived it? Didn't I know how monumental that was? How dare I challenge that no matter what some old books said.Rabbi Michael Tzadokhttp://mekubal.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-52865316007738807752012-01-19T16:50:47.640+02:002012-01-19T16:50:47.640+02:00Nachum: Correct - but no one learns about life in ...Nachum: Correct - but no one learns about life in Israel during that period.Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-72528370678999671812012-01-19T16:12:54.087+02:002012-01-19T16:12:54.087+02:00Sure. The Yerushalmi, the Tosefta, pretty much all...Sure. The Yerushalmi, the Tosefta, pretty much all the Midrashim, the Masoretes, the Shulchan Aruch, much of the Kabbalah...lots was going on in Israel. There were waves of Aliyah every hundred years or so starting in the 1200's at least.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.com