tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.comments2021-04-29T10:29:38.411-05:00Consider the SourceMichael Koplowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334251239196640565noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-67896429189017988232021-04-29T10:29:38.411-05:002021-04-29T10:29:38.411-05:00A guy in shul when I was growing up mentioned some...A guy in shul when I was growing up mentioned some Italian (-American) children, nothing negative (it was unusual for something positive about non-Jews to be heard there), he just said they looked like angels, and I thought, who do you think posed for those Renaissance paintings?Warren Bursteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851196721637207769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-26581395165180304242019-10-16T19:24:23.417-05:002019-10-16T19:24:23.417-05:00Same idea: "We have no deeds in us. Neither g...Same idea: "We have no deeds in us. Neither good deeds nor bad. What we do is not "within us", not who we are. We are like empty vessels, our past is not etched into us, we stand naked and open, receiving, being shaped and used by Spirit." http://www.neohasid.org/torah/ein_banu/Reb Duvidhttp://neohasid.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-3362549956474700852018-03-13T02:52:48.663-05:002018-03-13T02:52:48.663-05:00thanks for sharing this post! very helpful
تجهیزات...thanks for sharing this post! very helpful<br /><a href="http://irfastfood.ir/" rel="nofollow">تجهیزات فست فود</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409930965159107334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-45733915357059833572017-05-10T08:06:06.598-05:002017-05-10T08:06:06.598-05:00Leland,
Surprising and good to hear from you.
Wh...Leland,<br /><br />Surprising and good to hear from you.<br /><br />When you're talking comparative religion, there's no such thing as saying "l'havdil" too often.<br /><br />I think these gods (or Gods) you mentioned are the same, but I don't know. And I don't actually care. My only point was that the fact that Muslims use "Allah" doesn't mean that they're God is different from any others. It's just the Arabic word for "God."<br /><br />If I were an evil performer of contextomies and a bigot, I'd quote you as saying "I think. But I'm a Baptist." But since I'm not either of those things, I won't quote you as saying that.<br /><br />Thanks for writing.Michael Gilbert-Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705405930339623649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-56085561203665549562017-05-09T21:46:50.124-05:002017-05-09T21:46:50.124-05:00I can't really see any reason to think that th...I can't really see any reason to think that the God of Reconstructionism is the same as the God of Chasidism, or that the God of the Methodists is the same as the God of the Ukrainian Pentecostals. But on the other hand, God is One. L’havdil fits in here somewhere, too, I think. But I'm a Baptist.Leland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-44481047268991443322016-10-12T23:47:17.812-05:002016-10-12T23:47:17.812-05:00Thank you, Michael. Shanah tovah!Thank you, Michael. Shanah tovah!Michael Gilbert-Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00795958258058435709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-45483506620130051592016-10-09T14:11:18.614-05:002016-10-09T14:11:18.614-05:00Shekoach!Shekoach!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-29593042719421061962016-07-20T17:37:19.669-05:002016-07-20T17:37:19.669-05:00I think I would find it hard to say this straightf...I think I would find it hard to say this straightforwardly (rather than ironically).Michael Carasiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-77355714011777050362015-12-20T19:37:57.679-06:002015-12-20T19:37:57.679-06:00Sorry, I meant "nespa," not "neapa....Sorry, I meant "nespa," not "neapa."Michael Gilbert-Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705405930339623649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-5034821004752337912015-12-20T19:36:26.343-06:002015-12-20T19:36:26.343-06:00Might be interesting, Rutheleh. It would need to i...Might be interesting, Rutheleh. It would need to include the college's reaction or nonreaction--wouldn't be much of a project otherwise.<br /><br />BTW, I mentioned National Review because I noticed on Google that they've taken a strong position against the same-God theory. (Shocked shocked shocked, neapa?)Michael Gilbert-Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705405930339623649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-11779222977848005002015-12-20T18:56:24.840-06:002015-12-20T18:56:24.840-06:00You go, Mikeleh.
Someone at Wheaton College (or m...You go, Mikeleh.<br /><br />Someone at Wheaton College (or maybe one of my own students) could take this up as a research project - scan through Wheaton College documents of the last 10 years or so and see if they ever said Jews and Christians worship the same god.ruthbiz@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718978714079616920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-77735739179303041502015-05-29T09:36:40.009-05:002015-05-29T09:36:40.009-05:00Thank you, Fotheringay-Phipps and Milhouse. Keeps ...Thank you, Fotheringay-Phipps and Milhouse. Keeps getting interestinger and interestinger.<br /><br />Greetings to all from Ir Haqodesh. Went to a wedding earlier today. Very nice, as we Orthos say when we can't think of anything else to say. But in point of fact it actually <i><b>****was****</b></i> very nice.Mike Koplowhttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-84942917114515843202015-05-29T06:04:16.587-05:002015-05-29T06:04:16.587-05:00The prophet was Nachum, but in the Mishna there ar...The prophet was Nachum, but in the Mishna there are several men by this name, and it is always Nochum with a komatz.Milhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350874508580081286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-20479997618785454852015-05-26T15:56:37.515-05:002015-05-26T15:56:37.515-05:00Odd thing is that the Targum (Aramaic) of Nachum i...Odd thing is that the Targum (Aramaic) of Nachum is Nochum.<br /><br />Questions are 1) why is that? and 2) how likely is it that this produced the common pronunciation?Fotheringay-Phippsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-29065610084487369022015-05-26T09:30:16.390-05:002015-05-26T09:30:16.390-05:00lethargic-man, I was going to try to say something...lethargic-man, I was going to try to say something with my usual fake erudition about your quandary. Instead, I'll just say that if it was me, I'd continue using "Nokhem" (except when reading a Hebrew text). You could make it a conversational item some time, I guess.M. Qopelowhttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-2241148084574213262015-05-21T19:37:12.652-05:002015-05-21T19:37:12.652-05:00I sure do know your name, Michael Grant. That biz ...I sure do know your name, Michael Grant. That biz about addressing you by your first name was meant to be funny. But I've got no Facebook friends any more. I de-Facebooked myself after getting sick and tired of my moralistic scolding schoolmarm persona, as well as the namecalling babytalk of some of my other friends and their friends.This MQ guy doesn't stop blabberinghttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-79614709409512429132015-05-21T15:48:02.261-05:002015-05-21T15:48:02.261-05:00You know who I am, we're friends on Facebook! ...You know who I am, we're friends on Facebook! (And if you've forgotten, my name is an anagram of "Lethargic Man".)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-10564390794544357482015-05-21T08:02:46.924-05:002015-05-21T08:02:46.924-05:00By "that first comment" meant my first c...By "that first comment" meant my first comment on your comment, not your comment, which was in fact the first comment. Whatever.Vey'z mir, this guy againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-89452942794188502662015-05-21T08:01:05.384-05:002015-05-21T08:01:05.384-05:00Lethargic (if I may address you by your first name...Lethargic (if I may address you by your first name even though we haven't been formally intro'd), that first comment was hasty and incomplete. Longer comment will probably take the form of another post.Miqe Qopelow againhttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-43274617148569753292015-05-21T05:51:45.196-05:002015-05-21T05:51:45.196-05:00Identity crisis! But keep in mind that according t...Identity crisis! But keep in mind that according to Weinreich (and who are we to argue with him when it comes to this stuff?), this is rule governed, just like language is supposed to be, not counting the exceptions to the rules.Miqe Qopelowhttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-63844848982472875562015-05-21T01:05:58.937-05:002015-05-21T01:05:58.937-05:00Oh, I'm called נחום myself in Hebrew, and use ...Oh, I'm called נחום myself in Hebrew, and use the Ashkenazi pronunciation, and had never realised the first vowel wasn't a קמץ. I'm going to have to go away and think about whether I need to change the way I pronounce my own name!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-10303096090731976552013-12-18T04:48:31.875-06:002013-12-18T04:48:31.875-06:00Very good point, Steve. I hadn't thought about...Very good point, Steve. I hadn't thought about that part of it. If I remember, I'll include that in ver. 2014.Mike Koplowhttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-18325122072729883882013-12-15T13:36:42.404-06:002013-12-15T13:36:42.404-06:00As a former neighbor, I appreciated your neighborl...As a former neighbor, I appreciated your neighborliness in shoveling the walks. I'd like to add one observation: In a Jewish neighborhood, there tends to be significantly increased foot traffic on Shabbat, no matter the weather, for obvious reasons. There are two types of foot traffic. They type you referred to, that walks on the sidewalk and compacts the unshoveled snow. The other type eschews the sidewalk and walks in the street, which I consider to be fairly crazy, considering that car traffic is slipping and sliding all over the place. Shoveling the walks enables the street-walking traffic to walk more safely on the sidewalk.Steve Froikinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652779920175225879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-12529659811867426592013-11-13T04:47:33.777-06:002013-11-13T04:47:33.777-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michael Gilbert-Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705405930339623649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27544716.post-35151995156242775262013-11-13T04:45:57.534-06:002013-11-13T04:45:57.534-06:00Thank you, N. Seidman. Food for thought.Thank you, N. Seidman. Food for thought.Michael Gilbert-Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705405930339623649noreply@blogger.com