tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post4383031688663167086..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Loaf and the PebbleChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-86924840847048808922010-04-13T22:53:30.321-04:002010-04-13T22:53:30.321-04:00Chana,
I realize now that I should not have state...Chana,<br /><br />I realize now that I should not have stated my opinion in absolute terms. As you pointed out, it is not certain that there was a second pharaoh who succeeded the first one. In particular, I erred in overlooking the fact that the Torah does not say that the first pharaoh ever died.<br /><br />I still believe that the pshat is that a new pharaoh came to power. However, I realize that this reading is not perforce true, and that there are certainly other possibilities. I reached my conclusion in haste, and for that I apologize.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934955247533464768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-15573958225327631052010-04-03T22:33:10.009-04:002010-04-03T22:33:10.009-04:00Jonathan 8:04,
See the Midrash (or Rashi) for the...Jonathan 8:04,<br /><br />See the Midrash (or Rashi) for the point of view which suggests that it was indeed the same Pharaoh.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-38722625068990535892010-04-02T20:04:46.595-04:002010-04-02T20:04:46.595-04:00Very interesting and insightful. However, the Pha...Very interesting and insightful. However, the Pharaoh who enslaves the Jews is definitely not the one who makes Joseph viceroy. This is clear in Exodus 1:8: "A new king arose in Egypt, who did not know Joseph."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934955247533464768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-50332172274643900852010-03-25T10:23:21.154-04:002010-03-25T10:23:21.154-04:00Is that where the custom of decorating challot wit...Is that where the custom of decorating challot with black(poppy) or white (sesame) pebbles?Noam the Preachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-53481675639180717122010-03-24T22:53:39.472-04:002010-03-24T22:53:39.472-04:00from a pshat lover... this is INCREDIBLE!from a pshat lover... this is INCREDIBLE!Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16805660481029459851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-18964570362193329222010-03-24T11:46:19.839-04:002010-03-24T11:46:19.839-04:00very nice, i don't think i'll ever look at...very nice, i don't think i'll ever look at bread and pebbles the same way againSteg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-4946124173296652162010-03-24T00:48:10.118-04:002010-03-24T00:48:10.118-04:00Approvingly your article helped me terribly much i...Approvingly your article helped me terribly much in my college assignment. Hats afar to you enter, wish look audacious for the duration of more interdependent articles without delay as its united of my choice topic to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-35386287869488535172010-03-24T00:00:37.370-04:002010-03-24T00:00:37.370-04:00Beautiful. What's interesting is that in all t...Beautiful. What's interesting is that in all these examples by the laws of nature ( Al Pi Teva ) none of these things should have happened - The fall of an incredible warrior like Goliat by a teenager, the crumbling of the huge statue, or the overcoming of The great empire by a collection of disorganized slave laborers. So what this beautiful dvar torah seems to illustrate is the fact that so long as Am Yisrael Clings to Hashem and Torah (pebble and bread) it is beyond the rules of Al Pi Teva. And when it does not, it is left to the laws of nature in a world with Goliats and Par'os. Of course, the dream of Nevuchadnezar as interpreted by Daniel, shows that eventually Am Yisrael will reach it's Zenith and this will be an everlasting blessing on the world since all nations will come to pray at the Beit Hamikdash (as per Shlomo Hamelechs inaugural prayer, and since the knowledge of God ( not just the faith but the "knowledge of Hahsem) will be in all the world (bimhera beyameynu). Thank you for the beautiful dvar Torah.Dunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942871543480266918noreply@blogger.com