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There is a Jewish nautical mind! Israel after all is a country by the sea. There are well know ancient seaports at its shore. Less well know is the vast store house of laws, philosophy, anecdotes and experience about ships, the sea and the Jewish experience of nautical enterprise that is contained in the Talmud.
This Blog will present that view of the Talmud. This is a project of What If What Next(TM) a Public Relations firm located in Toronto, Canada.
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Howard Oliver
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Tuesday, January 10
The Great Sea Monster The Leviathan - Tractate Baba Bathra 75a
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Howard
on Tue 10 Jan 2006 06:57 PM PST
A chase of Leviathan; for it is said: Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a fish hook? Or press down ... more »
A Remedy for Fever - Shabbath 67a
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Howard
on Tue 10 Jan 2006 06:53 PM PST
For a tertian fever one should obtian seven prickles from seven palm trees, seven chips from seven beams, seven pegs ... more » Sunday, January 1
Divorce – Gittin 7b
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:35 AM PST
Dirt from outside Israel, on a boat in Israeli waters: Gittin 7b
Requiring verification where the Get was brought on ... more »
The singing of sailors
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:35 AM PST
“R. Huna said: The singing of sailors and ploughmen is permitted, but that of weavers is prohibited. R. Huna abolished ... more »
Using the Stars - Horayoth 10a
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:34 AM PST
“Since it is stated, In the house of freedom it must be inferred that until then he was a servant; ... more »
The Wealth of Rabbi Akiba - Nedarim 50a
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:32 AM PST
From six incidents did R. Akiba become rich: From Kalba Shebu'a From a ship's ram. For every ship is provided ... more »
A Sea Tale of R. Gamaliel - Baba Mezi'a 59b R.
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:31 AM PST
"A Tanna taught: Great was the calamity that befell that day, for everything at which R. Eliezer cast his eyes ... more »
The Righteosness of Sailors - Niddah 14a
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:31 AM PST
Camel riders are forbidden to eat terumah. So it was also taught: All camel-drivers are wicked, all sailors are righteous, ... more »
Abraham the Captian - and Baba Basra 200
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:30 AM PST
R. Hanan b. Rabha in the name of Rabh said again: On the day when Abraham our father departed from ... more »
Abraham the Captian - Baba Bathra 91b
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:29 AM PST
R. Hanan b. Raba further said in the name of Rab: On the day when Abraham our father passed away ... more »
Sailors Come from the Tribe of Zebulin - Pesachim 4A
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:29 AM PST
"There was this man who would commonly say: "On the shore of the sea I will establish a palace. They ... more »
The World to Come - Kethuboth 111b
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:28 AM PST
"And of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine. It was inferred: The world to come is not ... more »
Disease - Berakoth 8a
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:28 AM PST
"For it is said: The issues of death, and the numerical value of Toza'oth is so. The worst of them ... more »
Travels of Ravin
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:27 AM PST
"His arrival, along with the rest of the "seafarers" who had travelled from Israel to Bavel" Succah 43b; Niddah 10b... more »
Zeiri's Notebook shabbat 156a
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:01 AM PST
"Zeiri His notebook: Shabbat 156a" "Levi's notebook: Shabbat 156a" These personal compilation of learning and ideas are keep in Yeshivas to this day. This blog is such a "Pinchas" - a modest personal collection of ideas from across the sea of Shas and Tanach. However modest, subjective, error ridden and personally indulgent this effort is dedicated to my boys - Yonatan Simcha and Dov Alexander. Both are experiences sailors and dedicated Bnai Torah. They will get why this is being written. My daugher too - Elana Rachel. We have all sailed the sea of Torah together as well as the Great Canadian Lakes in my sailboat - "The Boat". Appreciation is express for http://www.aishdas.org/webshas/ and their search engine.
Using the Sea Eruvin 8a
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Howard
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:00 AM PST
Mareimar didn't permit the people of Sura to consider the sea an enclosure for their alleys, lest the sea deposit sufficient silt to create land:
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