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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.
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The singing of sailors
“R. Huna said: The singing of sailors and ploughmen is permitted, but that of weavers is prohibited. R. Huna abolished singing, and a hundred geese were priced at a zuz and a hundred se'ahs of wheat at a zuz and there was no demand for them [even at that price]; R. Hisda came and [ordered R. Huna's edict to be] disregarded, and a goose was required [even at the high price of] a zuz but was not to be found. R. Joseph said: When men sing and women join in it is licentiousness; when women sing and men join in it is like fire in tow. For what practical purpose is this mentioned? — To abolish the latter before the former.”
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