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Of Making Many Books

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end (Ecclesiastes 12:12) A pdf version of this essay  can be downloaded here [*] Years in brackets refer to an individual’s or book author’s year of birth Thought experiment for the day: Anyone born 1945 would be pushing towards 80 and mostly past their prime. So name any Charedi sefer written by someone born post war that has or is likely to enter the canon, be it haloche, lomdus, al hatorah or mussar. Single one will do for now — IfYouTickleUs (@ifyoutickleus) July 27, 2022 A tweet in the summer which gained some traction asked for a book by an author born from 1945 onwards that has entered the Torah and rabbinic canon or is heading in that direction. I didn't exactly phrase it this way and some quibbled about 'canonisation'. The word does indeed have a precise meaning though in its popular use it has no narrow definition. Canonisation, or ‘entering the canon’ is generally understood to
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Where’s Hillary?

Spot the difference:

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© The White House

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© Di Tzeitung (a Brooklyn chasidic weekly)

(Credit: Circus Tent)

This on the other hand is perfectly kosher

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  1. Anonymous09 May, 2011 17:27

    Surely you cant compare the two. If someone sees a woman drowning one is called a chasid shote for not saving her. This 'great' rebbe has his chasidim in prison, (some died there and some have just been released), surely he is allowed to do his best to get them out. And if it means having a photo with Mrs Clinton its not worse than seeing a woman drowning. You must also remember this 'great' rebbe was the one who said on shabbos in his Torah that Bin Laden would be caught the next day. How can you even question his motives. This is not a pinter youre talking about. A bit of derech erez is called for. Aren't you even scared to attack him seeing that he knows what goes on in heaven. Surely you dont think a person on his great madrega even looked at Mrs Clinton. Like the gemoro says he imagined her like a piece of wood on his shoulders when carrying a kalla.

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  2. The Bray of Fundie09 May, 2011 19:54

    you photoshopped the bottom photo right?

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  3. IfYouTickleUs09 May, 2011 20:24

    @BoF Not at all. If you google Clinton New Square you'll find a link to the Bill Clinton library website where there is an etire series of photos. He was there to seek a pardon for some of his crooks and Hillary needed him (didn't) to get some of the votes he could obtain for her at shaleshides.

    BTW I just checked out your blog and credit for this story goes to Hirshl at Circus Tent who was first with it. Most blogs pinched his photo too though yours truly went out to get a copy of the paper.

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  4. Mark09 May, 2011 20:24

    Bray - you photoshopped the bottom photo right?

    Looks like someone photoshopped a picture of a woman into the picture. Oy vey!

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  5. Anonymous10 May, 2011 06:22

    'He was there to seek a pardon for some of his crooks'
    Thats not a nice thing to say. The money didnt go to his crooks they all worked 'lshem shomaim' or should I say lshem the rebbe.
    He was the one who enjoyed the proceeds while his chasidim rotted in prison.

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  6. IfYouTickleUs10 May, 2011 18:05

    I wouldn't be so sure that they didn't benefit at all. But even if you're right, still ein sholiach lidvar aveiro.

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  7. Anonymous10 May, 2011 18:22

    This aint an aveiro. To make the rebbe rich!

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