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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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Console console My people

Shabbos Nachamu must be the most beautiful shabbos in the Jewish calendar. We’ve mourned and felt sorry for ourselves, which we do rather well, for the last three weeks, spent some time on the floor and lamented our losses and suffering and now comes the time to get off the ground,dust ourselves down and dream of greater things to come.

With soaring poetry we put our troubles behind us and fortify ourselves with visions of a harmonious nature and invigorated spirit.

And for that, few beat Isaiah once he gets going.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain (Isaiah 40:3)

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:39)

What a tonic in these days of strife!

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    "IF YOU TICKLE US"
    HE SAID TO ME,HE WRITES ABOUT YOU.
    MY BLOG SITE IS:
    GABYLOCKSWORLD.BLOGSPOT.COM
    I WRITE VERY TO THE POINT AND DON'T
    LIKE YOU TO GO ON FOR EVER AND EVER.
    ALSO I WRITE MY NAME
    I AM NOT IN PRISON LIKE YOU
    AND THE REST OF THE STAMFORD-HILL CROWD.

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  2. Anonymous18 August, 2011 22:02

    Looks like the Lock learned in Pinter's schools. That explains his lack of English (and Yiddish).

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  3. Muntazir mehdi31 May, 2021 09:50

    great then share him m blog Lawyers blog

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