Go to Our New Site
| Go to Our New Site
|
Read-Only Topic|
Go
|
New
|
Find
|
Notify
|
Tools
|
 |
Gila, Shalom!! Had we been speaking about the time of the first Temple, you would be right. But we're speaking here about the time of the second Temple, when many of the High Priests were removed from office by either the Caesar or by the King that ruled in Judaea during those times, and new High Priests were appointed. The Gemara says that some had actually "bought" their position!! The Jewish mother who raised five sons, all of whom serving as High Priests, was named "Kimchith." She was married to Channan (×—× ×Ÿ), and their five sons were: El'azar, Yonathan, Theophilus, Mathaiah and Channan. Sincerely, David Ben-Abraham |
|||
|
|
|
B"H
Rob, More about Berakhoth 24a. Rashi did not explain to us what was meant there by "A handbreadth is tantamount to a woman's nakedness." However, we find this explanation given by Rabbeinu Hananel in his commentary on Berakhoth: "Wherefore a handbreadth from the [exposed] bare flesh of his wife, where it was ordinarily a custom to have covered, makes it forbidden [unto him] to recite the Qiryath Shema' until she be covered. As for a different woman, even less than a handbreadth where her bare flesh was exposed, [and] where it was fitting to be covered, it is forbidden to read Qiryath Shema' until she be covered." So here we find that the "handbreadth" refers to the bare flesh of a woman, and no more. By the way, when the Gemara speaks about the voice of a woman being tantamount to her nakedness, again, Rabbeinu Hananel explains there that this applies only to when a man wishes to recite the Qiryath Shema', in which case it would be forbidden to do until she ceased from making herself audible. The latter Rabbis have explained the sense as meaning a woman's song. Sincerely, David Ben-Abraham |
|||
|
Technical Support |
Thank you David, do you know what the full story is, i.e. how comes they all became high priests in her lifetime. I'm assuming that none of them bought it, right?
Comments, questions or suggestions for the Global Yeshiva? Please send me a private message. |
|||
|
|
|
B"H
Gila, I cannot say what happened to them all, but we do find an account of the younger Channan in the writings of one of our historians from that period. (see: Antiquities, Book XX, chapter IX, vs. 1) The spellings of names follow the translation used by me, which is not the best. "...Now the report goes that this elder Ananus (Channan)proved a most fortunate man; for he had five sons, who had all performed the office of a high priest to G-d, and he had himself enjoyed that dignity a long time formerly, which had never happened to any other of our high priests; but this younger Ananus (Channan), who, as we have told you already, took the high priesthood, was a bold man in his temper, and very insolent; he was also of the sect of the Sadducees (Tzadukkim) who were very rigid in judging offenders, above all the rest of the Jews, as we have already observed; when, therefore, Ananus (Channan)was of this disposition, he thought he had now a proper opportunity...so he assembled the sanhedrin of the judges..." The narrative goes on there, and speaks about how he had brought to trial certain persons who were guilty of breaking the Law of Moses, and how he had sentenced them to be stoned. Then, the narrative continues: "...but as for those who seemed the most equitable of the citizens, and such as were the most uneasy at the breach of the laws, they disliked what was done; they also sent to the king [Agrippa], desiring him to send to Ananus (Channan) that he should act so no more, for that what he had already done was not to be justified...whereupon, Albinus (the Roman procurator)complied with what they had said, and wrote in anger to Ananus (Channan), and threatened that he would bring him to punishment for what he had done; on which king Agrippa took the high priesthood from him, when he ruled but three months, and made Yashua', the son of Damnai, high priest." This last high priest appointed by Agrippa was succeeded by Yehoshua', the son of Gamla, who is mentioned in Mishnah Yoma 3:10 and Mishnah Yevamoth 6:4, and whose wife, Miriam, the daughter of Boethus, is mentioned in Midrash Rabba (Aicha Rabba). Sincerely, David Ben-Abraham |
|||
|
 |
As it happens a Rabbi made a trip from Europe to Syria about a hundred years ago and compared the Keter Aram Tzova with his own Chumash. He took notes in his Chumash and noted the differences. The chumash disappeared and no one knew what happened to it. Several years ago someone named Mr. Yellin-Mor was renovating his house in Yemin Moshe and discovered the Chumash. He didn't know it's significance or what the notes meant so he brought it to a book dealer who recognized it and its significance. I heard all of this on a tape by Dr. Shneur Leiman, a noted Jewish historian and professor of Jewish history. I believe that Rabbi Mordechai Breuer produced a Chumash and Tikkun based on the keter. |
|||
|
| Previous Topic | Next Topic | powered by eve community | Page 1 2 3 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
|||
| Site | GlobalYeshiva.com | ||
| Servlet | eve1da019 | ||
| Version | 1.3.0 build 9368 | ||
| Module | Forums 4.0.3 | ||
| Stylesheet | "1.6.1" | ||
| Wordlet Set | "Default Wordlet Set" | ||
Read-Only Topic
