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I returned it. With additional "proof" from geni.com, writing out the exact lineage from Stein to the Baal Shem Tov. In addition, the source referenced as note 3, a primary source from a book of Stein's grandfather, PUBLISHED BY HER FATHER, hence a solid primary source connection to her. Also, as far
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about the comment on this article about Darius I and its source – namely, to the point that Darius did not adopt Jewish Levitical laws, only encouraged Persian Jews to codify and write down their laws. I don't have the time to have a go at fixing this myself atm, but I thought I ought to mention it
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Also, Stein constantly talks about it publicly including on TV and in interviews, making it an important detail about her life. IZAK's desire to remove it sounds more like a persoanl discomfort with the fact that Stein's is a descendent of the Baal Shem Tov, rather than an encyclopedic one. Also
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I can understand IZAK's concerns here. Considering the huge volume of medieval Jewish poetry (especially in view of the small size of the community at the time) it is not surprising that a few examples can be found that might allude. Unfortunately the Haaretz article is behind a wall, and I am
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to do original research; that's exactly what they want to publish, and what academic presses and journals want to publish. And they can't just "say anything in that case"; that's exactly what the editorial process weeds
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as Knowledge is concerned, JTA, as well as several other reliable news sources that make the claim, are more than enough for proof, as opposed to the above writers, "feeling" that it might be made up.
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that said: “Had Moses seen how my friend’s face blushes when he is drunk, and his beautiful curls and wonderful hands, he would not have written in his Torah: do not lie with a man.”
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requirements. And even though only four such sources were used in this article, there are certainly more than four of them out there. You could start with the work of
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These sources were collected by someone with an agenda. And possibly written by someone with an agenda. It should be obvious that such interpretations are
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added two more sources for it in addition to the JTA one, just for extra 'proof'. After that, I am not sure how much more 'proof' one can ask for.
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Hi IZAK. If reliable sources support the claims, then that's what Knowledge should say too. You can qualify the claim with "according to xxx, ".
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This is sheer nonsense, so I took it out of the tendentious "article" and I brought it here for in-depth discussion, I added the bold:
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since you can say anything in that case. Things must be correct in context. And by the way, what would be the accepted definition of
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which is about "as good as it gets". Otherwise, most of the claims by many random Hasidic families is done to enhance their "
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It seems to be mentioned in enough RS to be includable in her main bio, but I express no opinion as to whether it is
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times that the Torah explicitly forbids, namely וְאֶת-זָכָר , לֹא תִשְׁכַּב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה — תּוֹעֵבָה הִוא
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here at least until a later date when I can really look through the source used for this claim in the article. —
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which is not even cited by and for Stein. So this point will have to remain excluded as it also borders on
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Allegations that Torah true classical scholars supported and implied pro gay themes and memes is ludicrous
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according to those sages? Is it to imply an acceptance of something that has exploded in
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I took out this for discussion because besides telling the JTA, there are no real
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I agree this claim should not be mentioned as irrelevant to the subject.
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to get at a preconceived result they want. Thanks for the input though.
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they assume to be "homoerotic" was merely an age old expression of "
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come to my mind, closely related to serious misgiving related to
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Rabbinic Jewish application and interpretation of these verses
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put words and thoughts into peoples mouths and minds
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