Status Updates From Hillel: If Not Now, When? (...

Good! Just finished the portion of the “3 concerts”. Very reflective of recent Talmud study.

det som itne ökar, minskar

Thus, as Hillel perceived, this speaker was speaking out of the context of the Gentile intellectual world. He was implying that if the Torah had something to say, it could be stated simply and clearly, and, if so, he wanted to hear it. If the message of the Torah could be understood only after much long-winded explanation, that in itself would argue against it being valid”

”Regarding the unusual question posed by the non-Jew, Talmud scholar Edward Gershfield speculates that the request was characteristic

of the Hellenistic intellectual. Many of the philosophical schools of the time strove to give clear and concise statements of their views. For some, especially the Stoics, clarity and simplicity were in themselves evidence of truth.

“That which is hateful unto you, do not do unto your neighbor. This is the whole Torah, all the rest is commentary. Now, go and study.” (Shabbat 31a)”

Hillel på universitetet, snöstormen

I may managed to read more of this before it must go back to the library but I am planning on buying this at some point because the amount of references to places in the talmud are too much to read in the library checkout.