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Aug 22, 2019 at 3:00 history tweeted twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1164371809548013568
Aug 15, 2019 at 22:20 comment added Oliver @wfb Oh. Didn’t cross my mind that it’d be construed that way. I meant it merely in the same vein as one wouldn’t consider a celebrity who received an honorary degree in a particular field to be qualified in that respective field.
Aug 15, 2019 at 21:16 comment added wfb @Oliver the avak lashon hara wasn't that he isn't a rabbi, but the rest of the wording (not exactly a ‘rabbi’ - if you get what I mean). E.g., if I were to say "Oliver isn't exactly a 'scholar' - if you get what I mean," you might rightly find it insulting
Aug 15, 2019 at 15:29 comment added Oliver I appreciate and surely accept your criticism; I didn’t know (kinda, still don’t) that there was avak LH. If I had to guess - you’re referring to the mention that the individual is not a rabbi in the traditional sense of the word/title. The purpose was to help recognize that the person who read the text forty years ago easily could’ve mis-understood/remembered/quoted what he read - this fact being one of the determinants.
Aug 15, 2019 at 9:24 comment added יהושע ק @Oliver I'm going to go out on a limb here and kindly suggest your comment would be stronger without that little pinch of avek lashon hara regarding the president of the OU
Aug 14, 2019 at 18:20 history became hot network question
Aug 14, 2019 at 17:08 comment added Oliver Here are some facts: Hebrew isn’t the first language of the individual quoting R. Kook; said individual saw this piece 40 years ago (!); said individual is not exactly a ‘rabbi’ - if you get what I mean. Here is an observation: Given these facts people often misquote [albeit, unintentionally] and embellish. My point: You have a better chance sourcing the original quote from people much more familiar with R. Kook’s thought and oeuvre, e.g. R. Moshe Zuriel, R. Shlomo Aviner, Bezalel Naor et al.
Aug 14, 2019 at 16:23 comment added Double AA Similar idea judaism.stackexchange.com/a/93116/759
Aug 14, 2019 at 16:16 answer added mbloch timeline score: 9
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