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Feb 27, 2016 at 22:50 answer added Avrohom Yitzchok timeline score: 2
Apr 1, 2014 at 13:30 comment added Avrohom Yitzchok @Gary Sorry I was not clear. What I meant to say is that there is a mishnah in Pesachim 3:4 (“This is the rule: as soon as dough becomes inflated, let the woman plunge her hand in cold water.”) that mentions cold water and a mishnah in Menachot 5:2 (“All grain offerings must be kneaded with lukewarm water”) that mentions lukewarm water. So both temperatures of water must have been available.
Mar 31, 2014 at 21:39 comment added Gary @Avrohom Yitzchok I found the mention of cold water in Chapter 3 Mishna 4 but not the lukewarm in the 5th Chapter Mishna 2(unless I'm getting blinder)--I'm looking at the sacred-texts.com translation. Is it ordered differently in the English?
Mar 31, 2014 at 8:49 comment added Avrohom Yitzchok @Gary See Pesachim Perek 3 Mishna 4. זה הכלל: תפח תלתוש בצונן The Mishnah here mentions צונן (cold) and the Mishnah Perek 5 Mishna 2 mentions פושרין (lukewarm). I deduce that the פושרין were not at ambient temperature.
Mar 31, 2014 at 2:28 comment added Gary @Double AA - I was thinking along those exact same lines -- Yerushalayim's streets weren't wide enough for the ice man's delivery trucks.. wasn't ALL water there lukewarm a few minutes after drawn from the spring?
Mar 30, 2014 at 16:38 comment added Avrohom Yitzchok @sam All I can find Tiferes Yisroel to say is ח שכך יפה לפת: - here hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=37947&st=&pgnum=191
Mar 30, 2014 at 13:48 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackJudaism/status/450268371838595072
Mar 30, 2014 at 13:43 comment added sam See the Tiferes Yisroel on Mishna 2 in masheches Menuchos,kol hamenuchos,who says its a hidur mitzvah...
Mar 30, 2014 at 13:22 comment added Double AA Because nowadays we are overly machmir. And they didn't have AC
Mar 30, 2014 at 13:11 comment added Baby Seal It could have simply a matter of comfort. The priests 'on call' had to eat crazy amounts of meat and walk around the the cold stone floor of the temple all night barefoot. Where possible, Maybe they tried to cut themselves a little slack.
Mar 30, 2014 at 13:02 history edited msh210
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Mar 30, 2014 at 12:25 comment added sam When it comes to these things ,halacha says we are not as familiar with exact temperatures and methods,take chalita(boiling) for example Shulchan Aruch does not allow it by flour,by an issur like chametz we are extremely careful nowadays
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