Year: 2020

Of Useless, Un-Zionist ‘Shlichim’ Abroad

I cannot confirm the following story, but…

King Frederick William of Prussia (number?) asked Sir Moses Mendelsohn what he thought of the idea of a Jewish state.

Mendelsohn: My king, I wish to serve the Jewish state as ambassador in Berlin.

(Of course, the whole idea of ambassadors is outdated, and “diplomats” everywhere are just slimy spies and/or agents of corrupt superrich multinationals.)

Business Doesn’t Just Influence the News; THEY WRITE IT!

It’s called “matte release distribution”. These items are often published without any hint as to their self-serving nature.

Businesses send these articles out to newspapers either “for free”, or as “press releases”. The laws are mysteriously vague.

Of course, it’s all up to the editors. No pressure! But, well, if a specific paper decides not to publish, or to overly edit or fact-check the business, the business in question may well also decide not to run paid advertising by that paper. Now, for the big newspapers, that doesn’t matter, but… how do you think they got so big, in the first place, eh?

Sanhedrin 76b:

ואמר רב כהנא משום רבי עקיבא הוי זהיר מן היועצך לפי דרכו.

לע”ד מותר ללבוש בגדי שבת לשמחות

גמרא שבת י”ב א’:

תניא חנניא אומר חייב אדם למשמש בבגדו ערב שבת עם חשכה אמר רב יוסף הלכתא רבתי לשבת.

ואין המדובר במוקצה, כמ”ש רש”י שם וכן תוספות לעיל י”א א’.

רש”י:

למשמש בבגדו, שלא יהא כרוך בשום דבר, פן יוציאנו.

הלכתא רבתי, דבר גדול יש כאן להפרישו מאיסור שבת.