David Regev 🎗️ דָּוִ֖דֿ רֶֽגֶֿבֿ
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Academic Talmud ∩ Jewish Law Rethinking computing / UX / HCI
🧵 on Web Browser #UX: #TooManyTabs 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻? Years ago, I discovered the solution! No browser on the market has truly solved this problem. Part 1: What’s the problem? Part 2: The solution! Part 3: Flow Browser
1. Flow Browser (thesis project): The zoomable Web browser that automatically organizes your tasks. This is the latest in my quest to redesign Web browsers (and computers in general). medium.com/david-regev-on…
My point below about יום ירושלִם applies equally to יום העצמאות.
Opinion: If you’re reciting הלל on #JerusalemDay with a blessing and don’t realize that saying ‘וצונו’ is a lie, you’re missing the point! Jerusalem is the ancient seat of the Great Court, and we should next aim to reconstitute it, since it’s the only body that can institute הלל.
#Shavuot #PSA If you’re reading the Decalogue in טעם עליון, make sure you study it first from a good edition, which should divide the text into ten verses. Most printed editions divide it into 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 commandments! 🤦 Left: Horev (10 verses); Right: ArtScroll (9 verses)
All good points, Avraham! Let me add a few more points. The story of R. ʿAqiḇah’s students is likely apocryphal. This paper traces how it developed from other texts: academia.edu/33054412/The_D… Just the story itself raises several red flags…
איך מנהג הדלקת מדורות בהילולא לכבוד אדם שלא כתב את הזוהר ביום שהוא לא נפטר במקום שהוא לא נקבר התחיל כיום צום עבור רעידת אדמה שהביאה לעצירת בנייתו של בית המקדש השלישי.
Today is the 18th of Iyar according to the Jewish calendar, which is widely celebrated as a minor holiday called “Lag Ba‘Omer” #LagBaomer It seems, however, that the date was originally commemorated as a fast day and a day of mourning. A🧵1/7
With everyone arguing over whether customs are important in Judaism, I think people need to be reminded of something: Halakhah is a legal system. It has rules about how it works, which are recorded in rabbinic literature (Mishnah, Tosephta, etc.). You want to argue that…
With Passover approaching and fights over customs, here's my classic shiur, "Popular Practice and the Process of Psak: The Role of Custom in Jewish Law."
Happy Nicanor Day! Some thoughts on the conflict between the post-Talmudic custom of #TaanitEsther and the ancient holiday of Nicanor Day… thetorah.com/article/the-an…
gofundme.com/f/help-michael… Please donate or share. This is for my brother, Michael Shelonchik, who was murdered.