[Avodah] Vehoyo einecho ro'oys es Morecho

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, June 27, 2007 2:22 pm, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
: R' SBA wrote:
:> But learning Rashi this week on "Ko'eis ye'omar leYaakov" [23:23],
:> he quotes it (from Yeshaya 30:20) and it clearly refers to HKBH.
:> So now I ask, is it right to use this for a bosor vedam?

Given the previous pasuq talking about Y-m, the comparison may be
between the BHMQ and a picture of one's rebbe, both being a reminder
of Kavod Hashem. To my mind (even if someone hadn't already cited the
gemara) that would place it well within the realm of appropriate.

: There is a long tradition of taking Pesukim out of context to make a
: point.
: This is a good example.

And a good "game", finding intentionally misused quotes turned into
pro-Torah slogans (which is broader than just pesuqim). Here are a
couple of examples from Avodah perennials:

Daas Torah

Chadash assur min haTorah

What about TIDE? Does the chevrah think RSRH thought his take was
peshat in the mishnah, or a slogan? (I'm leaning toward "peshat".)

Anyone want to join?

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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