[Avodah] The Talmud’s Many Demons

[Lisa Liel]

There's a big difference between skipping the topic and ridiculing it 
the way this guy does.

Lisa


On 8/14/2012 12:48 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From http://tinyurl.com/9vwk7t9
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>       *Sages in a superstitious age accepted the existence of
>       invisible devils and the use of magic to render them visible*
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> Rabbi A. Miller spent years giving shiurim that went through all of 
> Shas.  He was not deterred by topics that some might feel should not 
> be discussed in public due to their "delicate" nature.  However, there 
> were times when he did skip some topics.  He would say, "I cannot 
> teach what I do not understand, so now turn the page to ......"   IIRC 
> some of the topics that he skipped were the Gemara's discussion of 
> Zugos and discussions like the one referred to about demons.
>
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