Date:    Tue, 21 Mar, 1989 00:00 IST
From:    Yechiel Greenbaum <WWRMK@HUJIVM1>
Subject: Eighth issue of newsletter
To:

22 Mar 89                      JUDAIC STUDIES #8          15 AdarII 49 BS"D
Connecting geographically & otherwise disparate groups with a common
interest in the study of Judaica.             Edited by Y. Greenbaum

CONTENTS

1) Events
2) Clarifications
3) Query

1) Events

22 Mar  9:00 Metageographical Institute of Theology
             Municipal Status of Jerusalem's "Twin City"
             Interchronological Conference in Honor of R' Nissim (Gerona)
             Greetings: David King (Dept. of Town Planning, MIT)

        9:15 Legal Aspects     Chair: R' I. Ish-Horovitz (General JS, MIT)
             a) Precedent of Other Cities- R' Tuvia Preschel (collecter)
             b) Precedent of This City- R' Y. M. Charlop (Beis Zvul)

       10:00 Legal Frameworks
             Chair: Dr. M. Maimonides (Mishpat Ivri, U of Cairo)
             a) Sanctity as an Obligating Factor- R' Y. Ettlinger (Altona)
             b) Visible Limitations of Sabbatical Boundries-
                Dr. M. Nachmanides (Gerona)

       11:00 Reception, light beverages
             R' Zeira will lead an informal discussion of the relationship
             of Deut. 21:7 to the main topic- R' A. Zuslin haCohen, summary

       18:00 Linguistic Indications
             Chair: R' Aryeh Zvi Frimer (Phonemic Mysticism, Lublin)
             a) Pluralization of Proper Nouns-
                R' Chaim Ben Bezalel (U of Fribourg)
             b) Referents of Compassion- R' Y. Emden (Altona)

       18:45 Philosophy of the Law
             Chair: Solomon Kohelet (Dept of Law and Homiletics, MIT)
             a) The Legal Force of Metaphysical Analogies
                R' M. J. Holschtick (Numerologistics, Ostrovze Academy)
             b) The Legal Import of Philosophic Concepts
                R' J. Rosen (U of Dvinsk)

       19:30 Summation-   Chair: M. Rabbenu (Dept of Poetics, MIT)
             We are honored that the conclusions will be drawn by Prof.
             Phineas (Dept of Astroarcheology, MIT) whose work was
             instrumental in the study of the Celestial City.

Date:  Mon, 13 Mar 89 08:29 MST
From:  ELSegal@UNCAMULT.BITNET
Subject:  Conference

We are planning a conference on the topic "Computers in Esther" to be
held on 14 Adar Shelishi at Eckville Alberta.  Some of the topics to be
discussed are:
          a) Operating Systems:
               1. Cheil Paras\Madai (CP\M)
               2. Ha-Shetiyyah Ka-DOS--ein UNIX!
          b) Languages:
               1. ADA la yada' and military applications.. An international conv
          c) Miscellaneous:
               1. Binaries anDecimal and Hex: What was province number 0?
               2. "Vayyimatse katuv"--Accelerated search functions in Royal Chro

Additional paper topics will be welcome.  Address inquiries c/o Prof.
H.  Agagi, Dept.  of Jewish Studies, University of Eckville.

2) Clarifications

This MIT has no affiliation with another well known institution.
My event is predicated on the long history of responsa concerning the
proper boundaries of a walled city, esp. Jerusalem. (Trace from Megilla
19a.) From the first building outside the wall, until today, the desire to
be part of Jerusalem seems to have overwhelmed the better judgment of most
neighborhoods (just read the responsa between the lines).
The operative principle is that a city must be visible from it's suburb,
or contiguous therewith, if the suburb is to celebrate on the fifteenth.

The "Twin City" is, of course, the Heavenly City of Jerusalem.
R' Nissim brings up the idea that elevation doesn't count in measuring
distance.

9:15 Classic collection of legal mixed with homiletic material.
     a)HaDoar 46:367-8 on places which read on the 15th because there was
rumored to have been a wall long ago.
     b)Edited the first discussion of the topic (Tsitz haKodesh 1:52-4,6)

10:00 Based partly on the Rambam, a)R' Ettlinger attributed special status
to present-day Jerusalem (Bikurei Yaakov 658:1).
      b)Sabbath boundaries may be a relevant paradigm. The Ramban held
they must be visible.

11:00 Slaughtered guest. The Sefer haAguda writes, concerning protection of
guests, that one must watch over them as they leave for as long as they are
visible.

18:00 Claims that inner purpose of Temple, like letters of burnt Torah,
were never physically destroyed (Eretz Zvi, Pikudei).
      a)In Eitz Chaim, claims that Jerusalem spelled with yud indicates
both cities.
      b)In grace after meals, the invocation of mercy on the Temple implies
that, metaphysically, it still stands, while we simply don't experience it.

18:45 a) Calculates precision of Medrashic and Aggadic statements using
legal quantifications and measurements.
      b) Uses terminology of the Rambam's Guide in explaining Code.


19:30 In J. T. Berachos 4:5, takes Moses' Song literally, as indicating
position of Heavenly Jerusalem.

3) Query

What beverage would Jacob Neusner order in a Judaic Delicatessen?
(now known as "ados yar-lec", and who'd try that flavor these days?)
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