Subj : Re: Extent of the Torah
To   : Todd Henson
From : Joshua Lee
Date : Thu Oct 26 2000 11:12 pm

-=> TODD HENSON wrote to JOSHUA LEE <=-

 >  FM> movies based on those stories.  The dialogue took certain words and
 >  FM> analyzed them ad infinitum.  One of these words was "veer."  It was
 >  FM> sort of like reading _Mad_ Magazine long before it was in existence.
 >
 > Mad actually has been around a pretty long time; yer dating yourself!
 > Actually, I think Mad has been around before I was.

 TH> Ah, Mad. I have many a fond memory...

I wonder if Alferd E. Neuman is running for President this year...

 > chayiv misa. (*Liable* for the death penalty; keeping in mind of
 > course, that Jewish courts have such strict rules for the death
 > penalties that it is effectively impossible to carry out according

 TH> It couldn't be carried out until a new Sanhedrin is formed, right?
 TH> Which IIRC requires a temple?

Yes. Though even with a Sanhedrin, it is nearly impossible to carry
out. A Sanhedrin that executes once in 7, another opinion; once in
70 years, is called a "bloody court" in the Talmud.

                       JBL


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