Subj : Re: Extent of the Torah
To   : Todd Henson
From : Joshua Lee
Date : Sun Oct 29 2000 01:29 am

-=> 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...

 TH> With Sylvester P Smythe as his running mate? I'd vote for him. :-)

Um, who's Smythe? :-)

 >  > 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.

 TH> Which basically makes the death penalty non-existent. But, why even
 TH> HAVE it on the books in the first place (back during the time
 TH> when it was in effect), if it's never really to be carried out?

"There has never been and never will be a rebellious son. Why then,
is it written? Study it, and recieve a reward! There has never been
and never will be an idolatrous city. Why then, is it written? Study
it, and recieve a reward!"

                       JBL

.... What is mind? No matter! What is matter? Never mind! - Homer S.
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