http://text.rcarabbis.org/it-is-better-for-man-not-have-been-created-sever-years-to-the-terror-attack-in-yeshivat-otniel/ Tradition's Blog of Orthodox Jewish Thought Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:29:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://text.rcarabbis.org/it-is-better-for-man-not-have-been-created-sever-years-to-the-terror-attack-in-yeshivat-otniel/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Aapii.org » Blog Archive » Jewish News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:30:35 +0000 http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=694#comment-560 [...] R. Yakov Nagen: Seven years since the terrorist attack in Yeshivat Otniel: link [...] [...] R. Yakov Nagen: Seven years since the terrorist attack in Yeshivat Otniel: link [...]

]]> http://text.rcarabbis.org/it-is-better-for-man-not-have-been-created-sever-years-to-the-terror-attack-in-yeshivat-otniel/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Jewish News Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:10:54 +0000 http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=694#comment-507 [...] R. Yakov Nagen: Seven years since the terrorist attack in Yeshivat Otniel: link [...] [...] R. Yakov Nagen: Seven years since the terrorist attack in Yeshivat Otniel: link [...]

]]> http://text.rcarabbis.org/it-is-better-for-man-not-have-been-created-sever-years-to-the-terror-attack-in-yeshivat-otniel/comment-page-1/#comment-505 lawrence kaplan Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:22:52 +0000 http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=694#comment-505 This is a very moving article and ein meshivin al ha-derush, but I would like to point out that, contrary to the assertion of the Mei Shiloach, "noach lo le-adam" almost certainly means "tov lo le-adam." First, see Ben Yehudah Dictionary. Second, the first example the Dictionary brings as to its usage clinches the case. Noach lo le-adam she-yapil atzmo le- tokh kivshan esh, ve'al yalbin penei haveiro ba-rabbim. It cannot mean that it is more pleasant for a man to throw himself into a fiery furnace than to embarrass his fellow in public, but it is better that he do so. All this again is not in any way to detract from the very powerful article of Rabbi Nagen. This is a very moving article and ein meshivin al ha-derush, but I would like to point out that, contrary to the assertion of the Mei Shiloach, “noach lo le-adam” almost certainly means “tov lo le-adam.” First, see Ben Yehudah Dictionary. Second, the first example the Dictionary brings as to its usage clinches the case. Noach lo le-adam she-yapil atzmo le- tokh kivshan esh, ve’al yalbin penei haveiro ba-rabbim. It cannot mean that it is more pleasant for a man to throw himself into a fiery furnace than to embarrass his fellow in public, but it is better that he do so. All this again is not in any way to detract from the very powerful article of Rabbi Nagen.

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