tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post4535350094269969172..comments2024-01-25T16:24:58.436-05:00Comments on Bm'ei ha'daga: On the Etymology of חרותYonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010972653310239071noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-20643230549279545922013-03-29T05:37:02.372-04:002013-03-29T05:37:02.372-04:00Just that royalty make the rules for the masses. T...Just that royalty make the rules for the masses. Thus they have more autonomy. If we take cheirus to refer to invidivuation (people who are "carved out" from the bigger rock) than nobility have more cheirus than the masses. And thus one doesn't need to make assumptions about the diet or dress of royalty.<br /><br />(David haMelekh wore a kutones paspasim, not white.) micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-10578701598031379492013-03-28T23:21:29.963-04:002013-03-28T23:21:29.963-04:00Thank you R. Micha for your comments. I changed th...Thank you R. Micha for your comments. I changed the shoresh to a three letter shoresh. <br /><br />Can you elaborate of the freedom-royalty connection?<br /><br /><br />ML - I didn't see mefarshim discussing the etymology of Chori. Please share.Yonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010972653310239071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-5347095356576646872013-03-25T08:15:54.477-04:002013-03-25T08:15:54.477-04:00What about the end of vayishlach: eileh bnei seir ...What about the end of vayishlach: eileh bnei seir haChori?MLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809483465767408722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-52182315283138895452013-03-25T02:42:36.598-04:002013-03-25T02:42:36.598-04:00In the Y-mi, מחוור means deOraisa. But then, this ...In the Y-mi, מחוור means deOraisa. But then, this is the same talmud in which "Mai taama?" is most often answered with a pasuq. So, it would make sense that what they consider most clear would be that which is most clearly sourced, not what's most clear logically.<br /><br />I am more curious, though, about your reference to \חר\ as a though it were a two-letter shoresh. I thought micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com