tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post6159170313873430572..comments2024-01-25T16:24:58.436-05:00Comments on Bm'ei ha'daga: Mirrors: Part IIYonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010972653310239071noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-68224527754231073502013-09-10T17:33:36.731-04:002013-09-10T17:33:36.731-04:00I thought it was lapis specularis. Most windows we...I thought it was lapis specularis. Most windows were filled with this nearly-clear stone. Rich people had glass.<br /><br />And that machloqes you refer to (which I got from RNBulman) is how I tied to prophecy. According to the Rambam, prophecy is seeing what is actually going on, but among the intellects. According to the Ramban, it's a message from G-d. (Which is why the Ramban couldn'tmicha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-43445837176358815612013-09-10T17:14:53.563-04:002013-09-10T17:14:53.563-04:00Thanks R' Micha for your comment. R. Hillel Go...Thanks R' Micha for your comment. R. Hillel Goldberg in Illuminating the Generations has a long footnote on the machloqes. <br />The word seems to be derived from the Latin for mirror, speculum.Yonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010972653310239071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-7429970014529874712013-09-03T16:28:49.381-04:002013-09-03T16:28:49.381-04:00It is unclear whether an aspaqlaria is a mirror or...It is unclear whether an aspaqlaria is a mirror or a lens. In <a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2004/11/aspaqlaria.shtml" rel="nofollow">the title essay of my blog</a>, I tied it (based on R Nachman Bulman) to a fundamental machloqes on the nature of serving G-d, and whether prophecy is reception of a message from the Almighty or being granted a vision of what's going on on a metaphysical micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335031303368060899.post-3721881237545339002013-09-02T14:34:58.792-04:002013-09-02T14:34:58.792-04:00The Or Meir says that this is pshat in why we are ...The Or Meir says that this is pshat in why we are happy on Rosh Hashana. I think he quotes "Hashem tzilcha" from the Shlah. Nachumnoreply@blogger.com