tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post8983794143296128789..comments2023-05-16T07:25:05.645-04:00Comments on Sefer Ha-Bloggadah: The good, the bad, and the beautifulBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-17763500437849222652009-04-27T21:07:00.000-04:002009-04-27T21:07:00.000-04:00Along the lines of BZ's comment, I see the initial...Along the lines of BZ's comment, I see the initial halachic question as a veiled reference to Resh Lakish himself-- at what point does a person become formed? Once a highwayman, always a highwayman? Or can a person turn his life and personality around? Even if the other rabbis involved in the discussion did not mean to implicate Resh Lakish, he must have felt himself implicated...General Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373614133267420061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-86783165809137883452009-04-22T22:05:00.000-04:002009-04-22T22:05:00.000-04:00R. Yohanan stated, "After they have been tempered ...<I>R. Yohanan stated, "After they have been tempered in a furnace." Resh Lakish maintained, "Only after they have been quenched in water."</I>Is Resh Lakish making a reference to his own "mikvah" story, when he jumped in the river and turned his life around? Is Rabbi Yochanan making a reference to his own fiery personality?BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.com