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- From: Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org>
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- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 23:42:38 -0500
Robert, Wikipedia mentions this in its article on the Hebrew character bet
(beth); but alas, like so many other articles on Wikipedia, there's no
citation as to the source.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bet_%28letter%29
Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, Texas USA
On Aug 28, 2010, at 5:56 AM, robertsumner0110 AT wmconnect.com wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> I have a vague memory that Rashi commented something to the effect that the
> initial beit in Genesis was open on one side and closed on three signifying
> that matters since creation were open to human questioning, but that which
> went on before the creative moment, as well as the things above the heaven
> and below the earth are off limits. I have tried to locate the source of
> the insight but have had no luck. Any help would be
> appreciated...............Robert Shannon Sumner
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Re: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi,
Hedrick Gary, 11/04/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi, Bryant J. Williams III, 11/04/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi, Yigal Levin, 11/04/2010
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- [b-hebrew] A Question on Rashi, Shannon, 11/04/2010
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