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1776now 1 point ago +1 / -0

I have no idea why you think your train of thought here might be relevant. It's not.

The context of the arcane bit from the Talmud you're obsessing over cannot be understood until you know what the Talmud is, what it's written for, and how it's used.

You don't.

Neither am I saying it's important, and I certainly don't think it's worth the effort to study. First of all you should realize that well over 70% of all US Jews give no credence or consideration to the Talmud whatsoever. Smaller groups of them including Conservatives and Orthodox do, but very few of them spend any time reading it and almost none of them ever read the whole thing. And the few who do don't place any emphasis on bizarre bits like what you're focused on here.

Context.

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1776now 2 points ago +2 / -0

Or, you could actually, you know, learn. It wouldn't kill you, I promise.

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1776now 3 points ago +3 / -0

So it's guaranteed that neither will ever be even acceptable reading in HS. much less assigned :/

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1776now 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yep, that's what Hamas does. Guarantee she works for Hamas. Also, anyone not poor in Gaza is part of the party.

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1776now 5 points ago +5 / -0

It's more than that. Hamas has always captured all humanitarian relief in Gaza, using it to control the people they supposedly represent. US is trying to put a stop to that. It's a noble idea, but I'm not sure it's ever worked yet (or if it ever will)