sources mekorot - Gerah as a coin and cud (and more) - Mi Yodeya Is anyone familiar with any exposition on the connection between gerah גֵּרָה as cud (ma'aleh gerah) and as a measure of 1 20th of a shekel? Is there any connection drawn to the root for the word
Four Non-Kosher Animals With One Sign? - Mi Yodeya According to all evidence, the hare does not bring up the cud To resolve this problem, we must say that the term ma’aleh gerah is an idiom that refers to such phenomena as ruminant-style chewing or cecotrophy, and or to invoke the concept that "the Torah speaks as in the language of men " These approaches are viable, albeit somewhat difficult
The Alshichs explanation on the machatzis hashekel The Alshich HaKodesh (Shemos, 30:13, sv והנה על דבר שיעור מחצית השקל ולא שקל שלם) seems to explain what the reason is behind the machatzis hashekel - the half shekel - he seems to be saying that the half shekel reminds us that we are not "complete"
Was it Davids custom to go into battle without an armour? 2 I've heard - though I can't remember where - that Ehud ben Gerah was one of the remnants of this elite fighting force, which is why he was left-handed These slingers exercised their left hands more than their right hand, to the point where they did everything with their left hand
How much produce becomes bikkurim (first fruits)? - Mi Yodeya How much produce becomes bikkurim (first fruits)? Rambam says: Hilchos Bikkurim Chap 2 Halacha 19 How should one separate the first fruits? A person descends to his field, sees a fig tree, a
shiurim measurements - Halachic measures - Mi Yodeya Why did the rabbis of the Talmud use approximate weights and measures, such as k'zayit, k'betzah, revi'it, k'dei achilat pras, amah, etc [1], which caused disagreements among later Sages as to wha