What did Chazal mean by that?

Look at the "Chazal" right after that, in Masseches Brachos 6a.

he does wear tefillin - look at te gemara in an english artscroll - the gemara even talks about whats written in hashems tefillin - also look at the maharsha

Do you even read the posts before responding?

u didnt say artscroll -

Why would I?

maybe shes a girl and isnt trained to read aramaic - i saw ur post - without the artscroll its going to be hard for her to understand what is really meant - hence the maharsha

Why would anyone quote the gemara when there is a perfectly good story from R Levi Yitzchak or Berdichev on this subject

maybe cuz shes a girl and doesnt read chassidishe massiyos - sorry sle123 - gosh women dont do much

The phrase is not in Aramaic And it won't hurt a chick to crack open a gemara every once in a while.

its hard ot understand that gemara - its one of those gemaras that u need the maharsha

But Gemaras with Marahashas are fair game???

the artscroll brings down the maharsha in the notes in ENGLISH

or use edaf.com.

Then maybe you should have said so.

For OP, your friendly Jewish bookseller should carry this: http://www.ou.org/publications/kaplan.html#tefillin

Basically, the same way the Jews wear tefillin to remind them about their love for Hashem, Hashem wears tefillin to remind him of his love for the Jews. That's why the "parshiyos" are all in praise of the Jews. It just means that he holds them near and dear.

Of course, this is just replacing one anthropomorphism with another, but זו היא דרכה של תורה

would you care to share the story?


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Thanks.
But does any mefaresh explain this as G-d having any "dmut haguf?"
I heard a shiur by a rabbi who seemed to have implied that some learn this G'mara literally?

מאי קאמרית? איתא נשין טובא דקא בקיאי בלשנא דגמרא ותו ארטסקראל אין סאנסינא ושטיינזלץ לא? תיובתא דרב מנחם תיובתא

Nope, except work, cook, raise children, clean the house, wash clothes, daven, learn...

Imagine תשעה קבין אויף אראמיש

Yeah he "blackmailed" G-d by threatening to tell everyone that He wears passul Tefillin......

You're either a guy, or a real scary woman.


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That God literally wears tefillin?
Do you have a problem with Moshe Rabbeinu being 10 amot tall?

G-d wears the spiritual equivalent of our physical tfilin. (with something like ashrecha yisrael mi kamocha)


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Oh. So some aggadot are not literally true but are meant to impart a didactic lesson?



u-mi ke-amecha yisrael goy echad ba-aretz

the trick question of course is which passuk that is.

No theyre true.

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So why isn't this one? Is this the only aggada not literally true?

It is true.


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At it's also true that Moshe Rabbeinu was 20 amot tall. The question I'm asking is if it's literally true. When I asked if it's possible that it's literally true that God physically wears tefillin, you balked, even though we both agree it's true that He wears tefillin. Presumably that aggada is meant to impart a didactic lesson. I'm asking if that's the only aggada that isn't literally true but rather is meant to impart a didactic lesson.

Its literally true, G-d wears spiritual tfilin, G-d is a spiritual being.

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That's basically what I'm asking.
IDK how the understand any of this; why did chazal davka use physical features to describe G-d's tefillin- as opposed to just say what doodlehead or gabbe said?

Most people seem to accept Rambam's words: "ein Lo dmut haguf and eno guf."- is there even any source before Rambam that states this?

And Moshe was spiritually 20 amot high, though physically he could've been 5'4".

I learned that he was literally 10 feet tall. I never (until now) came accross that the interpretation you mentioned is possible; wow, I really can't believe that it never came to mind. Okay, don't mind me.

Is there any source for that?

That's really crazy.

That depends on your definition of crazy...

It is crazy that one would teach this. Not only that, but it is also pointless. What lesson did the knowledge of Moshe's physical height impart on you? That God loves really tall people?

No. If its a fact, we should know about it.

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What was his ring size?
Did he have a hairy chest?
Did Moshe snore?
Who cares?

If the fact is that Ogs ankle was 30 amos high, this info would fill in the gaps of information.

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Huh?

Like how moshe was able to reach.

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No, it's too Aramaicized.

Could be. I have my doubts though.

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The question marks are telling. In any case, it takes years of study to have that at the tip of your tongue. So what's the deal, Krum?

Ever heard of michlalot?

You learned Aramaic in COLLEGE???

TOLD YOU IT WAS TOO ARAMAIC

I have not.

What do you mean by too Aramaic?

There are schools in EY that teach gemara to women, and there are people who encourage their daughters to learn gemara, and I happened to have a father who was like that.

btw, that's exactly the point I was trying to make in my post, and I don't think I'm unique. I'm sure some other women in these forums have learned gemara.

Or one of Rashi's Daughters....