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Query: Recitation of "Berita de-Rabbi Ishmael" on morning prayers
I am interested in the history of reciting the "berita de-rabbi Ishmael" discussing the 13 exegetical principles as part of the shacharit service. Any information on references would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Chaim Saiman
Villanova Law School
Re Query: Lacan and "Guirgueavotchi"?
For the Question of Dr. Federico Dal Bo regarding the meaning of the world Guirgueavotchi in Lacan’s Names-of-the-Father Seminar:
Yes, it is indeed Pirkei Avot – that is the way it was translated to Hebrew (Al Shemot haAv, translated by Noam Baruch et al., Resling 2006, p. 100).
Admiel Kosman, Potsdam University
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Grammars of Coherence and Difference:
Jewish Studies Through the Lens of Gender Studies
A conference at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Sunday, May 3 – Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Call for Candidates: Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry
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Boston, 29 June - 2 July 2015
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Closing date: 31 October 2014
Fellowship: USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research Fellow, 2015-2016
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