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Avot 5:6: The Mouth of Korah’s Earth and the 2nd Edition of the Tosafot Yom Tov

JL;DR SUMMARY Yaakov Jaffe analyzes the evolution in R. Yom Tov Lipman Heller's interpretation of Avot 5:6 between the first and second editions of his Mishnah commentary, Tosafot Yom Tov. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Historical ContextPersonal ExperiencePirkei AvotInterpretationTalmudic ScholarshipTosafot Yom TovR. Yom Tov Lipman HellerKorach's RebellionMishnah CommentaryAvot 5:6

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Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"The reasons for his arrest are somewhat unclear, but it appears that some of the actions he took as leader of the Jewish people of Prague, possibly related to taxation rates and the Thirty Years War, had upset some members of the community, and they badmouthed him before the secular government in an effort to depose him from his leadership position."

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