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JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein discusses the significance of the Parsha system as the organic division of the Tanakh, contrasting it with the chapter system created by English monks in the 1100s. 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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RashiJewish TraditionTorah InterpretationTanakhArtscrollRabbi SoloveitchikPshatParsha SystemParsha BreaksChapters In Tanakh

Places mentioned

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"They have a Chassidus in Boston called Talna Chassidus."
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
"There's, of course, the famous Talna Rebbe in Bukhara."
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