tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post7964179756093576691..comments2023-09-21T01:29:44.299-06:00Comments on Abba's Rantings: Things My Grandfather Hated . . . But Let Me Do AnywayAbbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post-53553586290814495202012-05-01T12:13:25.172-06:002012-05-01T12:13:25.172-06:00PJS:
thanks for the correction wrt to gideon. (i&...PJS:<br /><br />thanks for the correction wrt to gideon. (i'm almost up to this perek with my son and would have seen it soon.)<br /><br />i learned it as as a kid i stated it, which seems to be the popular traditional explanation a la rashi, radak, r. yosef kara (v. 4).<br /><br />daas mikra doesn't offer an explanation (but details the non-kneeling drinking method based on what bedouins did in 1943)<br /><br />of course your explanation makes sense militarily. and see ralbag, who explains that drinking from a non-kneeling position shows stregnth and skill, but kneeling is a sign of laziness<br /><br />is it your chidush or you heard/saw it somewhere?Abbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2073802866177507027.post-66834747148452481262012-04-22T16:38:41.486-06:002012-04-22T16:38:41.486-06:00how Dovid Hamelech chose his soldiers. (They lay f...how Dovid Hamelech chose his soldiers. (They lay flat on their bellies when drinking from the stream rather than kneel beside it on their knees.)<br /><br />==== Umm -- Shoftim 7: Gideon, and he only took the 300 who DIDN't lie on their bellies or kneel down... he took those who cupped their hands and brought the water to their mouths, thus staying alert and not letting their guard down!PJSnoreply@blogger.com