Clean speech

Hi,

"It was taught in the school of Rabbi Yishmael: One should always speak with clean language...as it is written, 'And one should be selective in his speech as clever people are (Job 15),' and 'And the knowledge of my lips was expressed selectively (Job 33)."

(Talmud, Pesachim 3a)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

No justice, No joy - Part II

Hi,

Continuing from yesterday's link between the dissolution of the Sanhedrin and the end of musical celebration, the Talmud Yerushalmi clarifies that the loss of the Sanhedrin led to the sages banning song:

"Rav Chisda said: In the beginning the awe of the Sanhedrin was upon them, and people did not say repellent things in their songs. Now that the awe of the Sanhedrin is not upon them, they say repellent things in their songs."

(Talmud Yerushalmi Sotah 9:12)

Have a good day,
Mordechai

Clean speech

Hi,

"Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: A person should never produce a disgusting word from his mouth, for we see that the Torah went eight letters out of its way to avoid stating a disgusting word, saying (Genesis 7), 'From the pure animals, and from the animals that are not pure.'"

(The other choice would have been to write 'Tamei,' which refers more directly to a non-pure state.)

(Talmud, Pesachim 3a)

Have a great day,
Mordechai