Abraham Ash / 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌

Orthodox Jew. Talmud Respecter. Lover of gharqads, wildlife, & Shelby Foote. From Settlement to Superpower Podcast and The American Revolution Podcast.

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The first episode of The American Revolution Podcast is now out! In this episode we give a brief overview of the globe-spanning British Empire of 1763.
https://t.co/K5Fp8FqcwB

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@wayofftheres @BrigadierKetch I keep noticing your retardation on my TL, so there's that 👍

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@Boxy_FT Soft power, I think

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@hamavinyavin The Danes and Swedes coming for you rn

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@IsqaDeQofaya Ehh, I personally know a situation like this, although in fairness bet din is also telling the guy he doesn't need to give it yet.

But it definitely happens, more often than you give credit for

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@ClassicCodNjoyr I would argue that a fait accompli of twenty five years is different from a random secession attempt

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@flaminhottweets Pol Pot would be a clear example.

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@tracewoodgrains I think this notion is unworkable because of scale. Can I make an independent republic of my town? My neighborhood? My street? My property?

If you're big and powerful enough to take it, then take it, but until then the legitimate authorities must maintain order

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@TannadebeRY I am aware of Neusner's shortcomings, but this is also the most extensive narrative history that exists. So I'm using Neusner and augmenting with more recent scholarship

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This is what I am starting with

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Are there any good academic works on the Amoraic Period, or more generally on the Jews in Sassanid Persia?

Good books on the Sassanids themselves are also appreciated

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@wrowclif @ThomBrady5 @VincetOmniaDeo One of the most amazing Twitter exchanges I've ever read

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@Boxy_FT Aesthetics

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@Boxy_FT @NUKEAGERAPTOR Isn't Luke the one with the collective charge of deicide?

John is more "non semitic" than anti-semitic imo

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@Boxy_FT Most of the stories are retro-fitted

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Reading Maimonides esoterically (he dabbles in philosophy only for those incapable of seeing the Torah's truth directly)

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@nealjclark1 @GodsSubcntr "Yeah I'm a loser right now but trust me, one day I will grow up to be a very scary, scary man and then I'm going to kill you and take your stuff!"

Nah, you're just going to continue to be a loser fantasizing about taking other people's stuff

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Rabbi Soloveitchik on the misconception that religion is a simple, peaceful respite from the psychic torments of secular life:

(Halakhic Man, endnote 4)

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@shtetlite @IsqaDeQofaya It's fine

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@atlanticesque Is sufficient, is the phrase that comes to mind. Not sure if it's the commonplace or just something I've internalized