tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post4202699715464114494..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Hogwarts School of Force Studies and Pantheistic HeresiesIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-5350309172839568812008-01-02T00:39:00.000-05:002008-01-02T00:39:00.000-05:00I just remembered about WebShas. You may like to l...I just remembered about WebShas. You may like to let your readers know about this link:<BR/><BR/>http://www.webshas.org/science/misc/super/kishuf.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-29273434009387840032008-01-02T00:37:00.000-05:002008-01-02T00:37:00.000-05:00I like your idea about using different terms. Than...I like your idea about using different terms. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>I like the exercise you suggest, though I suspect that trying to latch onto the storyline issues of halacha or hashgafa kind of takes away (in my daughter's mind, that is) the escapism of the story. Personally, I enjoy all the Jewish-related issues I've "extracted" from the stories, and thought that the fellow who created the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-7055475892401841202008-01-01T18:37:00.000-05:002008-01-01T18:37:00.000-05:00Living in my academic ivory tower, the answer is t...Living in my academic ivory tower, the answer is to simply point out that the witchcraft of the bible has nothing to do with the witchcraft in Harry Potter. This is simply a matter of a linguistic anomaly that we use the same word for both things. Maybe you could insist on using the Hebrew terms Kishuf and Michasefa when you talking about biblical witchcraft and witches. If your child gets into Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-53555528563489021212008-01-01T16:05:00.000-05:002008-01-01T16:05:00.000-05:00Hi. I enjoyed your essay a lot. I'm in the middle ...Hi. I enjoyed your essay a lot. I'm in the middle of the 5th HP book, thanks to my daughter, whose been twisting my arm to read them.<BR/><BR/>Can I ask a question about children and witchcraft? When my child learns the stories in Tanach or chazal that deal with eradicating witchcraft, and my child feels pity for these people, since after all, they're probably not much worse than Professor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com