tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15222965.post7835173000842250892..comments2023-11-03T11:56:38.726-04:00Comments on the Seforim blog: Assorted CommentsDan Rabinowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11519934722728609504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15222965.post-19272117632684628052014-06-14T23:06:08.699-04:002014-06-14T23:06:08.699-04:00In the interest of medical truth, I should comment...In the interest of medical truth, I should comment that the New England Journal of Medicine case report refers to transient blindness not after sex, but during. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199508103330621<br /><br />Zackary Berger (MD)שלום בערגער Zackary Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921542043459008887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15222965.post-44926441245251589372014-06-13T03:12:42.153-04:002014-06-13T03:12:42.153-04:00As an unadulterated "truth-seeker," your...As an unadulterated "truth-seeker," your comment about sources referencing "the people" as "da'as Torah" is misleading, and, I believe,falacious. The sources quoted refer to minhagim and halachos, not principles of hashkafa affecting major decisions. These decisions require a knowledge of halacha as well as practicality. Why was the king required to ask the sanhedrin, urim vetumim, etc. before going out to war? Why not simply take a straw poll and ask "da'as Torah" of "the people"? ("Puk chazi mai ama dabar...") The question of trading known murderers for hostages, of giving up land in Israel for possible benefits, of attempting the rescue of hostages while endangering their lives, of establishing a state before the coming of Moshiach...These are serious sheilos with sources in the literature. The sources quoted here are taken out of context. Please elucidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com