tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15222965.post7266889000339524628..comments2023-11-03T11:56:38.726-04:00Comments on the Seforim blog: R. Yair Hayyim Bachrach as a Writer of Romance?, A Non-Jewish Song Made Holy, Love (and More) Before and After Marriage, and Memoirs that Maybe Tell Too MuchDan Rabinowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11519934722728609504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15222965.post-53374188812776019942016-05-29T03:34:07.946-04:002016-05-29T03:34:07.946-04:00also written here: ."I don’t know why R. Rabi...also written here: ."I don’t know why R. Rabinowitz-Teomim thought it was important to mention the matter, especially as no one would have assumed that he had any physical contact before marriage".<br />Here to there's a literary level, that. as long as there's no reason to omit, there's literary value to the story- here he's simply echoing the tragic widow in the visitation of Elijah in Tanah Dvei Eliyahu recorded ain TB Shabbat 13a.<br />Both of these aggadot are so well known, that Rabbinic literature employ them as literary idiom (Melitazh). Even Halakhic literature has license for an occasional Melitzah. certainly Rabbinic memoirs do too.Dr. Ezra Chwathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10179336102318509122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15222965.post-13530127191632909562016-05-29T01:44:07.306-04:002016-05-29T01:44:07.306-04:00Regarding the fascinating tale of the Baal HaNetiv...Regarding the fascinating tale of the Baal HaNetivot RY Lorberbaoum, fictive or not, this is simply reenacting the tale of RASHBY in Shir Hashirim Rabba I, who apparently also felt that he could induce pregnancy by easing up the relationship between over-constrained lovers. Ironic you should post this around lag B'omer and miss this obvious literary spin-off.Dr. Ezra Chwathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10179336102318509122noreply@blogger.com