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Re: Joshua Slocum's navigational methods
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 18, 21:46 EDT
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 18, 21:46 EDT
Herbert you wrote:
"Codified some fifteen hundred years ago, the 'mandate' may have been
in
effect for much longer. From the Gemara of the Babylonian Talmud
(Kiddushin 29a):
"A father is obligated to circumcise his son, to redeem him, to teach
him Torah, to find him a wife and to teach him a trade. Some say that he
must also teach him to swim." "
effect for much longer. From the Gemara of the Babylonian Talmud
(Kiddushin 29a):
"A father is obligated to circumcise his son, to redeem him, to teach
him Torah, to find him a wife and to teach him a trade. Some say that he
must also teach him to swim." "
LOL. Thanks. I did not know that.
-FER
http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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