Saturday, December 22, 2007

The Hobbit

Great News! Peter Jackson has finally signed a deal to produce two movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The director of the films has not been chosen, but apparently it will not be Jackson. Some of the Lord of the Rings cast members will be signed up to play in the new films, but none of that is set in stone yet, either.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Moshe Rabbenu was a Satmar?

Josh Waxman at parshablog linked to this great little video on YouTube that purports to prove that Moshe Rabbenu was a Satmar.

I have to disagree with the Yeshiva Bochur in one respect. I think it is more likely that Moshe was Breslov, not Satmar. Why? Because if he is mamash a Hasid, then it makes more sense for him to be Breslov since Rebbe Nachman was the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, the actual founder of modern Hasidism.

Of course, I could be biased since my rabbi's background is Breslov....

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