Comments on: Counting Bodies http://jewschool.com/2006/05/31/10703/counting-bodies/ Progressive Jews & Judaism Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-beta1 By: Cole Krawitz http://jewschool.com/2006/05/31/10703/counting-bodies/#comment-81291 Cole Krawitz Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:16:10 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=10703#comment-81291 Harry, read the post again. You missed the point. It's not so simple to "designate"--and that's what the Rabbi's could tell and they didn't designate so simply. Harry, read the post again. You missed the point. It’s not so simple to “designate”–and that’s what the Rabbi’s could tell and they didn’t designate so simply.

]]> By: Harry http://jewschool.com/2006/05/31/10703/counting-bodies/#comment-80670 Harry Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:56:25 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=10703#comment-80670 "Researching Parashat B’midbar, I couldn’t help but not begin to think about this question of counting, and in particular the counting of a people through the lens of gender. The book of Numbers indeeds begins very much with numbers, and the counting of “males,” and I began to wonder how did the sages of our past designate gender?" I'm willing to bet the sages designated gender based on whether someone had a penis or a vagina. “Researching Parashat B’midbar, I couldn’t help but not begin to think about this question of counting, and in particular the counting of a people through the lens of gender. The book of Numbers indeeds begins very much with numbers, and the counting of “males,” and I began to wonder how did the sages of our past designate gender?”

I’m willing to bet the sages designated gender based on whether someone had a penis or a vagina.

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