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Please respond on my page, due to the high level of activity on yours. -RadicalOne•^{Contact Me}•_{Chase My Tail} 01:10, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Avraham. You have new messages at RadicalOne's talk page.
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And again. -RadicalOne•^{Contact Me}•_{Chase My Tail} 23:27, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Question

Hi Avi. Hope you are doing well. I've come across an excerpt from a religious text twice now in the research I've been doing for the article Qedarite, and would appreciate your help in determining what it is exactly. In this book [1], the passage is listed under the heading Bavli Taanit 1:2 E-H. While I'm quite sure it is rabbinical exegis, I'm not sure which book it belongs to, who the author is, or what the date for it is. Do you have any information you can provide about this? I'm interested in including it in the article as an example of references to the Qedarites in Jewish tradition. Thanks in advance for considering this request. Tiamut^talk 16:56, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm not certain how the author of that book is referencing the Talmud, but the sentence he quotes comes from Talmud Bavli tractate Taanis, folio 5b which discusses what is meant by "Kedar" in Jeremiah 2:10. When referring to the Kedarayim, it says that they worshipped water. It is a side point in the explanation of Jeremiah's rebuke in that chapter. Is there anything else that would help you? -- Avi (talk) 17:13, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much Avi. That's all the information I need to provide some context for the information as I'd like to add a mention in the article Qedarite in the "Religion" sub-section of the "Culture and society" sub-section noting that in the Ta'anit (Talmud), it is said that the Qedarites worshipped water. Thanks again. Tiamut^talk 22:26, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Edit summary question

I saw WP:FINGE in your edit summary on the article Criticism of Judaism. Do you know what WP:FINGE is meant to be? I would recommend a redirect for WP:FINGE to see where the real page is. Thanks. Minimac94 (talk) 17:26, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Oops, I missed the "R" -- Avi (talk) 17:36, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: native en stewards

Consider me schooled. :D Shii (tock) 19:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Saqib Qayyum → Saki

Could you please see this. --Saki ^talk 17:52, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

User talk:63.64.165.55 requesting unblock

Could you give a bit more explanation of your checkuser block there, and/or help me respond intelligently to the unblock request. I have done the best I could with the information I could find, but I am unsure as to who the sockmaster is and why this specific IP is blocked? Thanks! --Jayron32 04:02, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind. I just figgered it out. Carry on. All is well. --Jayron32 04:11, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

al-Bassa

Hi Avi. Several sources say that al-Bassa appeared in the Talmud as Bezet or Bazet, but they don't give a Talmudic reference or even say which Talmud it was. Do you have a way to look it up? If you find the source, is there anything else of quotable interest there? Thanks. Zero^talk 06:48, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Without some context or a restricted area in which to search, I don't think I could find the source; the Talmud is huge. Sorry. -- Avi (talk) 22:43, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought you might have an index or a machine-searchable version. I have both Gemara's on my computer but I don't see any possible hits in there. Can you please try searching at [ http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/]? My Hebrew is not good enough to avoid missing things. Thanks. Zero^talk 02:53, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I just have the old-fashioned twenty-volume book version that has been used in Talmudic study for centuries :). Also, as there are no vowels in Aramaic, בצת could be many words. Lastly, searching that site doesn't work for me, either in IE8 or FF. If I knew where the word was, I could look it up directly. Sorry; if you have any other ideas let me know, and I'll keep it in the back of my mind. -- Avi (talk) 03:29, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, a friend provides this ref: Yerushalmi dmay 8b. Thanks. Zero^talk 17:19, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Unlike the Bavli, there is no consistent pagination of the Yerushalmi. However, I have the same pagination as your friend. The particular passage in Demai is discussing which cities on the border of Israel are considered as Israel for specific stringencies regarding Shmita, and it lists בצת as one of the cities on the border that is treated as Israel for the purpose of requiring adherence to Shmita (letting the fields go fallow, all produce is ownerless, etc.) I hope that helps. -- Avi (talk) 06:20, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

That's great, thanks. Zero^talk 06:50, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Challenge response

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Thanks --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 09:49, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Add a "public interest" clause to Oversight

A proposal to add a "public interest" clause to Wikipedia:Oversight has started at Wikipedia_talk:Oversight#Proposal_for_new_.27public_interest.27_clause. SilkTork *^YES! 10:26, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Avraham. You have new messages at The ed17's talk page.
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Responded -- Avi (talk) 06:14, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Rangeblock unblock request

See here. Related to this block. Thoughts? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:41, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Re

Hi Avi. It seems a customer services rep for "TalkTalk" has filed an unblock request at User talk:81.170.35.68 for the IP range 81.170.0.0/17 (see here). Perhaps you might want to talk to them? Regards, FASTILY ^(TALK) 19:44, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Responded -- Avi (talk) 06:14, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:ANI#WP:OFFER unblock request of MyMoloboaccount

Hi - as one of the blocking admins, you might be interested in this. Regards,  Sandstein  22:48, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:Offer by Molobo

Please see [2] as you are the blocking admin in the case.radek (talk) 04:50, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Avraham. You have new messages at Wikipedia:CHU/U.
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iBen (talk) 23:50, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Responded -- Avi (talk) 06:14, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Needed Consensus on the Genesis creation myth page

Being a latecomer to the article, I'm unclear exactly who is committed to the article and what they are committed to. I've heard a good deal from those in favor of the "myth" title, but not so much from those opposed. Eactly WHAT would be needed for a consensus title before you would be comfortable making improvements to the article? Please let me know on my talk page. Thanks.EGMichaels (talk) 12:24, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Response

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 22:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Comment : I did not find this to be controversial at all and did not expect ANY controversial responses. So, if I was involved in such a debate, it was purely on an accidental basis. I also forgot about my pledge, and was not aware that it was still binding after over a year without problems. I think most Jews on Wikipedia should not consider me as their enemy, and should also peacefully acknowledge that there have been abuse problems in the Jewish community, just like in the Catholic Church. ADM (talk) 22:44, 23 February 2010 (UTC)