I am literally crushed. (But I will nevertheless keep on putting the
heaviest volumes on the lower shelves in my house, just in case God
sends the Big One to California).
On 8/1/19 2:30 PM, howard posner wrote:
On Aug 1, 2019, at 2:10 PM, Alain Veylit wrote:
This 19th century pianist and co
Yes, it was definitely the Talmud that Alkan was almost certainly not trying to
reach when the bookcase almost certainly did not fall on him.
While Tristan has a point, facetious I’m sure, about the collective weight of
the Talmud being potentially fatal, it’s a bunch of volumes, so if it falls
I think you are right about the Talmud. My memory of the episode is
murky as Hell!
On 8/1/19 2:20 PM, Tristan von Neumann wrote:
This is a legend about Charles Valentin Alkan.
I don't really know if it's true though :)
It was probably the Talmud which has enough weight to crush you. No need
Thanks. The Talmud gets two points. :)
On 8/1/19 2:21 PM, [1]terli...@aol.com wrote:
Alkan of course... but I heard it was the Talmud that did him in.
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On Thursday, August 1, 2019, Alain
Veylit [3] wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2019, at 2:10 PM, Alain Veylit wrote:
>
> This 19th century pianist and composer died crushed by the fall of his
> private library's (heavy) bookshelf as he was trying to reach the Torah on
> the top shelf?
Not to be a killjoy, but:
"He remained a strict member of the Jewish fait
This is a legend about Charles Valentin Alkan.
I don't really know if it's true though :)
It was probably the Talmud which has enough weight to crush you. No need
for the shelf.
On 01.08.19 23:10, Alain Veylit wrote:
Since Howard mentions the Torah and jeopardy, here is our summer
quiz/jeopa
Alkan of course... but I heard it was the Talmud that did him in.
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On Thursday, August 1, 2019, Alain
Veylit wrote:
Since Howard mentions the Torah and jeopardy, here is our summer
quiz/jeopardy question:
Since Howard mentions the Torah and jeopardy, here is our summer
quiz/jeopardy question:
This 19th century pianist and composer died crushed by the fall of his
private library's (heavy) bookshelf as he was trying to reach the Torah
on the top shelf?
(High aspirations sometimes get you crush
