Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ur-cvsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ur-cvsvax!gary From: gary@ur-cvsvax.UUCP (Gary Sclar) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.consumers,net.religion.jewish Subject: Commercial Ventures Message-ID: <131@ur-cvsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 14:53:18 EST Article-I.D.: ur-cvsva.131 Posted: Tue Nov 27 14:53:18 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:02:54 EST Distribution: net Organization: Center for Visual Science, U. of Rochester Lines: 15 Xref: godot net.flame:3286 net.consumers:1342 net.religion.jewish:846 What follows is another of my ideas for money making enterprises. Recently I read in the N.Y. Times that a hefty percentage of what are known as the "responsa", questions to Rabbis about Jewish law (with their corresponding answers) had been entered into a computer in Israel, making them available to scholars and Israeli courts of law. But these ancient traditions should be made more available to the general populace. Knowledge promotes understanding and all that rot. The trouble is that people are resistant to such learning. "It's not relevant to modern times", "It's too much trouble" etc. What if someone were to come up with something like several editions of, for instance, something like "Trivial Pursuits" based on the Talmud and other Jewish religious works? Not only would more folks get to learn about these laws (and some of the fascinating special cases to which they apply) but it might also make an excellent game of some sort. As usual, I'm interested in your responses (no hanging parties please). Send to !seismo!rochester!cvsvax!gary