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From: gary@ur-cvsvax.UUCP (Gary Sclar)
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Subject: Commercial Ventures
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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