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'''Callander''' was a railway station located in [[Callander]], [[Stirling (district)]].

'''Archives''': [[User talk:IZAK/archive 1|1]]; [[User talk:IZAK/archive 2|2]]; [[User talk:IZAK/archive 3|3]]; [[User talk:IZAK/archive 4|4]]; [[User talk:IZAK/archive 5|5]]

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This station was closed on [[5 November]] [[1965]], with the service north and west ceasing on [[27 September]] [[1965]] following a landslip in [[Glen Ogle]].

== Article Licensing ==

Hi, I've [[User:rambot#Free the Rambot Articles project|started a drive]] to get users to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-Share Alike (''CC-by-sa'') v1.0 and v2.0 [[Creative Commons License|License]]s or into the [[public ___domain]] if they prefer. The ''CC-by-sa'' license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the [[GFDL]], but it allows '''other projects''', such as [[WikiTravel]], to use our articles. Since you are among the [[Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits|top 1000]] Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at ''minimum'' those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

*[[User talk:Ram-Man#Multi-Licensing FAQ|Multi-Licensing FAQ]] - Lots of questions answered

*[[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|Multi-Licensing Guide]]

*[[User:rambot#Free the Rambot Articles project|Free the Rambot Articles Project]]

{{Disused Rail Start}}

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "'''<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>'''" template into their user page, but there are other options at [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User namespace#Licensing Templates|Template messages/User namespace]]. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

{{rail line|previous=[[Doune railway station|Doune]]|next=[[Strathyre railway station|Strathyre]]|route=<br><small>[[Callander and Oban Railway]]|col=FFFF00}}

{{end box}}

{{Scotland-railstation-stub}}

:'''Option 1'''

[[Category:Disused railway stations in Scotland]]

:<nowiki>I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:</nowiki>

[[Category:Railway stations in Stirling]]

:<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>

[[Category:Beeching closures]]

'''OR'''

:'''Option 2'''

:<nowiki>I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:</nowiki>

:<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public ___domain, you could replace "'''<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>'''" with "'''<nowiki>{{MultiLicensePD}}</nowiki>'''". If you only prefer using the [[GFDL]], I would like to know that too. ''Please let me know'' what you think at my '''[[User talk:Ram-Man|talk page]]'''. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. [[User:Ram-Man|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &ndash; [[User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]] ^{([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Ram-Man&action=edit&section=new comment]) ([[User talk:Ram-Man|talk]])}[[<nowiki></nowiki>]] 23:38, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

*Dear Ram-Man: Thank you for all this information. I will need to give your communication some thought. Best wishes. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 06:03, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

:*As do many others. Take as much time as you need and get back to me whenever you'd like. '''Update:''' I've updated the original comment, which contains more useful links. [[User:Ram-Man|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &ndash; [[User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]] ^{([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Ram-Man&action=edit&section=new comment]) ([[User talk:Ram-Man|talk]])}[[<nowiki></nowiki>]] 23:38, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

== [[:Template:biblegateway]] ==

Hi, thanks for your reasonable adjustment to the template I created.

I made a comment here: [[Template_talk:Biblegateway#Change_in_format]]. I am not associated with that website, nor am I a great fan of their origins. However, they do an outstanding and well-made range of Christian translations.

I would like to continue with sensitive NPOV contributions on some of the pages where both Jews and Christians have an interest. I declare myself a Christian, but interested in that NPOV!

I hope to see you around. I have found the contributions of yours that I have glanced at to be very valuable. I hope you will come to think the same. &mdash; [[User:Peter Hitchmough|Dizzley (Peter H)]] 12:06, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

:See [[Book of Amos#External links]] - I hope you like the effect. [[User:Peter Hitchmough|Dizzley (Peter H)]]

== R.Soloveitchik ==

[[Image:3X4 and class.jpg|thumb|Soloveitchik]]

I noticed that the orphaned [[:Image:3X4 R.Soloveitchik and class.jpg]], uploaded by you, is on [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]]. In the [[Joseph Soloveitchik|article on Joseph Soloveitchik]] another copy is used, but the orphaned one actually seems to be of better quality. / [[User:Tupsharru|Tupsharru]] 13:11, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

==Banned again for no reason?! ==

This is really sick. Simonides and Zero instigated four out of nine Admins to ban me from editing all Judaism articles for a full year. Worse, they did so on the very articles on which I and others have the most success cooperating!

Josiah, JayJG, JFWolff and I have very different ideas about Judaism, yet we obviously have been able to work on these Judaism articles.

It is a gross violation of Sysop and Admin power to create rules that apply to only one person, and to no one else. By definition, when Wikipedia Admins engage in such behaviour, they are violating their own mandate, and thei "rulings" have no authority and are not binding.

:1. I am not involved in any flame wars. So why the year long ban? Not a single Wikipedian was ever given a year ban when they were NOT in a flame war.

:2. I am not involved in any revert wars or edit wars. So why the ban? Not a single Wikipedia was ever given a ban when they were not in revert for edit wars.

:3. The supposed problems are in articles in which the articles HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESOLVED, long ago! So why the ban?

:Not a single Wikipedian was ever given a year ban when parties amicably came to an issue. It seems that some Admins are enraged that our system actually worked, and parties peacefully worked out their differences. What kind of hateful people think that such a positive result is grounds for a year long ban?

:4. I repeatedly take week-long (or longer) Wiki-breaks to let things cool down and allow other people to have their say without any problem. So why the ban?

:5. I have taken many contentious articles OFF of my Watchlist, and simply let others do what they want, rather then engage in multiple arguments. So why the ban?

:6. I have asked for and successfully used mediation when necessary. So why the ban? The action to ban me was taken behind my back, without informing me, and proceeded based on false assumptions - and potentially deliberate lies.

I have e-mailed Jimbo Wales and others about this very issue previously; they were all unable to come up with even a ''single'' instance of this ever happening. Ever. The entire ban is a violation of Wikipedia policy, and we should not allow four people with a vendetta to wreck our whole system.

We are unfortunately dealing with a small number of people abusing their Admin power out of some sort of personal vendetta. If it happens to one person, it will happen to others. What steps should we take next to initiate disciplinary action against them for these serious violations?

[[User:RK|RK]] 20:40, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC) (Robert)

==[[Jewish ethnocentrism]]==

Hi Izak, just a note to let you know this page has been suggested for deletion at [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jewish ethnocentrism]]. Best, [[User:SlimVirgin|SlimVirgin]] 09:21, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)

==Image:George and Barbara Bush family.gif==

Just wanted to let you know that the image Image:George and Barbara Bush family.gif is on [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images]] because you have not tagged it with information about its source. [[User:Simonfairfax|Simon]] 03:17, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

== Israeli Art Students ==

Please take a look at this article: [[Israeli Art Students]]. It would seem to me like the work of some Neo-Nazi.--[[User:AAAAA|AAAAA]] 11:00, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Carbonbase ==

Hi IZAK, just wanted to let you know that i am aware of my wrong adjustments, i spent some time reverting back all what i did (making all those lists into categories). it was ignorance on my behalf and i tried to the best of my knowledge, to revert it back to it's previous order. [[User:Davidcannon]] was the first to divert my attention to my misinformed editing. i will further my reading before taking measures like that again. any why, i have personally changed the category 'Category' Prominent Jews into a list and redirected the category page for deletion.

Nevertheless, i had spent a great deal of research and effort into the [[List of Prominent Jews]] article after finding that [[List of Jews]] article could not provide with the same amount of refference and detail. the only reason i opened that list was because [[List of Jews]] could not provide me the depthness i needed. ture, i did not finish it yet, but i keep on furthering it. i do not understand why you chose to remove it even from being just a list and not a category as i mistakenly listed it at first.

True, i am new to Kikipedia, therefore, i respect veteren descissions, but it would be a true waste to let my research go in waste.

As for the Category additions that i changed on List of XXX pages (the ones you wrote Juko's editing was good enough) all i added was the name of the List after the | sign so it will fall under it's proper letter in the alphabetic order in the Lists of Jews category. i was wondering why [[List of Carribean Jews]] falls under the letter 'C' as it should, while [[List of Czek Jews]] falls under 'L'. i would appreciate if you could explain me the logic.

[[User:Carbonbase|Carbonbase]] 08:45, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Ritva/Rashba ==

IZAK

I have been wondering why you have changed my articles on the [[Rashba (rabbi)|Rashba]] and the [[Ritva (rabbi)|Ritva]] into Rashba (rabbi) and Ritva (Rabbi). Could you please explain to me why you did this. Thank you [[User:ChanochGruenman|ChanochGruenman]] 22:44, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:Hi Chanoch: I did not "change your article". I switched the titles and did some "re-directs", but everything you wrote in the articles was preserved. What I am trying to do is to provide as headings the names they are known by "Rashba" and "Ritva", (as in [[Rashi]]) and to clarify that they were "rabbis", hence "(rabbi)". The naming convention/s for rabbis on Wikipedia is not "set in stone" as you can see from looking at all the ''rabbonim'' in [[:Category:Middle Ages rabbis]] and [[:Category:Orthodox rabbis]]. So we can still discuss this further, and also get input from others, and I am open. Best wishes. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 06:47, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

::I think Chanoch is right. You do not need "(rabbi)" behind the names unless there are other articles called like that. The parenthesis are for disambiguation. Honestly, I would prefer [[Rashba]] to be at [[Shlomo ben Adret]] and the Ritva at [[Yomtov ben Avraham]], as these are their proper names. But there is a precedent to use their appellation (e.g. [[Vilna Gaon]]).

::Please contact me if you want me to move the pages back. As an admin, I can delete the redirect. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 08:41, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:::I agree with JFW. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 16:03, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== "Christian Bible" or just "Bible"? ==

There's a vote on this topic going on at [[Talk:Bible]]. I thought you might be interested in taking part. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 14:49, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Image license==

I notice that you claim [[:Image:Declaration of State of Israel 1948.jpg]] is licensed under GFDL. May I ask your reasoning behind this? [[User:Thuresson|Thuresson]] 03:43, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Category ==

Why should [[Rosh Hashanah]] be in [[:Category:Tabernacle and Jerusalem Temples]]? [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 08:14, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:Hi: The answer is because it was a major holiday observed in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] as per [[Rosh Hashanah#In the Hebrew Bible]]: "...It is likely that the new year was celebrated from ancient times in some special way. The earliest reference to such a custom is, probably, in the account of the vision of Ezekiel (Ezek. xl. 1). This took place at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month ([[Tishri]]). On the same day the beginning of the year of jubilee was to be proclaimed by the blowing of trumpets (Lev. xxv. 9). According to the Septuagint rendering of Ezek. xlv. 20, special sacrifices were to be offered on the first day of the seventh month as well as on the first day of the first month. '''This first day of the seventh month was appointed by the Law to be "a day of blowing of trumpets". There was to be a holy convocation; no servile work was to be done; and special sacrifices were to be offered (Lev. xxiii. 23-25; Num. xxix. 1-6).''' This day was not expressly called New-Year's Day, but it was evidently so regarded by the Jews at a very early period." [[Rosh_Hashanah#In_the_Hebrew_Bible]] Where else were the ''[[shofar|shofros]]'' and the special ''chatzotzros'' ("[[trumpet]]s") blown, not to mentioned the offerings of the special [[korbanot]] for that day, if not in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]]? And what about all the information in Masechta Rosh HaShanah in the [[Talmud]]? [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:48, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think this is a very broad definition of subjects, and potentially confusing. It suggests that these holidays were only celebrated in the Mishkan/Beis haMikdosh (''quod non''). Perhaps you should tighten up a bit. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 12:53, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

*I really disagree with you, because when when several "categories" are placed at the bottom of pages it does NOT mean or "suggest(s) that these holidays were '''only''' celebrated in the Mishkan/Beis haMikdosh", it DOES mean that '''there is a direct strong relationship and connection between the subject of the article and the category'''. This is very common when multiple categories are placed on pages. The ''shalosh regalim'' and the ''moadim'' were intrinsic parts of Temple worship and all the major ''[[korbanot]]'' that were offered up ONLY in the Temple/ are mentioned explicitly in every [[siddur]] and [[machzor]] (particularly of Orthodoxy) '''today'''. After all, what was the main '''purpose''' of the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem if not do do the ''avoda'' (service) the high-points of which were culminated on the [[High Holy Days]] and the [[Three pilgrim festivals]]? The intelligent reader will actually gain and learn and not be "confused". Have you really taken a comprehensive look at the fairly liberal usage of categories on all sorts pages lately? You make it seem like I am some sort of exception here which is absolutely not valid or correct because I have given this new category much thought. It would not be enough to include merely the "physical contstructs" of the Tabernacle and Temple. The '''sources, functions, usages, purposes, goals, events and meanings of the Tabernacles and the Temples can and must be brought "under the one roof" of this category''' otherwise the category will become like an empty house without life, meaning, or a soul to it. Thanks for your input and understanding. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 03:13, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== [[Ablution in Judaism]] ==

There's a question at [[Talk:Ablution in Judaism]]; I wonder if you wouldn't mind weighing in? [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 17:49, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

*Hope my input helped. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 09:29, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==[[Golan Heights]]==

Well, I've done what I can, but the editors there are clearly applying a double standard. Perhaps you can get involved again, I'm done for now. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 05:48, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Hebrews?==

I've never edited [[Hebrews]], as far as I can recall - is there some piece of pro-Israeli POV there I need to fix? If so, thanks for alerting me. ;) - [[User:Mustafaa|Mustafaa]] 11:33, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:Yea, you're right, not much action at [[Hebrews]], all your fire was directed at [[Hebrew languages]]. How silly of me to confuse the Hebrew people with their language. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 22:30, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Re-opening arbitration ==

I've posted a request to re-open the arbitration case against you. Please see [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration]]. -- [[User:Netoholic|Netoholic]] [[User talk:Netoholic|@]] 17:15, 2005 Apr 4 (UTC)

==VfD==

You may have an interest in this: [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Anti-globalization and Anti-Semitism]]. [[User:SlimVirgin|SlimVirgin]] ^{<font color="Purple">[[User_talk:SlimVirgin|(talk)]]</font>} 21:58, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

== Grogger License ==

[[:Image:Purim Gragger.gif]] Hello IZAK. Where is the source of this picture? Can I upload to Japanese Wikipedia? (See Japanese "[[Purim]]" article.) Shalom Alekhem. --[[User:Sheynhertz-Unbayg|Sheynhertz-Unbayg]] 05:01, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Hi, it is a personal picture of mine and you may use it. Enjoy! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:07, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==STP==

Hi Izak, thanks for the note about STP. I added a comment to the proposed case against you brought by Netaholic, but I don't think I have anything to add about STP as I have no personal knowledge of him being Alberuni. Thanks for letting me know about it though. Best, [[User:SlimVirgin|SlimVirgin]] ^{<font color="Purple">[[User_talk:SlimVirgin|(talk)]]</font>} 10:11, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

*OK, thank you for your efforts. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 10:30, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Here's what I added to your comment section. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Comments] [[User:SlimVirgin|SlimVirgin]] ^{<font color="Purple">[[User_talk:SlimVirgin|(talk)]]</font>} 10:49, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

*Thank you, I saw it. Much appreciated. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 09:28, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Anti-globalization and Anti-Semitism]] ==

You might be interested in [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Anti-globalization and Anti-Semitism]]. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 17:32, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== New article: [[Women for Israel's Tomorrow]] ==

Please consider reading this new article I just created. --[[User:AladdinSE|AladdinSE]] 11:57, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

*Ok, did that. Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 07:34, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==[[:Image:Kinghussein.jpg]]==

Why did you change the license status of this image from unverified to PD? This is in fact a copyrighted picture. [[User:Thuresson|Thuresson]] 02:42, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Sorry, an oversight. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 07:22, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Your notes ==

Izak, thanks for this and other notes. I need to figure out who/what this is about, I had no clue about him. [[User:Humus sapiens|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&larr;[[User:Humus sapiens|Humus sapiens]]&larr;[[User talk:Humus sapiens|Talk]] 09:22, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*The notes are about different articles with different editors. Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 09:26, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Maxwell==

Izak I sincerely hope you are not feeling obliged to defend Maxwell's reputation because he was Jewish. This will not reflect well on you. He was a corrupt slimeball who stole from his own employees. Had he not died he would certainly have been both bankrupted and imprisoned. You should stop adding weasel-words like "controversial" to the article in place of plain statements of well-attested fact. [[User:Adam Carr|Adam]] 08:31, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Adam, as you well-know I respect and appreciate your wisdom and abilities. I honestly do NOT feel "obliged to defend Maxwell's reputation because he was Jewish" or to defend anyone else's reputation for that matter. But when I read the [[Robert Maxwell]] article, I noticed that certain Users just could not restrain themsleves from throwing [[mud]], instead of writing in a "standard" [[Scholarly method|scholarly]] [[NPOV]] style. This article has also become a bizarre magnet for certain pro-Arab, neo-Nazi, and anti-Semitic types who are then very happy to use the article as a "[[whipping boy]]" in an indirect way of "getting back at the Jews and Israel" in any way they can. I suspect that to [[User:AladdinSE]] his introduction (on 12 April 2005) of [[:Image:Robert Maxwell.jpg]] (Maxwell's "mug shot") is a further "extension" of the vicious Nazi "cartoon" he introduced (on 2 April 2005) [[:Image:Der Giftpilz - Gott des Juden - Nazi propaganda.jpg]] which he originally called "MoneyJews" and following in the line of the horrendous pro-Palestinian "cartoon" (introduced on 23 Jan 2005) [[:Image:Shark Palestine Caricature.jpg]] (which I had submitted for deletion, see [[:Image talk:Shark Palestine Caricature.jpg]]). As you must well-know by now, there are some people here who tend to be "unfriendly" to Jews no matter what, so when I saw the Maxwell piece it surprised me that it was peppered with "slime ball" (as you call it) talk and subjected to frequent vandalism. '''As an inpartial [[historian]] and [[academician]] how can one possibly stoop to the methodology and "language" befitting a [[tabloid]] and not an encyclopedia? There is no room for [[yellow journalism]]-type articles and wording on Wikipedia.''' So all I am trying to do is use LANGUAGE that befits scholars and not [[barbarian]]s. Again, I stress, I have the highest regard for your integrity, but we can't allow Wikipedia to start sounding like a "[[Rupert Murdoch]]-run [[tabloid]]", ever! (And hey, Robert Maxwell is not even around to argue his OWN case -- to which he too is entitled by any fair standard of the law of a civilised state.) All the best. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 09:20, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Language links ==

Just a remark. The language links, like this, [[:it:Guido Castelnuovo]] should be at the very bottom of the article, after the categories, and all grouped together. I can't now tell you a reference for that, but there is indeed a rule that things must be so. Cheers, [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] 15:19, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Hi Oleg, I understand what you are saying, but can you tell me exactly where this policy is stated. Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:23, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

::I can't. I need to search for it. Let me just give you a simple explanation. If you put the link in the wrong place, and not together with other links at the bottom, people or robots adding interwiki links might miss it. Also, putting a link in the middle makes it very likely somebody else will fix it for you. So, think of putting the links at the bottom as just a good habit, worth following. If you really insist, I could go search for that rule. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] 15:02, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

See [[Wikipedia:Category#How to add categories to the physics articles]]. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] 00:21, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Ok, thank you for this reference. I appreciate your work!!! Best wishes! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:29, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Khazars ==

[[Khazars]] is up for nomination on [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates]]. Since you were involved in some of the editing I thought you would be interested. Your vote and/or comments would be appreciated. Thanks! --[[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]] 16:04, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Hi, thank you, I have given it my "Support" vote now. Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:07, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==[[User:Powergrid]]==

Please note the "contributions" of [[User:Powergrid]]; he seem determined to violate Wikipedia's content and NPOV rules. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 23:28, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Another hour, another [[sock puppet]], it never ends...[[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:21, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Deletion ==

Done. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 08:18, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Thank you. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:21, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== VfDs ==

#Izak, you might be interested to vote at [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jenin massacre]]. [[User:Humus sapiens|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&larr;[[User:Humus sapiens|Humus sapiens]]&larr;[[User talk:Humus sapiens|Talk]] 23:22, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

#You might also be interested in [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Judeofascism]]. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 02:49, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Thanks for the notifications.[[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:20, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==POV edits to [[List of ethnic slurs]]==

You added the following to [[List of ethnic slurs]]:

''Judeofascism - denigration of Judaism via a false verbal connection to Fascism, meant as an "insult" to the label "Zionism".''

IZAK, you know better than this. As offensive as you find this term (and understandably so), you must still remain cognizant of Wikipedia's NPOV policy. If you feel that you are unable to write a NPOV description of a specific term, action, or event due to your personal feelings, please ask someone else to do so in your stead. In any case, this term is already on [[List of political epithets]]. I see no reason why it should be listed on [[List of ethnic slurs]] as well. For what it's worth, I think the separate [[Judeofascism]] article should be either deleted or redirected to [[List of political epithets]]. [[User:Firebug|Firebug]] 05:11, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Dear Firebug, I was about to move my submission but you beat me to the draw. As for describing, "Judeofascism" as a "denigration of Judaism via a false verbal connection to Fascism, meant as an "insult" to the label "Zionism", " what are you getting so steamed up about? It happens to be true AFAIK. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:19, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== New template ==

Trying for [[Template:Israelis]]

== lady rabbis ==

Wouldn't the Hebrew word for such people be "rabbit"s? [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 16:15, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

*But then that would be "discriminating" against the male rabbit's wouldn't it??? [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 02:55, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

**Oh, those poor rabid rabbim. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 08:13, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

&#1495;&#1490; &#1499;&#1513;&#1512; &#1493;&#1513;&#1502;&#1495;!--[[User:ChanochGruenman|ChanochGruenman]] 12:28, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Thank you, to you too![[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 02:55, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==[[:Category:Islamophobes]]==

I've put it up for deletion; you'll find it at [[WP:CFD]]. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 20:23, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== A.I.Kook Licence ==

[[:Image:Kook color.jpg]]

Hello! Where is the source of this picture? Can I upload to Japanese article? --[[User:Sheynhertz-Unbayg|Sheynhertz-Unbayg]] 01:24, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Hi, it is a very old sketch that is widely circulated and used among Rabbi Kook's admirers and as far as I know no-one has ever been stopped from using it. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 07:44, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Todo list ==

Hi IZAK, thanks for your suggestions and for believing in me :)) I'll put those on my Todo list - which is getting longer lately due to increased vandalism & edit wars, etc. Shalom. [[User:Humus sapiens|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&larr;[[User:Humus sapiens|Humus sapiens]]&larr;[[User talk:Humus sapiens|Talk]] 07:02, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*No problem thank you. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:36, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Kosher wine==

Yitziq...could you please look over my recent additions to [[Kosher wine]] for accuracy and spelling/punctuation/grammar/ etc?

[[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 08:14, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

*Done. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:36, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:Thanks. My familiarity with the Conservative "movement" is basically little more than a passing fancy. :-p [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 09:02, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

OK, keep on moving then....[[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 09:32, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

: Should I say "thanks for nothing" then? I do appeciate your edits tho... :-p [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 10:17, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

You like being "conservative"..?[[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 10:20, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

: Heh. Um, that'll be a big "no", but I'm not ashkenazi, so happily, I find myself comfortably outside of all the (from outside, ridiculous) controversies...I do, however, find that a lot of "Conservative Judaism" is completely in line with traditionally Sefardi interpretation. I meant no disrespect by inviting your participation., but I have found your contributions to be "fair" wrt to Masortiyut, rather that the (IMHO) obscene dogmaticism of most of ortodosiyut. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 10:30, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

::And yes, I say {{unicode|"orthoðosiyuþ"}}. :-p [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 10:32, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Ah, but this is [[Wikipedia]] my friend and I understand the meaning of [[NPOV]], it's sort of like [[Never Never Land]]. It is ''not'' like the "real world" where [[rebbe]]s and [[rosh yeshiva]]s are the bosses in the world of [[Torah]] and [[Talmud]], so you may as well enjoy your stay on this ever-growing [[digital]] [[cyber]]-island of "neutral" information. Let me know when you do make up your mind tho, I am always curious to see where people land up eventually... [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 10:44, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:Oh chill out. My mind is made up. I accept the OU for my kosher lepesach yayanim. I'm happy to remain, however, completely sefardi. :-p My only hope is that I can retain my nutraliyut without compromising my inteligentziyut beeditiyut haartiqlim baviqipedya. :-p Çagh kasher vesimça, çevraþkha, Tomer. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 10:59, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

I need to "chill"? I didn't know I was even warming up! If you accept the Orthodox [[OU]]'s rabbis (some of whom are real [[posek|poskim]]) why did you refer to Conservative rabbis as "poskim" when no-one refers to them by that title (name me one known Conservative "posek" by the way --- one who BUILDS up the Halakha and does not ''always'' break it down into nonsense --- ?) As for being Sefardi, why do you always bring that into the discussions here? Who cares what you are, as long as you are a good Jew when dealing with other Jews and Judaism (and with the rest of the world.) I am sure that God does not expect anyone to have a [[lobotomy]] "''leshem shamayim''" just so that one should be a "blind follower". I think there is room enough in this big wide world of ours to have all kinds of people, both devout [[Haredim]] and free-thinking Jews, as long as they all believe in the one God of Judaism and hopefully are not "[[Learning disability|learning-disabled]]" when it comes to understanding the meaning of maintaining the HIGHER standards of the [[Shulkhan Arukh]] and not to "water it down" as the Conservative clergy is prone to do (see your own research at [[Kosher wine]] to verify this), or like the Reform rabbis who, like [[Clark Gable]]'s closing words in [[Gone with the Wind]] say: "Frankly I don't give a damn" about Jewish law most of the time...(that was a nice movie, maybe we can go see it sometimes, it's all about the perils of [[civil war]] and other such [[Real World]] catastrophes.) Keep up the good questions tho...[[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 11:28, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:I said chill out because I think you're getting too many crinkles in your undies over unnecessary things, and I see now I was correct in my assessment. I only mention that I'm sefardi because I don't want anyone to think my opinions should hold any weight in the argumentative realm of ashkenaziyut. I only brought the "conservative viewpoint" into the melieu because I happen to think it's noteworthy in the discussion about the kashrut of yayin, not within my world, but within the worldview of ashkenazim, who do, as it happens, constitute about (at least according to the Jewish ethnolical divisons article,) 70% of Jews worldwide. I mention it at the same time, because I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from dragging me into the very christian-like dogmatic disputes you Ashkenazim seem to take pleasure in entertaining. And, oh yeah, I didn't engage in any "research" wrt to the Conservative view of the kashrut of yayanim meameriqa. I read an opinion on Viqipedya, and conveyed it. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 12:04, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

(Please leave my underwear out of this discussion, and I promise not to discuss what you wear or don't wear.) So by now, with ''your'' multiple mention of your Sefardi heritage over and over again (I have never brought this topic up first), pray tell which genuine Sefardic great rabbi says that it's ok to rely on Conservative opinions about the kashrut of wines or Conservative opinions and views about anything else for that matter? Why don't you contribute the Sefardic religious view about this subject? (I know, secular Sefardim don't care what they drink, right?) And I take great exception to calling open intellectual '''discussions''' about Jewish religious differences in [[Judaism]], as being "Christian-like"...when it is truthfully the Jewish way to always discuss things again and again until we can arrive at the [[truth]] (have you heard of that concept?). Further, have you not seen how Sefardim especially "bargain" in the ''shuk'', or in business or in the [[real world]]? Is that a pretty sight? I think having intellectual discussions is a lot more enjoyable mind you...have you not seen how this is done in any respectable Sefardi OR Ashkenazi [[yeshiva]] ever? Be well, I have to go pray now...bye![[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 12:39, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:I'll avoid trying to kick you in the balls for your intentional and prejudicial jabs against sefardim, and try to bring this back to the topic at hand. I never tried to present conservative ideology as "in line" with sefardic posqim. I simply tried to inject the conservative view wrt wine, which is regarded as authoritative by about 45% of American Jewry as authoritative, as presented in Klein's work, into the article. I asked for your input, and that is all. Period, done widit. jag kasher vesaméaj. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 12:52, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

== New template ==

So hey...I've started a little project at [[Wikipedia:Sandbox/Template:Judaism]] as you can see...please help out in any way you can, or tell me why I should just stop it. :-p [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 09:56, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

*Hi Tomer, ok, so I have given a comprehensive response on the Talk page there. Please see it. Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:55, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Images on PUI ==

IZAK, sorry about that. Usually I make very certain I have contacted the user, but forgot this time. As for the actually licence, I think there has been some misunderstanding about Public ___domain actually means. I don't know relevant Israeli law, but I don't think they have short copyright terms. Which means all those images are not Public Domain. The only people who produce Public Domain images today is the US federal gov. Now, we can claim fairuse on some of them, but others we need a source. If we cannot find a source, then they must be deleted as possible copyright infringment.

So to recap, if it is not explicitly licenced, then it is copyrighted. [[User:Burgundavia|Burgundavia]] 13:45, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

== Images on PUI ==

IZAK, sorry about that. Usually I make very certain I have contacted the user, but forgot this time. As for the actually licence, I think there has been some misunderstanding about Public ___domain actually means. I don't know relevant Israeli law, but I don't think they have short copyright terms. Which means all those images are not Public Domain. The only people who produce Public Domain images today is the US federal gov. Now, we can claim fairuse on some of them, but others we need a source. If we cannot find a source, then they must be deleted as possible copyright infringment.

So to recap, if it is not explicitly licenced, then it is copyrighted. [[User:Burgundavia|Burgundavia]] 13:49, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

*Thanks for tagging all those images. Hopefully this clears up a lot of things. [[User:Burgundavia|Burgundavia]] <small>([[User talk:Burgundavia|&#9992; take a flight?]])</small> 00:11, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

==Template: Israelis==

I would like your comments on anedited template I have put together at: [[User:Goodoldpolonius2/israel]]. --[[User:Goodoldpolonius2|Goodoldpolonius2]] 04:01, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

*Hi, it's too thick and wastes space (tto much spacing on the sides). The original [[:Template:Israelis]] is much better (slimmer and more comprehensive), why do you want to tamper with the original? [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 04:57, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

LET US CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION AT: [[Template talk:Israelis]] Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:02, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

*What made you think any of that interjection was remotely necessary? [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>}

== Recent new creations ==

I doubt either Zvi Block or Tiferes Yisroel has notability. Please use VFD, I will vote there if necessary. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 07:48, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

== contact me ==

Shalom! Write to me

MSN: [e-mail]

AOL: tkadmon

YahooIM: fivetrees

ICQ:50416037

--[[User:Fivetrees|Fivetrees]] 08:21, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

== Kabbalah ==

Thanx again for correcting me and thanx for the future! Kabbalah astrology is weak material, but maybe better than nothing. Daat is interesting, but complicated sphirot, so I'll make revision later.

--[[User:Fivetrees|Fivetrees]] 07:21, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

*No problem, thanks you for your input to the articles. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 23:50, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

==Various articles==

Thanks for letting me know, I'll try to take a look at all of them. Meanwhile, you might be interested in [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Right to exist]]. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 02:26, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

== R' Soloveitchik and beezuy talmidei chachomim ==

''Joseph Soloveitchik (1903 -1993) Rosh HaYeshiva (Dean) RIETS, Yeshiva University, also '''a famous apikorus''' who somehow made his way into Jewish history. '''He ruined the famous Soloveitchik's reputation as marbitzei Torah'''.''

I see that you subscribe to the conventional wisdom/rumor (spread mostly by the left and absorbed by many on the right) regarding the substance of R' Soloveitchik. This is further reflected in your article [[Joseph Soloveitchik]], where you link R' Soloveitchik with (for example) [[Torah Umadda]], [[Zionism]], and Kantian philosophy, connections that are oversimplified at best. Instead of writing vague generalities about revisionalism (as I saw on the talk page of the ''Soloveitchik'' article), I'll quote from Rav [[Moshe Feinstein]]. He writes in a letter to R' Soloveitchik (regarding banning rabbinical attendance at ecumenical conventions, found in Igros Moshe Yoreh Dea'ah, chelek 3, siman 43):

:''"My dear one and my friend, the Gaon, the well-known Gadol, '''marbitz Torah barabim (purveyor of Torah to the public)''', Moreinu (our teacher) HaRav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, shlit"a." ''

This sounds cliché, but "the Rav" is/was misunderstood.

If you respond, I'll be willing to continue the discussion and provide much more information. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 03:36, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

*Hello HKT: I must very STRONGLY PROTEST your unfounded accusations because I did not God-forbid write the disgusting words: "also a famous apikorus who somehow made his way into Jewish history. He ruined the famous Soloveitchik's reputation as marbitzei Torah" and I would never write such a thing about Rabbi Soloveitchik, ever! So please apologize ASAP! Furtheremore you are free to analyze all my contributions on the "history" for the article, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Soloveitchik&action=history&limit=500&offset=0] and you can judge for yourself what I do say. I cannot be held responsible for what other editors have added or contributed because this is Wikipedia and I am involved with thousands of other articles. Each of us must choose those pages they desire to moniter most and then respond with edits and discussions when they know that their subject is being misrepresented. If you cannot function in this environment and if you are going to run around Wikipedia hurling unfounded accusations at people then I would apply to you the saying "if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen". Also, it is important for you to understand that Wikipedia is NOT a "yeshiva" but it is in many ways an open ENCYCLOPEDIA that any idiot who can write a few words can edit, so mistakes and vandalism can and do happen. Be well and stay in touch! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:03, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

*You may also want to contribute to the article yourself and insert what you know to be the truth about Rabbi Soloveitchik. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:10, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

:I'm sorry. I inappropriately assumed that you would've caught vandalism on your user page, though you're clearly otherwise occupied. You're right, of course, that I should have checked the history page. I do think that the article demonstates too much of a left-wing-tilted image of R' Soloveitchik, and maybe I'll get around to addressing some of that on the talk page of the article.

By the way, I appreciate the welcome message on my user:talk page. Thank you, and again I apologize. Kol Tuv. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 18:20, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

By the way, I reread your response and I just wanted to clarify: the "famous apikores" line is not in the article but on your user page. Just so you're aware where the vandals are striking. See also other comments on the '''Famous Rabbis''' section. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 18:24, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Cleaned up the vandalism. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 21:05, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Oh, by the way: I can't just post anything that I know to be true. I would need to back that info up with recorded, public secondary sources. I'm sure I could scrounge up some such quotes, but it would probably be highly time consuming. We'll see. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 21:11, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

*Dear HKT: I would like to thank you for alerting me to the vandalism of my own User page by an anonymous vandal who seems to be on his own personal version of a "jihad" against anyone who does not agree with ''his'' view of Torah life. Pardon me if my initial reponse was overly harsh towards you, I had no idea that an idiot had attacked and changed my words. As I said, this is Wikipedia after all... [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 04:55, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

==Miscount on [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Right to exist]]==

Hi IZAK. I apologize for mischaracterizing you somehow when I summarized the deletion votes. I shouldn't be doing it when I haven't slept. Thanks for the correction. [[User:Moink|moink]] 15:55, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

*No problem, and thanks for getting back to me. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 23:49, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

==[[Sephirah (Kabbalah)]]==

See my edits to [[Sephirah (Kabbalah)]] and let me know what you think.--[[User:Eliezer|Eliezer]] 12:43, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the confidence re: me writing Kabbalistic articles [[User:Fintor|Fintor]] 13:37, 11 May 2005 (UTC) [[User_talk:Fintor | talk]]

I'll look in on these articles, but not only do I have a lot of stuff I ''should'' be doing for school, Qabala is pretty low on my list of interests, so most of what I do there will probably consist of watching for typos and grammatos for now. Meantime, I'd like to flesh out my little project at [[User:TShilo12/Peirush]] as well as work more on straightening out the whole template thing we were discussing last week when I get a chance to work on it again (week after next probably) [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 19:37, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

*Hey IZAK, [[User:El_C]] pointed out something on my talk page...you have Netzach as "Victory", but it means "Eternity" (as in netzach netzachim). Is there some sod I've missed out on? I'm only 33, so I haven't looked too much at qabala... [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 02:52, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

**Tomer, no ''sod'' just use your ''kop'', it means both those words. Eternity=Victory, get it? [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 04:51, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

***Just curious... :-p I learned victory=nitzachon, but I suppose it's possible the two words are etymologically related. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 05:06, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

***''Nitzachon'' is used in modern Hebrew, yes. We are not talking about a short-term military-type victory at all. We are talking about the quality of "nitzchiut" when H-shem will be "victorious" in the world when it reaches a level of "Eternity" (i.e. the material world will no longer be a hindrance to His [only spiritual] Will...''bayom hahu yiheye H-shem Echad ushmo echad''...) In older uses you find for example the [[Maharal]] of Prague named one of his works ''Netzach Yisrael'', meaning both its "victory" over Egypt on [[Passover|Pesach]] and then becoming an "eternal" nation on [[Shavuot]] seven weeks later when it witnesses ''matan Torah'' --- and as a paradox to understanding why [[Ninth of Av|Tisha Be'av]] is not ''the end'' but ''the beginning'' in a way, so we shouldnt allow modern-limited perspectives to cloud a language that has roamed widely and deeply and includes a variety of similar usages subject to a variety and variant language and grammatical rules and customs. And most importantly, this is an area of complex [[abstraction]]s and [[metaphor]]s and if one is going to be ever the narrow [[literal]]ist, then forget about ever grasping some small ideas about Kabbalah, which are all one huge abstraction about an [[invisible]] inscrutable incomprehesible God that is at the center of it all. Be patient, and don't jump, literally or figuratively! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:23, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

== New article ==

Hey. I just created [[fast of the firstborn]]. Please check it out; it probably needs some work. I think it might be too technical, and it's also imbalanced. Thanks.[[User:HKT|HKT]] 21:07, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Take a look at [[Phinehas]] (or [[Pinchas]]). The etymology seems fishy. (Also, I don't think that he was so young when he killed Zimri and Kazbi, but I'll have to double-check). [[User:HKT|HKT]] 21:13, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I wrote [[Phineas]] before; these crazy spelling variations are out of control. (By the way, [[Phineas]] ''could'' use a disambiguation page).[[User:HKT|HKT]] 00:09, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

== [[Rabbi Yochanan]] ==

I've added a bit to the article you created on [[Rabbi Yochanan]]. I thought you might be interested in checking it out and adding/changing/deleting/commenting.[[User:Msh210|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &mdash;[[User:msh210|msh210]] 03:18, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

== Abif ==

I took a look at [[Abif]] and left some harsh comments. Take a look. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 19:21, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

*Thanks for the notice...I actually found the article a few days ago and was flabergast that such ignorance could possibly exist. I would think the article should be a {speedy-delete} candidate, given that it's entirely comprised of incoherent mumbo-jumbo, but then again, I'm a lot quicker to discern these things, apparently, than the wikigods. If this rubbish has to go through the formality of a VfD, I'm more than happy to cast my vote in favor of deletion. If the VfD fails, I'll lose all faith in the Wikipedia. This article is a poster-child for why there ''should'' be a wikicabal. You and I, of course, should head it. :-D (shavua tov, btw) [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 06:42, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

**Tomer, thank you for your kind words, but at the moment (for me) the "shlep" of being a hard working editor here leaves me no time to get involved in "cabals" of any sort. And please do not be impatient with Wikipedia, it works for those who can follow the process, but not for those who want to "re-invent the Wiki-wheel" in a hurry. And finally, personally I do not like "speedy deletions" (only to be used in the most extreme of "emergencies"), because '''not only must justice be done, it must also be SEEN to be done''' (I can't remember where that quote comes from, but it's always true.., even in the courts of Wikipedia's cyber-tribunals). Best wishes and ''shavua tov''! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 07:10, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

== Template:Jewish language ==

You may be interested in the discussion at [[Template_talk:Jewish_language#Attention-stealing_template]]. [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] ^{<font color=129DBC>[[User talk:TShilo12|TALK]]</font>} 17:35, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

==Image==

If [[:Image:Hunter (Purim)-thumb.jpg]] is your property, could you indicate the copyright status on the image page? Please don't deprive Wikipedia of the image of this unusual tzaddik. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:19, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

*Done, I hope ''GFDL'' is good enough. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 23:46, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Ditto [[:Image:Sharett_stamp.jpg]] -- although I cannot vouch for his tzaddikness status. [[User:Yaronf|Yaron]] 19:10, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

*Done, it is a ''Stamp'' image. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 23:46, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

== Need your opinion Nazi vs, German occupation ==

IZAK - let us know what you think, i.e., vote at [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/German military occupation of Norway during World War II]] --[[User:Leifern|Leifern]] 23:00, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

*Done, thanks for the alert, I also tidied up some things on the [[Quisling]] disambiguation page. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 23:48, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

== A tale of two articles ==

See [[Chokmah (Kabbalah)]] and [[Chokhmah (Kabbalah)]]. At a glance (nimretzes), it seems the former is the keeper. Probably requires no merge. Thanks. [[User:HKT|HKT]] 21:44, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

*Hi HKT, yes your assessment is correct. I combined the two, and of course the the first one is better but I redirected it to the second one's ''title'' because usually the "k" is written as "kh" (at least for middle letters at any rate) as in [[Halakha]] and [[Shulkhan Arukh]]. Thanks for the heads up. Best wishes. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:46, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

==[[Deir Yassin]] cleanup==

Mah Shlomha ahi! The Dier Yassin article needs clean up and imput from Jewish sources. I think that we can provide that imput. Would you like to help me clean up the article? [[User:Guy Montag|Guy Montag]] 04:55, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

*Shalom Guy, I would love to help, but I am working on dozens of other articles right now. I suggest you start ''slowly'' and see how it goes. Please keep me informed. Thanks and Kol Tuv! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 08:49, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

== Yehudei sheqolenique ==

[[Yehudei sheqolenique]], ever heard of them? Can you look at and verify the article at all? Thanks [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 10:24, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

* No, and I have no way to evaluate this without sources. -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] 16:39, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

Please use VFD if you think something is nonsense. It usually is. This one was written quite well, but a simple [[Google:Sheqolenique|google test]] revealed that all mentions were Wikipedia mirrors. Whoever pulled this ''vitz'' probably had a good laugh. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 19:14, 19 May 2005 (UTC)