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minus-squareALoafOfBread@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-215 days agoI had to look it up and the meme is true, apparently. https://sephardicu.com/midrash/frog-or-frogs/ There was a rabbinic/talmudic scholar named Rashi who even suggested that: צפרדע אחת היתה והיו מכין אותה והיא מתזת נחילים נחילים זהו מדרשו There was only one frog, and when the Egyptians would beat it with sticks, swarms of frogs would ricochet from it.
minus-squarezloubida@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·15 days agoNot just a scholar; Rashi is arguably the most important Jewish theologian, the Thomas of Aquinas of Judaism.
minus-squareALoafOfBread@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 days agoMan imagine if aquinas had said that the plague of frogs was actually just one giant kaiju frog or like the camels that try to pass through the eyes of needles are just really tiny or something
I had to look it up and the meme is true, apparently.
https://sephardicu.com/midrash/frog-or-frogs/
There was a rabbinic/talmudic scholar named Rashi who even suggested that:
Not just a scholar; Rashi is arguably the most important Jewish theologian, the Thomas of Aquinas of Judaism.
Man imagine if aquinas had said that the plague of frogs was actually just one giant kaiju frog or like the camels that try to pass through the eyes of needles are just really tiny or something