dc.contributor.author | Ehrenberg, Isaac Mayer | |
dc.contributor.author | Siegel, Joshua E | |
dc.contributor.author | Erb, Dylan Charles | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-20T21:43:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-20T21:43:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119246 | |
dc.description.abstract | In contrast to the strict requirements of Eruchin pledges found in Leviticus
27:1–8, Damim (monetary) donations are not closely regulated by the Torah
and can take many forms. One may not, for example, offer an Erech
that corresponds to some fraction of a human being, as Erech donations
can be made only on an integer number of persons. To use language that
could refer to anything but the entirety of a person renders the Erech attempt
failed (Eruchin Chapter 5 Mishna 2). Damim is more flexible as the
giver is free to offer almost any value, flexibly comprised. Beyond specifying
a donation in the local currency, the Talmud quotes two cases where
people offered either their entire value on the slave market, or the more
complicated value of a particular body part such as a hand, which requires
two evaluations to solve the equation ‘Value of one’s Hand’ = ‘Value of
that Person’ – ‘Value of (Person without his Hand).’ A similar situation
arises when one offers to contribute the value of his weight in a material.
A simple measurement is needed when the entire weight is specified, but
if it’s only the weight of a particular limb, the Mishna (Eruchin19a) details
an elaborate procedure that involves measuring the volume of the limb
through a water displacement exercise, and estimating the density of human
flesh using a combination of donkey bone, blood and meat. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Hakirah, Inc. | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://www.hakirah.org/currentissue.htm | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | Subirana, Brian | en_US |
dc.title | The Tallest Column: On Monetary Value of Stature in Jewish Law | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ehrenberg, Isaac, Joshua Siegel, and Dylan Erb. "The Tallest Column: On Monetary Value of Stature in Jewish Law ." Hakirah, 25, Fall 2018. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Auto-ID Laboratory | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Subirana, Brian | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ehrenberg, Isaac Mayer | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Siegel, Joshua E | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Erb, Dylan Charles | |
dc.relation.journal | Hakirah | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Ehrenberg, Isaac; Siegel, Joshua; Erb, Dylan | en_US |
dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-7598 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-7401 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6789-266X | |
mit.license | OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY | en_US |