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July 05, 2009
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Rachel Elior wrote an article pointing out how much the B'Sh'T drew upon the Mechaber's Maggid Meisharim. She showed there that this particular inyun was first cited in MM on p. 125 of the Bar Lev edition. Fasinating.
Posted by: Sara Raftenberg | July 07, 2009 at 08:30 AM
Thank you. A reader send me several oher marei makomos where it appears:
Sefer Baal Shem TOv, Noach in footnotes
Arvei Nachal, Noach, Derech Hameleach, Pisascener Rebbe with elaborations.
There are similar ideas in much earlier sources as well. Here are footnotes form Kesser Shem Tov:
Also: [ששמעתי ממוריזלה"ה] כי במקום שאדם חושב במחשבה שם הוא כולו [וכו'
ודפח"ח].
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----- מקורות ומראה מקומות -----
בפ"י,ר"פ ויחי עז,ד (שעא,ב)
----- הערות וציונים -----
ראה לקמן סי' רח, רל, ערה ורפג. צוה"ר סי' סט. מדל"י סי' מה (מח), צג (קב) – עיי"ש
היטב, קסה (קצב). ועיין לקמן בהוספות סי' מח ובהערות שם. וראה מש"כ בהערות וציונים
לצוה"ר שם להעיר מירושלמי ברכות פ"ו ה"ח (הסיע דעתו כו'), ועיי"ע זח"א רסו, ריש ע"ב
ומחשבה איהו אדם, וכן בר"מ זח"ג רמז, ב (ועיי"ש בנצו"ז).
Posted by: avakesh | July 07, 2009 at 02:52 PM