Wednesday, September 9, 2009

torah she'ba'al peh - the oral law

In Jewish history, "the oral law" refers to tradition that was passed orally from one generation to the next until it was codified in the Talmud. The meaning of "the oral law" in the modern state of Israel became clear to me today: All knowledge of transportation must be transmitted orally. It is apparently forbidden to make anything intuitive or explained clearly in written form.

Dear Israeli bus system, please create maps of all your routes and post them online, maybe on a website modeled after WMATA's. Warm regards, Ben.

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