User talk:SpaceFalcon2001

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[edit] Finally!

Glad to see you finally got an account, SF2K!

Here are some tips to help you get started:

--Josiah 03:30, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Hi SpaceFalcon2001: Welcome and Shalom to Wikipedia. I have noticed some of your edits recently to articles connected with Jewish topics and I commend you for your efforts. Be well. IZAK 08:27, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks, I've been around wiki for a while, but only registered somewhat recently (as Josiah pointed out). Why? You had to register to put up pictures, which you can see by my first Account action as adding a picture of the Chilazon.

I've started several articles, and so far my best is probbly Tzitzit (I started before I had the account), and right now working on introducing a variety of lesser known words and prayers, etc.

Anyway, thanks for the welcome! - SF2K1

[edit] Judaism and shinto

Regarding your edits on shinto and Religions of Japan about the theory that the Shinto religion was influenced "to a great deal" by Judaism.

I read the website promoting your views, but it's not about that. Let's say that I even believe the theory, I still wouldn't want it included since it's so far from an accepted theory. I doubt you can find any mentioning of this theory in the primary books about Shinto history. And then it's not for Wikipedia to pioneer its acceptance by having it prominently mentioned on the Shinto page. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a journal for promoting exceptional theories.

There are theories and websites about alot of non-mainstream stuff, some people believe the solar system has a tenth planet that will soon cause mayhem on earth. But it's obviously not an accepted theory and we don't include it on the solar system page. Some people think the earth is some 6000 years old, but it's very far from an accepted theory, and we therefore don't mention it on the page about Earth. And so on. It's not about NPOV it's about being an encyclopedia. If we everywhere should mention every theory with a website we'd drown the articles with speculations and diminish the overall accepted theories and thereby lessen the quality of the encyclopedia.

Oh, well. I'm not gonna go into an revert war with you over this, and I'll just leave it at this, let your edits stand and make it up to those who wrote the article and other shinto-scholars whether it should stand. No hard feelings either way. Peace and love. Shanes 22:17, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Well I'm glad. Frankly, I haven't had an edit war yet, and I'd really rather not be in one. Agreed you might not see it in shinto books, but you would certainly see it in books concerning the trackign of the ten tribes. Here, their conclusions happen to overlap. Concerning your examples: Solar System, I don't see why the tenth planet wouldn't be mentioned as it is a particularly popular theory among scientists that there is some sort of object throwing off certain planetary paths, although it is not confirmed as nessicarily being a planet. Earth, even though we see the earth as older than 6000, it would not be wrong to say that some people see the earth as being younger than however many billion it in fact is. There are many theories concerning the ten tribes, and perhaps a more critical analysis is required of the Shintoism influanced by lost tribes, but since there were tribes who were banished (around the time shintoism is thought to have been created) and sans shogun traditions, they show similarities. SF2K1

[edit] Shalom!

Hi SpaceFalcon2001: I have noticed some of your useful contributions and I wanted to say hello and I hope you will enjoy Wikipedia. IZAK 08:15, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

You already welcomed me IZAK, but thanks again. I hope your Fast of Tevet went well. Shalom Rav SF2K1 03:49, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Well, make it a double-welcome then! IZAK 07:58, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Jewishness of Lost Ten Tribes questioned

SpaceFalcon: Would you mind taking a look at Talk:Lost Ten Tribes#Question about Jewishness of Lost Ten Tribes where a contributing editor asks in all seriousness: "...Is it NPOV and factually correct to state emphatically that the Kingdom of Israel was Jewish? The reason I ask is because if you follow Jewish religious texts (I have a number in my own library) and then compare them with secular non-religious academic texts (I have a number in my own library), then you end up with two different accounts...." Please let us have your input ASAP. Thanks. IZAK 07:59, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Shtreimel.jpg

That's a great image of a shtreimel you uploaded, thanks. But it's so dark i can barely see the details, and i have a pretty bright display. Do you think you could raise its levels a bit? --foobaz·✐ 04:24, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well it's pretty clear on the left, and and the right isn't going to look any different. Maybe I'm just lazy. SF2K1

[edit] Shtreimel

Great job on the Shtreimel article. the website though that you used for the image has a copyright on the image. I am not sure but at the bottom of the page there seems to be a copyright. I personally have another non-copyrighted photo of a Shtreimel that I could upload another image on Saturday night. ChanochGruenman 21:24, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mir Yeshiva article

Why did you alter the spelling of "reëstablish" to "reestablish" as though "reestablish" were somehow more "correct"? The diaresis was abandoned in American English merely as a result of its difficulty in producing on standard typewriters. When it was abandoned in the US, it was done so with the consequent introduction of a hyphen in order to accentuate the fact that there are actually two distinct vowels there. If you felt that my use of the diaresis was inappropriate, apparently through some false notion that English is the exclusive purview of 1950's era US consensus, then I'm left to wonder why your correction makes it "reestablish" rather than "re-establish". Just because you are unfamiliar with the use of diacritics in English doesn't mean that their use is somehow invalid. I'd be interested (and mildly amused) to watch to see how many times you would run out to "correct" such "incorrect" (apparently in your view) spellings as régime, récipé, fiancé (and fiancée), née, naïve (and naïvété), coöperate (and coöperative and coöperation), façade, rôle, coup d'état, raison d'être, México, San Germán, San José, Los Ángeles, etc. I could continue. I would prefer however, that in the future, when you see something in my articles which you consider a typographical error, that you consult me prior to making "corrections" that make me appear to be less literate. (The only one that you would have any justification in "correcting" would be "Los Ángeles", since it is accepted practice in Spanish to not accentuate capitalized vowels.) Thank you very much for your time, coöperation, and understanding. TShilo12 10:34, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Dear Whiner, I don't care. That you went out of your way to write out all that instead of simply correcting what you see as preferable is truly sad. I forgot the hyphen, yes, because of the character change to simply avoid your archaic spelling. It would be more practical, and more appropriate, to conform to current standards and add the absent hyphen than to try and bring back unwanted spellings. Or should we also revert to british spellings, via colour, as well? SF2K1

[edit] Spodik

SpaceFalcon2001 after a long time of research I have discovered the cost of the spodik and have put it into the article as you wished. --ChanochGruenman 22:48, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Very interesting to know, thanks SF2K1


[edit] Murex Shell Picture

Image:Murex Trunculus Shell.gif

Hi, can you help me establish the copyright status for this image. Is the page linked from the image page the original source. — Zeimusu | Talk 01:01, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I believe it comes from the front page of http://www.tekhelet.com/ SF2K1

[edit] Toldos Aharon (Hasidic dynasty)

Dear SpaceFalcon2001, I have seen your article on the Toldos Aharon Hasidic dynasty. It is quite well written yet I would like to inquire from where you recieved this information. I think you may be mistaken with another dynasty called "Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok" which requires its devotees to do exactly as you have written. I may just be mistaken yet I wish to clarify this. --ChanochGruenman 18:10, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I got the information from hasidicnews.com. Perhaps the Toldos (Patriarichal name) sect name is simply a signet of sorts that such a Sect does certain things?

SF2K1

[edit] Skver (Hasidic dynasty)

Jayjg has suggested that you'd be able to improve this new (substub) article; could you take a look at it please? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:13, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Taboo meat

I readded the seafood based on Leviticus 11:10-12. Most Christians ignore it, but it's there and some follow it. // Liftarn

[edit] Meforshim and rabbis

Hi, please see discussion at Talk:Meforshim, and see RK's recent edits about Rabbi at [1] thanks. IZAK 08:03, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)



!חג כשר ושמח--ChanochGruenman 12:44, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC) Todah Rabah! Have a good passover! SF2K1

[edit] Proposed Template:Judaism

Hi SF2001, please see and provide your input on the talk page of the proposed Template:Judaism. Thank you. IZAK 07:35, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sephirah (Kabbalah)

Hi SpaceFalcon: Looking at the Sephirah (Kabbalah) article, the following articles are waiting to be written:

These have brief articles, but could use improvement:

  • Keter ("Crown"; כתר)
  • Chochmah ("Wisdom"; חכמה)
  • Hod ("Majesty"; הוד)
  • Da'at ("Knowledge"; דעת)

Best wishes, IZAK 09:59, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Abif VfD

Hi, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Abif. Thank you. IZAK 06:25, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Hebrew Bible verses

Hello SpaceFalcon: See the verses in Category:Hebrew Bible verses with the two samples so far: Genesis 1:1, and Genesis 1:2. Is this the way the Torah verses should be "presented"? (Compare with the verses in Category:New Testament verses.) At what point should the classical teachings of famous meforshim be inserted, and in what way and how much? The time to decide on this is now, because at this stage the "project" is still being "formed" by User:Neutrality alone. Thank you. IZAK 03:06, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Spodik.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:Spodik.jpg. Its copyright status is unclear, so it may have to be deleted. Please leave a note on the image page about the source of the image. Thank you.

[edit] Yiddish Wikipedia

Hi SpaceFalcon2001. As a Yiddish speaker, you might be interested in my half-baked plan to revitalize the moribund (only 121 articles) Yiddish Wikipedia. Please see my idea at Talk:Yiddish_language#Yiddish_Wikipedia, and thanks.--Pharos 05:20, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

please come in there and vote for yi.wikipedia growth by voicing your opinion to put up public statistics. thanks 71.247.152.36 13:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture Licence

Image:Rav Danziger.gif Image:TheLubavitchRebbe.jpg

Hello! Where is the source of this picture? Can we upload to Commons?

And I make a Japanese version of List of Hasidic dynasties.

And can you write Burshtin (Hasidic dynasty)?

--Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 20:57, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
The first picture is so old, it's copyright has long expired, and the second is an edit of an existing photograph that was released to the public. I currently do not know much about the Burshtin Chassidm, so I can't write about them till I find some information on their group. SF2K1 23:49, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] also

Thank you for Burshtin. I made Burshtyn aticle. 70px

is this GFDL?
--Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 05:17, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Yes. SF2K1

[edit] also'

Image:Bekishe.jpg
Image:Gartel wide.jpg
Can we upload to commons?
--Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 11:25, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tzadik

Please see the page that I made for Tzadik and my comments to the talk page of chabad regarding ther merging of the section "Relationship between God, the Rebbe and his followers" into Tzadik. Thanks.

[edit] Gartel

I see you attributed the explanation of the gartel to Rav Schwab. Was it him or Reb Mordechai or Reb Moshe? Do you have a source? The Schwabs were Yekkes and probably did not wear a gartel themselves. JFW | T@lk 10:36, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't have a source myself, but I got the claim from http://www.ou.org/torah/tefillah/5761/062901.htm Further inquiry might require emailing rabbiepstein@sonsisrael.com SF2K1

[edit] Tefillin

Hi SF2001, I'm looking for a specific citation; please see Talk:Tefillin. Jayjg (talk) 18:48, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

You might want to read this book, Rescued from the Reich [2]

[edit] Arbitration Committee elections

Hi, this is just to let you know that User:Jayjg is standing for the arbitration committee, and that the elections end on Sunday, January 22 at 7 pm Eastern Standard Time. In case you haven't voted and have any interest, his nomination page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Vote/Jayjg My vote was discounted because apparently I don't have enough edits, but I noticed there seems to be a campaign against him, and some of the votes against him look pretty crazy, so he needs some more support. Pintele Yid 08:06, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Qiddush? Havdalah?

Is this kuddish? or havdalah?

en:Image:HasidicRebbe.JPG
--Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 05:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

With his picture being taken, it's most likely either before shabbat or just before havdalah.

Thank you. Did you read the my comment about Image:Bekishe.jpg, etc? --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 07:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orthodox Rabbinical Biography Collaboration of the Week

Hi SpaceFalcon2001, I've created an Orthodox Rabbinical Biography Collaboration of the Week. I'd love to see your comments, improvements, amendations and nominations, preferably all on the discussion or the actual page there. Many thanks, Nesher 19:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moses BCE

Thanks for reverting me. I accidently took out the BCEs, noticed, but the machine I was at crashed. Best regards, gidonb 19:20, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

No prob. It wasn't entirely a revert as not all of them were changed before. I just think it's silly if any scientific or clearly non-christian page says BC/AD SF2K1
I agree. It was really the vandalism on that page that I was after. Regards, gidonb 23:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Bibleverse and Judaica Press

See the continued discussion at Talk:Nazirite#bibleverse where I have added Judaica Press with and without Rashi to the list of Bibleverse sources. Please:

  1. use this format in the future {{bibleverse|<booknum>|<book>|<chapverse>|JP}} or {{bibleverse|<booknum>|<book>|<chapverse>|JPR}} for Rashi
  2. go back to all pages you and others have changed, and return them to using the template. Not using the template just makes Wikipedia less flexible and lossy of information.

jnothman talk 04:52, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Superman

Thanks so much for the clarification on Superman's name. Can you add in the full name? I think it would be a great improvement to the article. --Chris Griswold 17:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I moved it down to where the article discusses the Hebrew name. --Chris Griswold 19:06, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moses

Thank you for noticing that my edit belonged in a different category. The entry is now added with the proper references, I hope. Flavius Josephus's works, the Bible, and the other website are all available (except that I did not include the hyperlinks to the precise Bible verses). I also removed the part on Zipporah looking so beautiful that she was thought an Ethiopian--or however the statement was. Would you have any ideas on what to do with the section that accuses Moses of being unethical because he followed the Creator's command? The Creator has the right to dispose of anything He created in whatever manner He pleases (actually, the Creator is the only one who has any rights and no creature has any rights--except through His granting of "rights" which He can revoke as He pleases and only apply to the way humans are to act toward eachother and the rest of Creation). JBogdan 05:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm redoing the part about Zipporah, because she's called a cushite in the bible, but this does not make sense when we know she is the daughter of Jethro, the chief midianite, and must be a referance to something else. Anyway, as far as the Torah seems to be concerned, Moses never did anything especially unethical, except for when he hit the rock (i.e. by going above G-d's command, it was for this reason that he was prevented from entering the land of Israel). Claims of Moses being unethical are often because they have not properly understood. I.e. He killed the egyptian in self defense of another Jew, decrying the claim of murderer. SF2K1 05:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

You misunderstood me. Moses had TWO wives is what I am trying to say (whether the Ethiopian was also his wife at the same time as Zipporah I do not know), one was Midianite (Zipporah) and the other was Ethiopian (Tharbis). I included the references for this--it is in the section on "Moses in History." JBogdan 17:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citing to the Bible

As a recent participant in the TfD dicussion on whether {{Bibleverse}} and {{Bibleref}} should be deleted, I wanted to make sure you were aware of the new discussion at Wikipedia:Citing sources/Bible. The goal of these discussion is to resolve the concerns raised re GFDL, use of an external cite, etc. Additionally, this page should serve as a location for recording research about the different websites that provide online Bible information. Please edit the summary and join the discussion - thx Trödel 15:15, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Murex Trunculus Shell.gif)

Thanks for uploading Image:Murex Trunculus Shell.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Peter O. (Talk) 19:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Image:Belz World Center Outside.jpg

Shalom. Listen, I just came across this picture, and I was wondering why don't you put it into this website commons.wikimedia.org. That way, non English-Wikipedians can share this image via wikimedia.org rather than uploading it everytime. Take care of yourself. - Qasamaan 19:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shtreimel again

I made a few comments on the article's talk page. Your input would be appreciated. Chagh kasher vesameach, Tomertalk 17:35, 8 April 2007 (UTC)