u/HughFays

There’s a famous Midrash that Avaraham Avinu “knew the entire Torah”.

If that’s the case, then he’d have known in advance that Hashem would “test” him by asking for his son to be offered as a sacrifice, and then tell him to stop at the last minute.

If this is the case, then the Akeidah wasn’t a “test” at all, because Avraham already knew the outcome in advance.

So either the Torah is wrong (because it wasn’t really a “test”), or the Midrash about Avraham “knowing the entire torah” is complete horseshit.

Which is it, Rabbonim?

Pete got so annoyed when the BBC news segment about competitive furniture building used the term “hex key” instead of allen key.

I understand why. The BBC are so insistent on not mentioning brand names (because of their status as a public broadcaster) that they refrain from doing so even when the brand name / trademark has become generic. No one is seriously going to think that saying “allen key” is a plug for the Allen Manufacturing Company - it’s a generic term.

I used to get similarly annoyed as a kid when Blue Peter presenters said “sticky tape” instead of sellotape.