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| Comment | Post #286278 |
Cf. the opening Mishnah of Pesachim: “Any place into which one does not bring chametz does not need a checking.” But does that mean if there is no place to check that one is exempt from the obligation to check? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285188 |
While this wasn’t the first place I’ve seen this, Rabbi Dovid Fohrman in his book _The Exodus You Almost Passed Over_ addresses this point. As we know, the different Divine Names refer to different ways in which we perceive His relationship with us. Pharaoh was used to the אלקים-type impersonal relat... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #283825 |
Deuteronomy 11:22, 19:9, 26:17, 30:16. I’d argue Exodus 18:20 also.
Can you be more specific which differences you’re looking to be explained? Many of them can be chalked up to grammatical differences in context (ex. your first example is an imperative and a complete phrase, while your third exampl... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #282958 |
It’s the Torah. The Torah and Quran are related perhaps but they’re not the same. The Torah is in Hebrew, the Quran in Arabic. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #282335 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: What is the difference between Islam and Judaism, given that the Torah is also one of Islam's holy books? Starting with your main question of what distinguishes Judaism and Islam: Judaism holds the Torah as part of its Biblical canon, also accepting the books of the Prophets and Writings (that’s the books of Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve pro... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #282297 |
@tzvi On what basis do we qualify it as _Biblically_ forbidden? Most forms of electricity are considered Rabbinically forbidden, if technically forbidden at all. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #282297 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Metered water tap on Shabbat I don’t know about you, but I don’t usually think or care about my water meter. It’s more for the utilities than it is for me, anyway. So I’d imagine it’s not merely a פסיק רישא, a direct causation, but rather a פסיק רישא דלא ניחא ליה, direct causation which one does not care. In such a situation, if... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281538 |
My brother-in-law is a leftie Kohen. As a child, he wanted to train himself to write with his right hand, to remove the blemish. His Rebbe told him to stop, as the blemishes would be removed when Mashiach comes — not that switching hands wouldn’t remove the blemish, but that there’s no point. Read in... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281337 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Sidebar widget with "useful links"? I recommend the following links, at a minimum: - Sefaria - Hebrew Books - Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281336 |
Effectively this would function similarly to the Community Ads feature over at SE, except that you always have access to all links, rather than a rotating ad. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281336 |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281336 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Sidebar widget with "useful links"? Is it worthwhile to include a sidebar widget with some useful links for learning about Judaism and Jewish practice and law, such as Sefaria, Hebrew Books, etc.? If yes, what links, specifically, would you like to see? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281335 |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281335 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Groundbreaking disagreement in the Gemara? The main discussion regarding when to begin counting occurs in Menachot 65a.12-66a.15. The discussion is prompted by the Boethusian practice of interpreting the charge of Leviticus 23:15 to begin counting ממחרת השבת, lit. "from the morrow of the Sabbath," as referring to the literal weekly Sabbath, a... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281334 |
To clarify, the Ethiopian practice is to count, e.g., tonight as day 8? And then they still observe Shavuoth on what would be day 50 according to their count? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280892 |
Username checks out (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280889 |
Obligatory “universe was made in Perl” comment (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280691 |
@AA He is indeed dealing with the leading ה. I might be blind (ברוך פוקח כורים), but I don’t see where he addresses המוציא as a parallel. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280691 |
@AA I fail to see the relevance of that particular problem with this discussion, though it does raise the question of extending this problem to הפורש-סוכת being slurred. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280691 |
@man All the MORE so that we’d want the ה prefix, if the tense doesn’t matter! (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280814 |
Grammatically both המתיר and המוציא are in the same form, המפעיל for a generic verb root פעל. Why would המוציא be acceptable as past tense, yet המתיר we would insist is present? Surely the passuk of המוציא לך מים is enough to prove that the form _in general_ is past tense; why should one root behave ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280813 |
@Mithical Only on the founding of the CIC, because we all know a miracle needs to occur to get through government bureaucracy. But there's no Tachanun on any of these days. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280813 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Codidact Holidays and Liturgy In light of our new community, I'd like to propose a series of holidays for us to celebrate. I'd like to hear everyone's feedback and if anyone has input on any specific liturgy for these occasions (or other important ones that I inadvertently missed!) - 6 Tammuz: On the founding of this communit... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280811 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How am I supposed to pay *half* a coin? Exodus 24:6 states: > ויקח משה חצי הדם וישם באגנת, וחצי הדם זרק על המזבח.‏ > >And Moses took half of the blood and placed it in buckets, and half of the blood he threw on the altar. Rashi on Exodus 24:6:1 explains: > מי חלקו? מלאך בא וחלקו.‏ > >Who divided it? An angel came and d... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280807 |
_DO NOT REVEAL SUGARY CONSUMABLES IN THE COMMENTS SECTION EITHER!_ (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280807 |
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— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280807 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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What are the responsibilities involved with inciting the Codidactyl with chocolate? As is well-known here, if one merely tempts the legendary Codidactyl with some sugar — especially chocolate! — the dinosaur mascot will begin to run amok. The moderators and admins here have spent far too many times having to clean up messes left behind by the bookworm. So far, nobody has been injure... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280691 |
@user8078 The same way we can reconjugate להוציא to המוציא, I don’t see why it’d be a problem to turn מתיר into המתיר. I understood that explanation to refer strictly to in the middle of the phrase. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280591 |
There *is* a way to move posts between categories, correct? So if there's a post that someone intended to ask as a non-serious question but which can be asked instead as a legitimate one, we can always migrate it to regular Q&A (with the asker's permission, of course). Consider my question about merm... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280691 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Why is מוציא לחם more of a problem than מתיר אסורים or מלביש ערמים? The Gemara (Berachot 38a) cites a dispute whether the blessing on bread is המוציא or מוציא. The issue is that the blessing must reflect the past tense; while everyone agrees that מוציא is past tense, the parties dispute whether המוציא is past or present tense. The Gemara concludes that one should rec... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280591 |
Hiding categories is a thing? If that works, then I fully endorse this plan. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280583 |
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— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280575 |
@manasseh I have not heard of such a psak but would not be surprised if someone suggests that. Playing music _in general_ may be prohibited for the reasons you cite (source being בשיר לא ישתו יין), but generally people who have even heard of the halacha seem to follow the leniency of the Rema (origin... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280583 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Purim Torah Discussion It's almost that time of year! Who's ready for some Purim Torah? Before we begin the season, we need to set some ground rules. In this thread, I'd like to discuss how exactly this will run. Below I've plotted out some questions to discuss, but feel free to pose more of your own. 1. When sho... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280575 |
@AA I would be inclined to agree with you. I guess I'm asking, how do those who do practice this service defend the practice? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280575 |
@Harel13 Even if you're correct, it's not clear to me that a practice which independently evolved, but which bears striking resemblance to an idolatrous practice, is permissible. For example, playing music in shul during davening (let's assume not on Shabbos itself, or else on Shabbos by a non-Jew so... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280575 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Why is Shlissel Challah permissible? In ancient times, the Roman pagan holiday of Saturnalia included a practice of baking some type of cake with a fava bean hidden inside, with a prize for whoever got the piece containing the bean. In medieval times, the prize often included being the ruler of the region for the year, hence why this pr... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280559 |
The one thing you forgot is that if it was written by an apostate Jew one _must_ destroy it, rather than its simply not being Sheimos. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280554 |
I’ve heard it as “fleishike” only in Yiddish conjugation as a construct (“a meaty ____”) and fleishik in Yinglish (when using the Yiddish word in English context). (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |