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| Comment | Post #278593 |
Taanit mishna 1:3 says 7 marcheshvan is 15 days after חג. So either חג goes through 22 Tishrei or Tishrei has 29 days, no? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278593 |
Other examples of חג including the last day is the braitas on Megila 5a and 32a as well as the last mishna there, in particular the elaboration in the tosefta 3:3 ובשאר ימות החג בקרבנות החג... בשמיני ביום השמיני (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278600 |
This is not a good proof. The Gemara says the water libation happens on החג. That is true regardless of the length of החג. Just like one could reasonably say I must eat maror on pesach. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278426 |
This also doesn't account for the dispensation of mitztaer. If someone is upset enough at having to go out now that they are willing to wait to go later, is that not the definition of mitztaer? Wouldn't the obligation to go out of your way be different for a mitzva whose essence is not going out of y... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278426 |
This general formulation doesn't do justice to the OP's case. If it's supposed to rain in 1 hour, then what's wrong with me learning Torah in the sukkah for an hour than eating inside instead of eating in the sukkah now and learning later inside? Is eating in the sukkah a bigger kiyun than other livi... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278443 |
Preventing bovine encephalitis? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278131 |
@Doniel indeed I say as many viduyim on erev tisha bav before my meal as I do after (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278131 |
Perhaps people are more likely to stuff their faces dangerously if they know they won't be able to eat for 25 hours? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278129 |
You have presented a false dichotomy. It could be there is no halachic source for it and it is still a necessary adopted custom. A family or communal custom can be binding on you even if it wasn't documented by a European rabbi a few hundred years ago. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277976 |
Maybe that could have also worked, but the current wording is hardly odd (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
Rambam Shmita veYovel 10:17 יתרה שביעית על היובל--שהשביעית משמטת כספים, ואין היובל משמיט כספים. ויותר יובל על השביעית--שהיובל מוציא עבדים, ומשמיט קרקע (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
Slaves going free is from Leviticus 25 explicitly about Yovel וְכִי-יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ, וְנִמְכַּר-לָךְ--לֹא-תַעֲבֹד בּוֹ, עֲבֹדַת עָבֶד. כְּשָׂכִיר כְּתוֹשָׁב, יִהְיֶה עִמָּךְ; עַד-שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל, יַעֲבֹד עִמָּךְ. וְיָצָא, מֵעִמָּךְ--הוּא, וּבָנָיו עִמּוֹ; וְשָׁב, אֶל-מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ, וְאֶל-אֲח... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
That verse is not talking about shmitta... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277976 |
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/15590/best-way-to-destroy-maaser-sheni-coins Destruction is indeed required if you haven't eaten it yet. I'm not sure what the issue is. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277947 |
@robev when i had covid, i didn't realize i had lost my sense of smell until the following saturday night. the test may not weed out malicious rodfim, but it will alert people to something they might not have realized. (to weed out the rodfim, they could potentially give you one of two smells each da... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277523 |
Yarcha is first generation egyptian. Attai is second generation egyptian. Attai's kid is permitted to marry a Jew. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277523 |
Is this your case https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9F_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9A_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8_%D7%93_%D7%95 (and more generally, this mishna https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%92... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277523 |
@Harel What do you mean by "yet"? Yarcha is first generation egyptian. Attai is second generation egyptian. Attai's kid is permitted to marry a Jew. What am I missing? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277523 |
Wouldn't the kid by definition be a second generation Egyptian? Only a third generation Egyptian is permitted. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277464 |
"We don't want to sacrifice quality for quantity." This probably isn't as absolute a formula as you make it sound. Voices on meta here have indeed advocated for increasing quantity at the expense of quality in some cases depending on the particular costs and benefits. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
@Alaychem slaves also go free at yovel not shmitta. If the ethical teaching is that removed from the rule, it's also not unique to judaism. Many if not all world cultures teach about second chances. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277371 |
Consider including the additional blessing for fast days on your list. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277371 |
This varies based on rite. You should clarify which rite you are using and if you want answers based on any specific one. (For an extreme example, consider this rite https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20685&st=&pgnum=77) (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277328 |
So you want a policy that material can't be deleted without notifying its author why it was deleted? Is so you should propose it. That could be rather burdensome for the volunteer moderators. A fully operative site can handle hundreds if not thousands of deleted comments every month (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
@manasseh none of the things you said are ethical teachings. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
Debts are cancelled after shmitta but land sales are only cancelled at yovel. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277350 |
It may be better to ask this the other way: what questions should a prospective chazzan ask of a new-for-him minyan? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277297 |
(The answer below didn't really clarify this explicitly, but the line that misled you ה' אֱ-לֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּשׁוּעַת עוֹלָמִים is itself a later addition.) (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277328 |
Regarding when to close questions as opinion-based, Mi Yodeya's standard is described at https://judaism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4376/ and is definitely not "assuming nobody would be able to find a source for". What policy would you want? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277328 |
Regarding the "rampant closing of practical questions", Mi Yodeya's standing policy is outlined at https://judaism.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3873/ and https://judaism.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4774/ What policy would you want? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277328 |
What policies/rules would you want to implement to achieve this vision? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277192 |
@alaychem no, all the korbanot musaf and tamid and chataot and ashamot were mandatory (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277192 |
@sabba no, there were no korbanot between the two temples, which is during the time of tanach (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276982 |
On Mi Yodeya there was once a post that cited every lenient source on a sexuality-related question and only one obscure source for the restrictive position, even though there are way more strict sources that exist than lenient ones on that topic. Passers by wouldn't be able to tell that and the peopl... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276982 |
Another consideration is the pool of potential answerers on these questions would be significantly smaller and skewed away from Rabbi (on the ad hoc Rabbi-Troublemaker continuum). There's little reason to expect full or balanced answers to these questions in this format. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277233 |
It's not just a common misconception but a rather dangerous one (cf. the second bullet in the question ח"ו). (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277195 |
@DonielF I don't know, but either way Moshe qualified. Maybe close the question for now since clearly it's pretty unclear what exactly is being sought? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277195 |
@sabba why is that different than this case? Both are people who didn't eat meat temporarily under certain circumstances. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276416 |
Can we import and close this as a duplicate of https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/10873/ (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277195 |
Also Moshe ate no animal products while on Mt Sinai. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277171 |
@rosends it says that according to most opinions your case is impossible. Any mamzer would be a chalal not a kohein. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277191 |
Can we import that ^^ and close this as a duplicate? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277068 |
related https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/276714 (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277068 |
I discourage you from copy/pasting it. Some people have been doing that but it seems to me quite short sighted, as it will create more problems later when we have to account for duplicates when the original is brought over (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277026 |
@msh did you mean to exclude the variant customs that split any of vayera, mikketz, teruma, tetzaveh, ki-tisa, vayakhel, pekudei, or chukkat and only allow customs of splitting nitzavim or mishpatim? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277026 |
@Isaac which close reason would you think applies? Too generic? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276960 |
So "may a kohein who is already a doctor study a surgery technique which is not used in pikuach nefesh situations"? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276988 |
The Shulchan Arukh says ואין מדליקין נרות בלילה, כי אם נר האחד, לומר לאורו קינות ואיכה Doesn't say anything about where you should sit (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277004 |
"if there is anything tailored for the individual or if davening is inherently geared towards being a communal experience" This seems like a false dichotomy. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277006 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |