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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Comment | Post #280691 |
https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58221&st=&pgnum=251 (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280556 |
check out https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/75556/ (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280575 |
Because it isn't permissible? This seems like a loaded question. I've never actually been served this sort of avoda zara (apparently it's not as widespread as its worshippers like to insinuate) but if I was I'd be sure not to eat it. (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280448 |
https://hebrewbooks.org/42162 (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280480 |
How about אבק לשון הרע? (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280263 | Initial revision | — | over 5 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: (How) does the home gardener tithe? > How do you establish valuation -- compare to what's for sale in the grocery store? The other answer and plenty of online resources discuss the lists of what portions to designate and in what order. You can basically just read a set text that takes care of all the designating. Then everything... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280251 |
Technically, D'mai doesn't exist nowadays and would only need terumat maaser taken, not regular terumah (aka terumah gedolah). What you're discussing is "safek tevel". D'mai was a special rabbinic enactment for specific cases where there was a minor doubt about certain details of the separation. ... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280251 |
There's also maaser rishon, 90% of which goes to a Levite (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280262 | Initial revision | — | over 5 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Why do we destroy t'rumah and challah instead of giving it to a kohein? The issue is not that the priest is impure as much as the food is impure. Even a pure priest cannot eat impure holy food from Israel, but any priest can benefit from it (either by burning it for warmth or feeding it to his animals). Accordingly you can and should give all your holy food portions ... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276921 |
@user8078 it's an interesting thought, but 1) if you look at how the Rambam describes the prayer service practically he clearly includes a sitting part of tachanunim after the fallen part, and 2) then you'd be left with the strange situation of Avinu Malkenu being a hefsek before tachanun per se,... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279837 |
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/114273/ https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/85332 https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/109497 (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279781 |
@manasseh actually, the obligation is to light from sundown to when the streets quiet down. Many Rishonim did estimate the length of that period to be about a half-hour to an hour long. (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279757 |
See https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/3700 (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279745 |
By the same logic you could drive on Yom Tov, at least to the grocery (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279737 |
Igrot Moshe OC 1:36 (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279726 |
Shulchan Aruch OC 227:3 (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279604 |
Close for import https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/78443/ (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278923 |
@Monica would it not be cleaner at this point to just delete this post and nominate the crossposted Mi Yodeya post for import? There's no value added in summarizing MY posts, which are already usually summaries of primary sources, when you can just bring the whole thing over. (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278600 |
If you're just going to repeat a claim, I'm just going to repeat my critique. 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) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278600 |
You said "an example where חג can only mean the first seven days". Did you mean "can mean only the first seven days"? I read it as "only can mean the first seven days". (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278600 |
On its own, perhaps, but given the other context of water and חג from taanit, not as compelling. It's important to be clear what's literally "proven" and what's not (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| 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) |
— | almost 6 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) |
— | almost 6 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) |
— | almost 6 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 ... (more) |
— | almost 6 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 ... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278443 |
Preventing bovine encephalitis? (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278131 |
@Doniel indeed I say as many viduyim on erev tisha bav before my meal as I do after (more) |
— | almost 6 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) |
— | almost 6 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) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277976 |
Maybe that could have also worked, but the current wording is hardly odd (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 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... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
That verse is not talking about shmitta... (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 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 eac... (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 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_%D... (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277523 |
Wouldn't the kid by definition be a second generation Egyptian? Only a third generation Egyptian is permitted. (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277371 |
Consider including the additional blessing for fast days on your list. (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
@manasseh none of the things you said are ethical teachings. (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277273 |
Debts are cancelled after shmitta but land sales are only cancelled at yovel. (more) |
— | about 6 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) |
— | about 6 years ago |