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A: Is it preferable to not say Mincha early on a fast day? Regarding your concern about Anenu for the Ashkenazi practice of omitting it in the morning lest you come to eat, the Magen Avraham (Orach Chaim 565:3) felt that was not a problem even at an early mincha because Rama ruled (Orach Chaim 562:1) that Anenu can be said (in certain circumstances) on a par... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276969 |
@LoAni so he has an important business meeting all afternoon, decides to skip praying, goes to his meeting, and goes home afterwards. Where did he forget anything? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276960 |
@DonielF I'm not sure I follow. Deciding to learn something can't be prohibited. If it turns out later that he is best placed to save someone's life, great. Are you asking about doing surgery while in training and he's not really needed to save the life? That's kind of the same as the general medical... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277003 |
Note some communities add anenu even at shacharit (and some even at maariv) especially on fixed communal fasts. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277005 |
Though in some traditions, these words are recited even with a minyan and in some they are omitted even when alone. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276960 |
To be clear, pikuach nefesh trumps the prohibition of being near a dead body. Is the question only about surgeons who don't deal with pikuach nefesh situations, or about choosing to do something (study) that will cause you to be called on to help in pikuach nefesh situations more often? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276985 |
Are you asking if it should be a policy or if it should be an enforceable policy (via closure/deletion)? Encouraging people to look elsehwere first is different from forcing them to. I'm not sure what you are proposing (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276965 |
@DonielF are all the ways this site is different from MY also ways it is better? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276969 |
@robev how do you forget to do something you weren't planning on doing? If I don't eat ham for lunch today, it's not because I forgot to eat it. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276899 |
I'm not sure how that addressed my question. I have no way of knowing from "Does anyone have a source for the claim that the Satmar Rav, R' Yoel Teitelbaum, said to VP Hubert Humphrey, 'Sell weapons to Israel!" if Judaism is core to that question or not. Do I need to research the answer before decidi... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276972 |
The mnemonic is only useful if you understand what it means, so probably worth translating it (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276969 |
Why would he have skipped it anyway? I don't really understand the case (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276945 |
@manasseh No, the prohibition is not specifically writing. Drawing meaningful pictures is equally prohibited. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276899 |
"yes, if we assume that his saying it would be significant because of his position" Whose responsibility is it to determine if we make that assumption? Does it need to be explicit in the text of the question post? I know nothing about Hubert Humphery so would have no way of knowing a priori if the qu... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276948 |
@manasseh communal korbanot are not permitted on shabbat because of aseh doche lo taase. That principle can't be used to override shabbat laws because shabbat is both an aseh and a lo taaseh itself. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276874 |
"I'm proposing that if literally the first link when you search your question provides an answer, it's probably a low-quality question." This question should be closed then https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/276943 (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276948 |
@manasseh personal sacrifices with a fixed time can be brought on shabbos. The classic examples are korban pesach and the kohein gadol's daily chavitin and yom kippur par (and par helem davar). I don't think nazir is included but it's not as simple as you say. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276948 |
https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%95_%D7%9B but that's generally not taken as an actual obligation (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276943 |
@manasseh i agree they are different. there is much less reason to allow eating meat or wine at a siyum since no one usually celebrates a siyum with meat and wine so the disregard for the mourning is more blatant. havdala, being at least a rabbinic obligation, is much more halachically special than a... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276943 |
Fwiw on the rare occasion I've been present to celebrate a siyum during the nine days I've never seen anyone giving away their meat, if there was any, to a child. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276943 |
According to this meta proposal https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/276383#answer-276874 this question appears off topic. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276943 |
What about Motzei Shabbos during the nine days that isn't Chazon? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276906 |
This is like your first example and open https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/15079/what-was-daily-life-like-for-jewish-women-living-in-al-andalus-in-the-10th-11th
This is like your third example and open https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/64238/if-the-lulav-and-etrog-are-biblically-... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276906 |
Do you feel any of these examples would be on different sides of the scope line at Mi Yodeya? I'm having a hard time seeing a difference between their policy and this (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276922 |
Considering Friday Erev Yom Kippur, I don't find your argument compelling. Similarly a bris during the 10 Days of Repentance. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276924 |
Similarly, what about when she goes to the grocery? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276916 |
Were Achamadenijad's [alleged] crimes not against Jews? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276921 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Avinu Malkeinu as part of Tachanun Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Prayer and the Priestly Blessing, 5 > שמונה דברים, צריך המתפלל להיזהר בהן ולעשותן; ואם היה דחוק, או נאנס, או שעבר ולא עשה אותן--אינן מעכבין. ואלו הן--עמידה, ונוכח המקדש, ותיקון הגוף, ותיקון המלבוש, ותיקון המקום, והשווית הקול, והכריעה, וההשתחוויה. עמידה כיצד: אין מתפללין א... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276909 |
I don't know what the Sanhedrin does, but there are still people trying to witness it. I saw the new moon of Av on Tuesday night. Teeny tiny sliver. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276903 |
If both of you are using a "Judaism is core" standard, and have different results, then seemingly "Judaism is core" is not very precise a standard. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276897 |
I think it would be confusing to have this category in addition to one about Hebrew language, if we make one of those. One category called עברית and one called שו"ת? If I see a tab for עברית my instinct is "roughly the same stuff in Hebrew" (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276895 |
@Isaac the proposal in this answer is to lump the two together. They certainly could be set up as distinct, but the idea here is roughly that category would be for the Hebrew speaking Judaism experts who could handle the broader scope naturally. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276874 |
@DonielF That is a major policy position and should be in it's own post. It was definitely not the policy at Mi Yodeya. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276895 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: What is our policy regarding using non-English languages in a post? Questions about Judaism written in Hebrew could potentially find a home in a Hebrew category as described at https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/276362#answer-276423 Roughly half of Jews speak Hebrew. Let's welcome them to the community. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276894 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: What is our policy regarding using non-English languages in a post? People should be allowed to post questions in Hebrew if they want. How that affects how many potential answerers engage with their question is just a consequence of that choice. A great question is engaging to the largest audience, but mediocre questions are allowed. If someone is only comfortable... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276893 |
It's not just an earlier reference. It's a more general reference. Your answer went from "some rams on Rosh Chodesh Musaf get X" to "ram sacrifices in general get X". Why would anyone even think to revert that?? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276890 |
Did you leave the State of Israel out of this on purpose? Questions relating to it vary from "How much does it cost for Aliyah paperwork" to "Is this purchase tax-deductible in Israel" (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276864 |
What does "help others expand your knowledge of [XYZ]" mean? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276874 |
The claim here is that not doing sufficient background research is grounds to have your question closed as off topic. That's a big change from Mi Yodeya's policy. I'm not sure it's a good idea either since not everyone can do what 'you' think is sufficient background research. Plus "off topic" isn't ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276851 |
There's also https://www.sefaria.org/Jerusalem_Talmud_Shabbat.79a
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| Comment | Post #276851 |
Oh ha you already found that source (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276800 |
@magicker https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20026&st=&pgnum=224 (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276800 |
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%95%D7%A8%D7%97_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%90_%D7%9B%D7%91 (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276800 |
@manasseh apparently your shul has adopted a sefardi custom. it's not the biggest deal either way, of course, since you certainly still fulfill your obligation. (if i had to guess it's due to an influence of chassidim/"sfard" type nusach. artscroll also only prints the sefardi aliya breaks for haazin... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276800 |
@rosends that's the "sefardi" understanding. the "ashkenazi" understanding is one is for reading on shvauot and one is for reading the weekly parsha. (I use quotes because that a major simplification of who historically exactly thought what, and probably neither is an original reason) (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276800 |
@manassehkatz someone can certainly read eikha via zoom, but no one but the reader can fulfill their obligation that way (at least, on the mainstream position; as is now pretty well known R' Moshe Feinstein thought one could be lenient in dire circumstances which this isn't since people can read alon... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276793 |
Not the answer for why the Spies was worse, but looking at the main punishment of wandering for 40 years to die in a desert is also clearly worse. The different reactions to the crying are also parallel. (more) |
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