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Comment Post #281335 Thank you for your time. If I understand right, you tried to "kill the question" by proving that the Ethiopian tradition is a mistake. Even if it's true, I still looking for a disagreement that holds against a practice.
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #281334 @DonielF Yes. When you count 15 they (used to) count 8, and their Shavuoth will be week later.
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #281334 @manassehkatz You don't have to be in Israel for the Sefira,it is still required for the date of Shavuot
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Comment Post #281334 @robev I meant the second *Yom Tov*. I fixed for celerity.
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Comment Post #281334 I couldn't find a better title for this question. Feel free to edit.
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Question Groundbreaking disagreement in the Gemara?
Last Shabbat, one of the community, who came from Ethiopia, gave a lesson about the different customs an traditions that they had back there at Ethiopia. He was pointing out several major differences between what the Ethiopian tradition and the Gemara-Rishonim-Shulchan Aruch way of Psika that we p...
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #277273 @AA You are correct. Fixed
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Comment Post #277944 @‭DonielF‭ I assume that if the Tora use a [title that refers to] divine name for naming something secular (masters, idols) so may we.
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #277865 @DoneilF Not for the "opposite reason", these are two distinctive transgresses . "לא תישא שמי לשווא" and "שם אלהים אחרים לא תזכירו".
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #277963 I offered my shul Rabbi exactly that! We bowed to each other instead of shaking hands after daven.
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #277944 @DonielF As long as their agency does not employ God as a security guard, who cares what they think? For you it's just a name.
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Comment Post #277865 @Harel13 [It does mean judges](https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/96670/is-the-king-of-israel-called-god-at-psalm-457-as-aquila-seems-to-read-it/113863#comment379040_113863), that's exactly my point, see answer
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Comment Post #277944 @DonielF "Adoni" with the meaning of "my masters" can't be used for whatever you want?
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Comment Post #277865 In a similar vein, when I was young, I encountered a video game [can't remember it's name] where one of the enemies named "Elohim". Is playing this game is heresy?
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Answer A: May one name a secular object using a Divine Name?
As you said, the word "Elohim" and "Adonai", even if written in Hebrew, can have secular status. רש"י בראשית יח פסוק ג > ויאמר אדני אם נא וגו' - לגדול שבהם אמר וקראם כולם אדונים ... הוא יעמדו חבריו עמו ובלשון זה הוא חול (שבועות לה) ד"א קודש הוא... Rashi Bereshit 18:3 ויאמר אדני אם נא ...
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #277273 @AA "slaves also go free at yovel **not shmitta**" - No. Shmot 21:2
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Comment Post #277273 @AA It seems that we understand the question differently. Since the Tora lean towards practical actions, rather then abstract principles, I thought that the OP meant "which practical actions with ethical meaning behind them are still unique to the oral Tora". If the OP meant like your understanding, ...
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #277663 903? I raise by [97](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Ways_to_Die)
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Comment Post #277273 @AA Shameful mistake by me, edited. Also, there is ethical teaching when God tells us that our ownership on our land is limited, and people should get a fresh start.
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Comment Post #277273 The buyer should take it into consideration when paying the price, so no damage done to the buyer.
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Answer A: Which ethical teachings are unique to Judaism?
Second attempt I'm not equipped enough to say it's unique, but I would say that Shmita and Yovel are very uncommon. Shmita - Every seven years, for a whole year, one may not preform agricultural actions at his field, and debts are canceled. Yovel - Sold fields return to their original owners...
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #277192 @sabbahillel Only mandatory Korabn is pessah.
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Comment Post #277195 @AA Being a vegan means restrictions on your menu, while being in fast means you have no menu at all. I agree that Hanania, Mishael an Azaria were not vegans due to the reasons that usually cause people to turn vegans, but it's close.
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Comment Post #277213 Why would you think it's an allegory?
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Answer A: vegans in Tanach
Hanania, Mishael an Azaria chose to be vegan instead of eating non-kosher food. דניאל א יב > נס נא את עבדיך ימים עשרה ויתנו לנו מן הזרעים ונאכלה ומים ונשתה Daniel 1:12 please try your servants, for ten days give us seed to eat and water to drink
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Comment Post #277192 @Monica That is an answer.
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Comment Post #277047 @Harel13 See page 271. Indeed looks like a *possibly* by some *cults*... it supports the Chinese case.
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Comment Post #277047 @Harel13 The Drakon in the Gemara was worshiped, as the Chinese Long. If the Greek Dragon figures were not worshiped, they are halacha-wise equivalent to "Hello kitty" dolls.
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Comment Post #277047 @Harel13 Were the Greek dragons worshiped?
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Question The Talmudic "Drakkon" and the Chinese "Long"
It seems that there is a similarity between the "Drakkon" figure , as the Gemmara describes it, and the Chinese worshiped, mythical beast Loong. Avoda Zara 43a.6: >תנו רבנן איזהו צורת דרקון פירש רשב"א כל שיש לו ציצין בין פרקיו מחוי רבי אסי בין פרקי צואר > >The Sages taught: What is a figur...
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over 3 years ago
Comment Post #276982 "may not have been exposed to this type of material before" - Do you take your kid out when reading parashat *Kedoshim* on shabbat?
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Comment Post #276982 I think that since Judaism has a lot to say about intimate matters, there is no way that a *subject* will be banned, however, a proper language should be kept
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Comment Post #276924 Does is matter if the *Ketuva* is in a drawer 50m away, or 500km away?
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Comment Post #276879 @sabbahillel I think that the container can't be buried, it has to be connected to power source for heat.
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Comment Post #276880 @Dani I have seen bugs being reported here...
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