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Activity for Alaychem
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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... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
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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 ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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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... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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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 (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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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... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Post view counter I miss the post view counter. I really loved to see how much impact a question or an answer has. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Natural organic reduction as a burial solution I ask for the sake of discussion, and by no means a practical advice What would be the halactic viewpoint of natural organic reduction as a burial solution? from the site's FAQ: > Natural organic reduction is a process which gently converts human remains into soil... During the process, c... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Post score representation I really don't like the vote count representation. Positive count, negative count AND a bar? That feels messy to me. If we want to differ a post with zero votes, and a post with 10 upvotes and 10 downvoted, maybe something like this? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Double notification bug I get double notification when my answer is commented AND "@Alaychem" appears at the comment (I know it's needless to be there). (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Reply to comment auto-complete tooltip I miss the tooltip that auto-competes user's name after @ when commenting. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Hatov Ve'Hametiv for wine that is not made of grapes Can one bless Hatov Ve'Hametiv on wine that is not made of grapes (like pomegranates, figs etc) like he would on a grape wine? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Different reading of Rashb"i story At the end of Rashb"i story of being in the cave (Shabbat 34:a), Rabbi Shimon causes the death of an elder that "misbehaved". I always read it like this: words in [] are added to the Gemara text A certain elder said :"Ben Yoḥai purified the cemetery". [Therefore giving all the credit to Rabb... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How did accidental killers sustain themselves while living in the cities of refuge? Expending @PinnyM answer: מכות י א > ...תניא ערים הללו אין עושין אותן לא טירין קטנים רש"י שם: לפי שאין מזונות מצויין שם Makot 10:A One does not establish them in small settlements... Rashi Beacuse it's hard to make a living there. So, we make sure that the rotzeiach wil... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |