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Activity for Monica Cellio
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Claiming your imported posts We've run data import for the first time on this community, which means some of your content might be here but be attributed to a stub user created for the sake of attribution. This post is about claiming your content. If you have an account on another Codidact site where imports have happened, a... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Imported answer forbidden from viewing That's bizarre. The question was imported and then deleted by System. I don't know why, so I've undeleted it and confirmed its visibility in an incognito window (i.e. while not signed in). Update: every answer on that question was duplicated, so it looks like something strange happened during th... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Please post your data-import requests here. The first round of data imports has been done. You can distinguish an imported question from a native one by the Stack Exchange icon next to the tags: screenshot I said before that posts could be imported with scores. While what I said was literally correct, it was an error -- the script reco... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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How should one who hears lashon hara respond? I've read a lot about lashon hara from the perspective of (not) speaking it. My question is from the other side: what are one's obligations, both halacha and ethically (per Judaism), upon witnessing it? I understand that we're supposed to not believe it, but are we supposed to take other actions? ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Give reasons for downvotes. The site is doing well. It's growing. It's young, so it doesn't have tons of people and activity yet, but it's going in the right direction. I would rather grow slowly but steadily than have a burst of activity that we can't properly engage with. A bunch of low-quality posts, for example, would ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Seeking advice as a chazzan in training > suppose that a new chazzan like me were to come to your regular minyan to daven: what would you like such a chazzan to know? What general advice would you give to such a chazzan? Meta-advice: participate in the congregation and observe for a while before stepping up to be a chazzan there. Every... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Does "make for yourself a rav" normally terminate with the synagogue employment contract? I was talking with a US rabbi from a liberal movement who left a congregation after 30 years. He told me that he needed to disengage from his now-former congregants, out of deference to the new rabbi. This is strong guidance or policy from the CCAR (rabbinic body), not just him making his own evalu... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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What is the difference between אנכי and אני in the torah? In the book of D'varim I've been noticing a lot more uses of אנכי instead of אני. Both words mean "I". I've heard that אנכי is more formal, and I know it begins the revelation at Sinai, though in that case I would expect to see it a lot more in all the passages (particularly in Vayikra) where God e... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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At what distance may one hear the shofar on Rosh Hashana? Due to the pandemic, on Rosh Hashana[^1] some congregations will be blowing the shofar outdoors to mitigate the health risks. In an urban area, this means someone could stay safely far away and yet still hear it. How close does one have to be to fulfill the obligation to hear it? Close enough to h... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Moving questions from MY to here We've now created a place to request import of specific questions. Please follow the instructions there. Right now this is a manual process so it won't be immediate, but if you make requests there, our devs will get to them. (Yeah, we should build a tool for this. I'll add it to the to-do list.... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Please post your data-import requests here. We've had some discussions about importing data from Mi Yodeya. The community hasn't yet decided what, if any, bulk imports to do, but we've had some requests to import specific questions and we'd like to support that. Importing is better than cutting and pasting -- it means you can bring over anyt... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: What should be our Modesty Policy? Allow them, but require clinical (or at least euphemistic) language. Allow them: These topics are as important as any others in halacha and rabbinic tradition, and anyway people will naturally encounter them in learning (or just hearing the weekly torah readings!) and will naturally have questio... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Did Moshe have free will when he struck the rock in the wilderness? We know that God told the entire torah to Moshe (with Moshe writing it down the second time) at Har Sinai. This must include the book of D'varim, because I have learned somewhere that there is a dispute about whether Moshe also wrote the last eight verses about his death. (I've seen two opinions: e... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What should our policy be on Kabbalistic discussions? I should say up front that I am not learned in kabbalah. Like, at all. I recognize some of the words and names of sources. From the text you quoted, it sounds like the danger of studying kabbalah is to the one studying it, not to other people. This is different from, say, a modesty policy, wher... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Can a terminally-ill patient give up his ventilator to save another? Last week I took a class on priorities in triage -- one ventilator, two people who will die without it, who gets it? We reviewed sources in talmud and later commentaries, some of which I remember from a class on self-driving cars and how they should be programmed in the case of impending accidents. ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Are questions purely about Jews and Jewish History in-scope? > What was life like for Jews in [region] during [time period/historical event]? These should be on-topic so long as Judaism is a core part of the question. Some examples: - Were Jews living in al-Andalus able to pray publicly and safely? (Was it legal and was it reckless?) - How did (some... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Are questions purely about Jews and Jewish History in-scope? I'm going to separate out some of my thoughts into multiple answers for the sake of clarity in voting. Questions about people should be in scope if their Judaism is core to the question: - "Who was the first Chassidishe Rebbe to settle in America?" -- marginal; "...to establish a Jewish communi... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What is the status of a-capella music during the three weeks? I've heard (but don't remember where) that the music that is prohibited during the three weeks is one or both of: music with instruments, recorded music. I've heard conflicting things about a capella music. What is the status of a capella music? Does it matter if it is live or recorded? Does it... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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If a Zoom minyan reads torah (without blessings, as study), should the reader still chant? Due to the pandemic some communities are having weekday services on Zoom. (There seem to be leniencies that support this. That is not what this question is about.) We can't read from the torah scroll except in the presence of a minyan, and the communities I know about who are meeting on Zoom are h... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: "Last Activity" Last activity tracks changes to (or creation of) posts -- asking a question, adding an answer, editing, or deleting. I'm not sure about closing and reopening questions, which are also events affecting posts. It doesn't track comments or votes. On SE there is a bot that also randomly bumps some... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What content do we want to import from Mi Yodeya? Regardless of what general criteria we come up with for importing data, we should accept requests for specific questions to import. I re-asked a couple of my unanswered questions here, because we didn't have data import, but that's not ideal (and will create duplicates if we ever do import the origi... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How will Judaism Codidact be better than Mi Yodeya? As Isaac said, let's not think in terms of "better", as if there can be only one strong online community for rich knowledge-sharing and Q&A. Mi Yodeya is an important community and we should not seek to diminish it. We should assume that many people will participate on both. If this site helps to ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Welcome to our new pro-tem moderators! Welcome to our pro-tem moderators, Isaac Moses and DonielF. Isaac joined the team two weeks ago and I was negligent in not announcing it at the time, and DonielF has joined today. Thank you both for taking on these extra caretaking duties alongside the work you are already doing to help this new co... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Proposal: Weekly Topic Challenge I like the idea of returning to our weekly topic challenges! Instead of collecting new suggestions each week, which would mean either lots of repetition or suggestions getting dropped, I suggest reusing a single post to collect suggestions for a while, and each week the person running the challeng... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Custom Community Name? To answer the technical questions, a site's name is reflected in: - the logo - the URL(s) - the short description in the list of communities Changing the logo is a matter of replacing one graphic with another; it'll take longer for someone to make it than to deploy it. For URLs, I would sugg... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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When (if ever) can you read a non-standard haftarah, and how far afield can it go? Years ago, in a year when US Independence Day fell on Shabbat, I was away at a kallah, a week-long retreat for people from many communities with study, social activities, and, of course, davening. During the torah service on that Shabbat, the people leading the service said that in honor of "yom tov... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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How does one pray Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur alone? I'm somewhat competent in praying alone on weekdays and Shabbat, with the current pandemic providing a forcing function. I prefer to be part of a community and be able to rely on the sh'liach tzibbur for certain things, but I don't have to. I've always been slow, so I don't mind skipping things tha... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Should imported posts retain their original votes? It seems likely that we will import at least some content from Mi Yodeya. There's a separate question for that; in this question I want to focus on a suggestion brought up in an answer there: keep the original votes for the imported posts instead of resetting to zero. I'm separating this out becaus... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Who protected the women and children of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 Menashe during the conquest? The conquest of the land described in the book of Yehoshua took seven years (Arakhin 13a).[^1] It is only at the end of the conquest that Yehoshua dismisses the "shock troops". We know from Yehoshua 1:14 that "all the mighty men of valor" from the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 of Menashe led the ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Categories - Divrei Torah, Purim Torah Divrei Torah One of the things I've picked up in my time with various online communities is that giving people multiple modes of engagement strengthens community connections. It's why SE chat helps communities connect even though SE treats chat as "other space" that isn't well-integrated. It's w... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Categories - Divrei Torah, Purim Torah Defer Purim Torah This community is just getting started, its scope boundaries are not entirely set, and people are still gathering. Opinions on Purim Torah are mixed, but I don't think we need to decide now. If we have Purim Torah, we should kick it off in season, even if we decide to allow it ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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For taking challah, (how) do you account for the flour in sourdough starter? I understand that one should take challah when baking bread made with at least 10 cups of flour. (That article says 14 for saying the b'racha but down to 10 for taking at all.) How does this requirement interact with sourdough starter? A sourdough starter is a fermented mixture of flour and wate... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What is the purpose of comments? Comments are meant for requesting more information or clarification, pointing out issues to be addressed in an edit, and other things that lead to improving the post they're attached to. As we've seen on pretty much any web site that enables comments, though, what designers intend and what users act... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What types of pages are available? Currently there are two top-level post types, Question and Article. Questions can have answers; articles cannot. Questions, articles, and answers all accept comments and can be voted on. You can see examples of articles on Cooking's Recipes category and on the Meta Blog. No live site is doing... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Dictionary/Encyclopedia of Terms A wiki with a dictionary of terms sounds like a great idea. Here are some thoughts on how we could implement it. It partly depends on being able to use in-page anchors (so you could link to a specific part of a page); that appears to be possible if one uses HTML for those links (and anchors) instea... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Can a woman blow the shofar during Elul for herself? Can anyone? Does a woman fulfill the obligation to hear the shofar during Elul if she blows it for herself, or is this one of the mitzvot where a man (must? should?) perform the action on behalf of others? For that matter, can anyone fulfill the obligation by personally blowing, or do you need to hear someone e... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: ISO: hierarchical tags Let's check some functional requirements. :-) I'm envisioning tag hierarchies as an overlay, thus: - All tags would remain in the tag set and could be individually chosen (i.e. both leaf and non-leaf nodes are available as tags on posts). - Tags could be designated as children of other tag... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What are the issues in talking into a mic that was accidentally turned on on Shabbat? During the COVID pandemic many synagogues have moved activities online, including communal prayer. Some have even done this on Shabbat, and the Conservative movement recently published a responsum permitting this for this specific situation (because of its wide-ranging impact) and on the condition t... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Does a husband have to maintain his wife's bondwomen? I previously asked this question on Mi Yodeya and while I didn't get a full answer, I received a hint in a comment and will expand it here. The Rambam in Hilchot Avadim 9:7 writes: > A master may tell his Canaanite slave: "Work for me, but I will not provide you with sustenance," and the slave ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Does a husband have to maintain his wife's bondwomen? A mishna on Ketubot 59b lists the household tasks a husband may demand of his wife (grinding corn, baking bread, washing his clothes, etc). It then goes on to say that if she brought a bondwoman (into the marriage?) that exempts her from certain of the chores, and if she brings a second then she's e... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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How did accidental killers sustain themselves while living in the cities of refuge? An accidental killer flees to one of the cities of refuge for an indeterminate time (until the death of the kohein gadol, or even longer if the timing is unfortunate). The cities of refuge are cities given to the Levites in place of the land that other tribes get. There's a dispute in Makkot 2:8 ab... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What language(s) should we use for tags? Here on Codidact tag names can include Hebrew. In the interest of inclusivity I created a bilingual tag for a question I just asked (and asked someone else to do the same). Questions we import from Mi Yodeya will of course come with only English tag names. And not everybody who asks a question is ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What specific action fulfills the commandment to write a sefer torah? At my synagogue we're currently writing a sefer torah in honor of our retiring rabbi. I know that the 613th mitzvah is to write a sefer torah, and have been taught that participating in the writing of one fulfills the obligation -- we don't each have to write our own complete scroll. I understand... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What should our short description and Q&A description say? On the list of Codidact sites, each community has a short description, such as: > Cooking: > Our community for people interested in cooking and questions about it - methods, processes, recipes, tips, and recommendations. > > Electrical Engineering: > Our community for professionals, hobbyi... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What content do we want to import from Mi Yodeya? We can import questions and answers from Mi Yodeya.[^1] You might have noticed that we imported two already, the ones needed by our "not professional advice" notice. What else to import is up to the community. The earliest Codidact communities (Writing and Outdoors) did bulk imports, excluding o... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Welcome to Judaism! Welcome to the Codidact site for Judaism! We're glad you're here and we're excited to see what you will build. This community is initially starting "from scratch", without importing Q&A from other sites; we can import posts from Mi Yodeya pending the outcome of community discussion here on Meta. P... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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Shalom Aleichem -- "shuvchem" instead of "tzeitchem"? I've heard a setting (by Debbie Friedman) of the song "Shalom Aleichem" that, in the last verse, says "shuvchem" instead of "tzeitchem" (recording, mixed group of singers). A rabbi who knew her told me that the change is so, instead of asking the malachim to leave as soon as they show up, we instead... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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A: I am not Jewish but would like to visit a MO synagogue to pray occasionally on Shabbat. What is the best course? I'm not widely traveled, but I've been to a bunch of different synagogues of all the major flavors, often as one-offs, including C and MO, so I'm answering on the basis of that experience. First visit You can just show up. Many of the factors that affect you are the same between Conservative and M... (more) |
— | over 10 years ago |
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A: Plants before the Sun in the Order of Creation First, it may not be valid to assume that creation was bound by the laws of science as we now understand them. Why should we assume that the very first plants grew by photosynthesis in the same way that plants do now? Or if we do, why not assume that the primordial light created on the first day wa... (more) |
— | over 10 years ago |
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A: Is the observance of Jewish law/tradition "all or nothing"? It's not either/or but "both, and". Judaism has a system of rules, halacha, by which we are to live our lives. Halacha is not negotiable, so that might sound like "all or nothing". Instead, think of it as what you aspire to, even if it's not what you currently do. Halacha calls on you to do all t... (more) |
— | about 11 years ago |
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