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Activity for Monica Cellio
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| Comment | Post #288250 |
Oh, I see now -- that's probably what you meant about no treif "flavor". (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288250 |
Does a cold drink transmit treifness the way hot food does? I thought I learned somewhere that cold foods that are not "strong" (like onions) don't make things treif, but I have no source and my memory is vague. So the answer might differ between wine served the conventional way and hot mulled wine... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288109 |
Thanks for confirming. (That's what it sounded like.) Thanks again for the answer, and welcome to Codidact! (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288109 |
Thank you. From what you said here, it sounds like the Rambam's guiding principle is not so much *conception* as some measure of being *far-enough along*. If the transfer happens before 40 days, does he say that the second animal is the mother? (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288033 |
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288033 |
Yes, thanks for the reminder of what the word is. I'll edit. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288033 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Why two types of maror? Some seder plates (or layout instructions in haggadot) use two bitter herbs (I'm used to seeing horseradish and endive), one labelled maror and one labelled chazeret. Others have only a single space for maror. What is the second one for, and is this custom or something stronger? We eat maror twi... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288032 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Why was Shabbat given in a roundabout way? Someone at my seder asked about the ordering in Dayeinu, specifically that "had God not given us Shabbat..." comes before "had God not give us the Torah..." -- but wasn't Shabbat given at Sinai, as part of the revelation? We then checked to confirm our memories, and yes, Shabbat is introduced as a s... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287951 |
@#53060 did your notes have any solid references? (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287971 |
Yeah, we need to attract more people who are able (and willing) to write good answers. I've been noticing this trend on the front page too. I'd rather no answer than bad (e.g. rude or dismissive) answers, but I'd *rather* have more good answers. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287971 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: How can we grow this community? Our community is small. More than "people in general", I think we need to reach people who want to help us build this community. People who, beyond looking for answers to specific questions, want to engage in Q&A and knowledge-sharing for its own sake -- or, as we say, for the sake of heaven. I ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287913 |
@#53093 these are good points. So maybe these cases all have the same answer. I don't know, and would be happy to get answers that are broader than what I asked about. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287951 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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Does a surrogate mother affect the Jewish status of the child? The child of a Jewish woman is a Jew. Is this status transmitted through birth or through parentage (genetics)? Specifically, if a Jewish woman acts as a surrogate for two non-Jews, what is the status of the child? A surrogate provides a womb for a fertilized egg from another couple. Non-Jewish... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287913 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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Does a Jew with a non-Jewish father have a tribe? Vayikra 24:10 and on tells of an episode with a blasphemer. The torah tells us that he was the son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man. From a Rashi comment there I found my way to Vayikra Rabbah 32, which gives some back-story apparently from Rabbi Chiya (quoted from Sefaria): > He had ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287881 |
Also, a much more oft-stated "rule" is that when Hillel and Shammai disagree Hillel is right, but there are (if I recall correctly) six counter-examples. Outside of this passage, I've never heard the claim made about Rabbi Eliezer, but if he were "always" right I would have expected to encounter tha... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287686 |
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— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287700 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Why was Rabbi Eliezer ostracized? To my reading, the discussion that follows makes it clear that the rabbis were wrong to excommunicate Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Eliezer's excommunication is followed by various disasters, including the death of Rabban Gamaliel (who headed the Sanhedrin that excommunicated him) at the hands of heaven. ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287648 |
A related question/precedent might be whether there is reward for a woman doing a mitzvah she is not obligated in. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287433 |
Have you already checked whether the Chofetz Chayim has anything to say on this? (I can't remember.) (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287290 |
Good point about the bracha. That's probably the difference here. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287290 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Why don't we stand for Hallel at the seder? At services that include it, we stand for Hallel. I've never learned about it but this makes sense; we're sanctifying God, like in Kedusha for which we also stand. But at every Pesach seder I've been to, including Hillel and Chabad communal ones, we sat during the Hallel parts of the haggadah. Why... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287176 |
Thanks for the pointers. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287202 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Why is Pesach in the singular? I don't have a source for this beyond what you already said about the text saying Chag HaPesach, but I offer this reasoning: Shavu'ot is, as you said, about the weeks (plural). For Sukkot, while you probably have at most one (and could have zero, if you use someone else's), the festival is about ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287176 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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How do I look up commentaries on general patterns in torah as opposed to specific verses? This is a research-methods question with a concrete example. I'm interested in the answer to the concrete example, but what I really want to know is: how could I look this up myself? There are sometimes widespread patterns in torah. For example, I know about the reversing vav, which flips a verb... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285033 |
Thanks for this feedback. I'm sorry you feel pushed away, and I'm especially sorry to hear that you perceive an "old guard" clique when some of us _are_ trying to do things differently here. Part of our problem is a small base of active community members; if we could pull more people in, then the c... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287028 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Did Avraham really not know about his nephews while they were children? After the Akeidah, Avraham returns home and then the torah tells us, in Bereishit 22:20: "Avraham was told, 'Milkah too has borne sons to your brother Nachor (etc)'". The torah does not always record events in the order they occurred, but in this case it's not the torah telling us about Milkah's des... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286929 |
Yes, I realize it doesn't completely line up. Did they sing hallel in the temple on RH, I wonder? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286929 |
We also don't say hallel even though Rosh Hashana is Rosh Chodesh; I remember asking about this (don't remember where) and got an answer about RH superseding RCh. I wonder if there's something similar here? Pure guess and no sources, though. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286701 |
Post edited: typo (I assume this is what you meant) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286699 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Vaydaber vs vayomer when God instructs Moshe: what's the significance of the difference? The torah records many places where God speaks to Moshe telling him to speak to others, generally to relay instructions. The common structure is: > ... וידבר יי אל ... לאמר: ךבר But sometimes -- I noticed this case at the beginning of Parshat Emor -- the verb is not וידבר but instead ויאמר. ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286643 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: The encampments in the midbar There is a list in Bamidbar 33 of the places and transitions (they set out from X and camped at Y, they set out from Y and camped at Z, etc). This list doesn't say how long they stayed at each. I once asked a question about the durations somewhere else, and received a partial answer that cites Se... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286642 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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How long did it take to set up the mishkan? When Yisrael spent 40 years in the wilderness, they sometimes camped for longer periods of times and sometimes for shorter ones, sometimes even just two days (Bamidbar 9:21 -22): > וְיֵ֞שׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֤ה הֶֽעָנָן֙ מֵעֶ֣רֶב עַד־בֹּ֔קֶר וְנַעֲלָ֧ה הֶֽעָנָ֛ן בַּבֹּ֖קֶר וְנָסָ֑עוּ א֚וֹ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔י... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286523 |
Thanks. Your answer on the second one was particularly helpful to me. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286523 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Why must the omer be counted at night? I have been taught that we count the omer at night with a b'racha. Counting at night makes sense; it's the first opportunity to fulfill the commandment each day and we should rush to fulfill a mitzvah. I've also been taught that if you forget until the next morning, you do still count but you don... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286475 |
@#55043 are you asking about prayer books or masks? I think carrying a mask would be fine because it's a clear matter of protecting life; we don't require imminent death but just the chance. (I think an epi-pen in case of anaphylactic shock would be similar on a personal level.) There is probably ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286505 |
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— | over 2 years ago |