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Activity for Monica Cellio
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| Comment | Post #287290 |
Good point about the bracha. That's probably the difference here. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287290 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year 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) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287176 |
Thanks for the pointers. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287202 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year 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) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287176 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year 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) |
— | over 1 year 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) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287028 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #286701 |
Post edited: typo (I assume this is what you meant) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286699 | Initial revision | — | almost 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) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286643 | Initial revision | — | almost 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) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286642 | Initial revision | — | almost 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) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286523 |
Thanks. Your answer on the second one was particularly helpful to me. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286523 | Initial revision | — | almost 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) |
— | almost 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) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286505 |
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— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286505 |
Thanks for the pointers. This isn't the only second mention; the verse right before it repeats a prohibition from chapter 18 too. But I see what you mean (or what the shadal means) about warning versus punishment language. It still seems an odd placement. I wonder if there's a clear translation ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286505 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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What does the change from "a man shall not..." to "you shall not..." for one verse in Vayikra 20 signify? In Vayikra chapter 20 the torah gives a long list of forbidden relations. Almost all of them are of the form "if a man (lies with, takes)..." or, in one case, "if a woman..." (third person). In Vayikra 20:19 the voice changes to second-person imperative: "you shall not...". What does the change in... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286475 |
Thank you for educating me.
I realize it was a bad example anyway; as you said, he *can* prepare in advance. I changed the example in my answer to a doctor in an emergency situation. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286475 |
Post edited: A comment says we don't rule like that for the mohel, so changed the example to one that's better anyway (more direct life-saving). |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286475 |
We don't? What does a *mohel* do in that case? I'll update that part of this answer but would also appreciate a source if you can share it easily, thanks. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286475 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Worshipping outdoors in the COVID era, issues and options This doesn't strictly answer your question, but I think the background information and context will be helpful. The halacha (Jewish law) is that we can violate any torah law to save a human life except for three (murder, idolatry, sexual transgressions). If it were a matter of preserving life, th... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286416 |
I've moved the answer I posted here to the duplicate. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286416 | Question closed | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286419 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Why does the Torah mention Yosef in relation to Menashe but not Ephraim in the story of the spies? Efrayim and Manashe both have different trope from the other ten, by the way. With Manashe there are extra words that the trope has to account for, but it's interesting that Efrayim, without that constraint, nonetheless has different trope too. I asked and answered a duplicate to this question be... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286416 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
In the list of spies, why is Yosef added to the listing for Manashe but not to the one for Efrayim? At the beginning of Sh'lach L'cha the torah lists the twelve scouts and their tribes. In general these names follow the pattern "from the tribe of (tribe), (somebody) ben (somebody)", with (generally) the same trope. However, the two tribes descended from Yosef are treated differently. The text for... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286382 |
Interesting, thanks!
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— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286382 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Ha-Yarden ha-zeh -- what does the torah mean by this Jordan as opposed to the Jordan? In Devarim 3:27, when Moshe pleads with God to be allowed to go into the land, God says to him: > עֲלֵ֣ה ׀ רֹ֣אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֗ה וְשָׂ֥א עֵינֶ֛יךָ יָ֧מָּה וְצָפֹ֛נָה וְתֵימָ֥נָה וּמִזְרָ֖חָה וּרְאֵ֣ה בְעֵינֶ֑יךָ כִּי־לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן הַזֶּֽה׃ > > Go up to the summit of Pisgah and gaz... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286308 |
Just a guess, but: for the *sukkah* case, you can inspect the result and determine if it can meet your needs. With *matzah*, though, how do you know if it was made within 18 minutes, versus 20 or 25? Without the intent to fulfill the laws of *matzah*, can the maker be presumed to be that careful?
... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286278 |
Yeah, I think it's a fascinating question of underlying principles to this *halacha*. I hope we get an answer! (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286278 |
Seems like a similar situation could arise if you move into a new home before Pesach and don't bring any chameitz in with you. I wonder if there are sources about that. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286253 |
Oh, are we? Today I learned. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286254 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Logistics: what do you do about dishes if you're hosting both seders? I found myself wondering about this while clearing the table after the first seder this year (which was also Shabbat). Most of the time, both in my family and in the group of friends I sometimes share holidays with, two different people host the two sedarim. But occasionally the same people host ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286253 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Why do we designate specific matzot for seder rituals? This question arose at my seder this year and nobody present knew of an answer: The haggadah designates the three matzot for specific purposes: - We are to break the middle one (and save the larger piece for the afikoman). - We are to use the top and (remainder of the middle) ones when fulfill... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |