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Activity for Monica Cellio
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #286178 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: What does "May his memory be for a blessing" mean? Din Online, one of the many "ask a rabbi" services online, wrote in an answer that usage of this phrase is custom but there's no law that formalizes it. They add that it is usually used for someone you had some connection to -- close personal relationships for sure, but it can also be used for other... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286177 |
Post edited: Made more concrete and less of a survey. |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286177 |
Welcome to Judaism Codidact! Questions that ask for individual opinions (survey questions) don't work as well here as ones that can be addressed more objectively. Your question body asks about the range of interpretations (good); I'm going to tweak the title to remove the "for you".
Also, my con... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285033 |
@#53017 I like it too! It gives people a way to share insights and knowledge directly, without having to frame it as Q&A. I'd like to see more participation there. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285872 |
Thanks for this interesting d'var. It prompted me to ask a [followup question](https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/285874). (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285874 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Is an orphan obligated to honor parents? This d'var torah makes the argument that an orphan can still fulfill the obligation to honor parents, because the sages interpret it more broadly than just your two biological parents. (See the link for a good explanation of the reasoning.) If one without living biological parents can still fulfi... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285863 |
I never thought about it until you asked, but I've seen the same thing -- during the torah service on Shabbat, after on weekdays. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285695 |
Post edited: added link |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285642 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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If one designates a gift for another person, is it committed or can it be retracted? I know that if one designates something for the temple (an offering or a donation), it can't be taken back -- it's committed. Is this a general principle of designating things, or is it specific to the temple (because designating it for the temple raises its holiness and we do not lower holiness)? ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285522 |
@AA thanks for the lead! Makkot led me to the Ramban with further explanation, and I've written an answer based on both. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285555 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: Did the people hear the words of the revelation directly at Sinei? AA pointed out in a comment that this is addressed in Makkot 23b-24a. There the g'mara says that of the 613 mitzvot stated to Moshe, > The word Torah, in terms of its numerical value, is 611, the number of mitzvot that were received and taught by Moses our teacher. In addition, there are two mit... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285522 |
Now that you mention it, I've also heard that this is how we resolve *shamor v'zachor* -- they heard both simultaneously, in a muddle. But, again, I don't know where I heard that. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285522 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Did the people hear the words of the revelation directly at Sinei? At the end of Shemot 19, Moshe has gone down from the mountain to speak to the people. Then Shemot 20 begins with the decalogue, with God speaking the commandments. We're then told (20:15) that all the people witnessed the thunder, lightning, blare, and smoke, but it doesn't mention words. The peo... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285069 |
Oh, good point -- I had forgotten that for specific accidental transgressions, there's guidance (I didn't know it was the agreed *halacha*, but I've heard the advice) to not say anything if you know the person will ignore you. An ongoing situation might be different, but I don't have good instincts ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285069 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Is it better to not tell someone she's Jewish if she won't follow it? This is a hypothetical question; it doesn't apply to anyone I know, but I heard an anecdote and it led me to wonder. Suppose someone discovers that her maternal grandmother was in fact Jewish, but the person's mother never knew this and was raised as a Christian (and passed that on to her children... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285033 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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How can we grow this community? Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engaged participants. The folks already here are doing good work; our challenge is to find more people like you ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285008 |
Thanks @#8049. We want our questions to be as accessible as practical; does this edit help? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285008 |
Post edited: A comment suggested that the original title was confusing for non-Jews who happen to see the title on the network (start + sunset was confusing), so trying to make more accessible. |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285009 |
This is a good overview of Shabbat times. Could you be a little more explicit about the specific question? You said (unsourced) that it's based on the astronomical time of sunset, and then quoted Wikipedia which defines "astronomical" as what's *visible* -- which is the distinction I'm trying to ma... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285008 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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For starting Shabbat, is sunset astronomical or visible? A few years ago, on the fall equinox, I noticed that the day was longer than 12 hours according to the (secular) sunrise/sunset times. Curious, I did some investigation. One reason for the difference is how we measure -- the equinox is based on when the center of the sun is visible while sunrise/su... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277600 | Post undeleted | — | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284722 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: How to import content from Stack Exchange? Sorry about the confusion! We imported a small number of questions and answers from Mi Yodeya. If any of those had been written by you, then they would have been assigned to a "holding" account on import. When you connected your accounts and claimed the content, those posts would have been changed... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284627 |
@#53288 I don't know why it has a downvote -- maybe because it doesn't say where this happens and the author rolled back an edit that added it. It's fine to ask how a particular post can be improved, but this is not the place to discuss general downvote philosophy. Sometimes downvotes are clearly a... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278321 |
Post edited: |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284627 |
Personal attacks are not ok and those comments have been deleted. Please keep it civil; it's possible to disagree respectfully. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284639 | Question closed | — | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284639 |
Please break this up into individual questions or *closely-related* questions. Each of these questions could warrant a full answer by itself; asking an answer to address all of them to address any of them makes it more likely that there will be no answers at all. I'm putting this on hold; please na... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284627 |
Hello. I edited that into the post so it would be more visible, but I see you've edited it back out. Any particular reason? Or were you editing for something else and reversing my edit was an accident? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284627 |
Post edited: added location info from comment |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284627 |
Welcome to the community! Torah Shleimah is a large collection; could you edit to add one or two places where this reference occurs? This might make it easier to compare to the original version. Thanks. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284547 |
I don't own a copy of Davka Writer. Looks like they do have a Mac version, for $159.
Did you mean to post this as an answer (instead of as a comment)? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284535 |
Thank you for this pointer, and also for mentioning SBL Hebrew (a font I didn't have, but have now downloaded). And yes, I'm looking for text with *niqud* and *ta'amim*, just like in your links. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284313 |
Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding about the requirements. That said, how did we get from the text saying "do this for seven days" to the halacha being "do this for one day"? The text seems to be clear, so obviously I'm missing something. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284307 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Why do we dwell in booths every day during Sukkot, but we don't have to eat matzah every day during Pesach? In the instructions for festivals, Vayikra 23:6 says, of Pesach: > You shall eat unleavened bread for seven days. Devarim 16:3 is similar, and Devarim 16:8 starts: "After eating unleavened bread six days", which sure sounds like it's been a daily occurrence. I have been taught that we are on... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284003 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Sh'mita and the home garden: what if anything is permitted? I live in the diaspora and this doesn't affect me personally, but in thinking about the sh'mita cycle while tending my small garden, I found myself wondering about some details. Does the law to not plant and let fields lie fallow for the year apply only to "crops" (to be defined), or to anything you ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #283913 |
Thanks @#8062; I did not know that. So the *b'racha* might not be required for the *mitzvah* to count, but don't we still have to worry about a blessing made in vain? If you say the *b'racha* and *don't* do the *mitzvah*, either "at all" or "in time", haven't you made a *b'racha levatalah*? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #283959 |
Post edited: The asker is probably not Jewish, so adding something about Noachide laws (thanks dsr). |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #283959 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: Does God of Judaism permit to pray in any language? The general answer to your question is that Hebrew is preferable but you also need to understand what you're saying, so it's permitted to pray in other languages. (Ideally you are working to improve your Hebrew understanding along the way.) More specifically: the talmud on Sotah 33a (and vicinity... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |