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Activity for Monica Cellio
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A: Why ones needs a chat. Eventually we want to have integrated chat. We aren't there yet. In the nearer term, we're overhauling the commenting system in a way that will make it easier to have discussion threads on questions without them overwhelming the page. Instead of seeing all the comments on the post, you'll see th... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281451 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Why do we stop saying Mashiv Haruach? The placement of this text suggests "praise, not request" to me too. In fact, we ask for rain separately in the ninth blessing, which makes it seem even clearer that this mention is not a request (would we make the same request twice?). Ta'anit 3:a cites a baraita that says that both dew and rain... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #281340 |
@rosends I haven't read the linked sources, but I would have thought the consultation would be "is this too leavened" -- like, I baked it within 18 minutes but it looks puffy anyway; is this ok (hands over piece of matzah). (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281324 |
And it's Shabbat *Ha*Chodesh, too. (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281292 |
@robev the chronology suggested by the text is: Paro summoned Moshe and Aharon "in the night" and told them to get out, the Egyptians urged the Israelites to go, and the Israelites took their dough. It doesn't sound like they set out to *make* dough after the order to leave; they must have already h... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281292 |
@manassehkatz weren't they gone by morning? And even if not, we would expect it to take at least a few hours to leave Egypt and get to a place where they could start baking that day's bread, no? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281292 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Why didn't the dough rise during the night of the Exodus? When it comes to the bread, my plain understanding of the Exodus is that the Israelites left Egypt with dough (Exodus 12:34) and later baked it into unleavened bread because it had not risen (Exodus 12:39). That's what I've always understood, from the torah and from the haggadah: the dough did not r... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #281266 |
Fixed now. Thanks Mith and luap! (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281266 |
I'm seeing the same thing -- 20 Nisan (so it's rolled over), but Wednesday night (Thursday). Mac, Chrome. (Also, yes: timezones are a pain, DST makes it worse, and approximating the time is *just fine* for our purposes.) (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281266 |
Nice -- thanks luap42! (I'm guessing the API doesn't know about daylight saving time, as it hasn't rolled over for me yet at about 8:30PM. Not a complaint; I'll check back in half an hour. I'm mentioning it in case anyone else is seeing this and is confused like I was.) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281230 |
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| Comment | Post #281230 |
@msh210 oh, thanks -- let me check more *haggadot*; maybe this is a local quirk. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281230 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Are we expecting Eliyahu to drink the fifth cup of wine? Many kids I know (including past-me) think that Eliyahu drinks from the fifth cup at each seder. I've been to several where parents encouraged this belief, perhaps as a way of keeping the kids awake and attentive. (By "encouraged", I mean things like visibly checking the glass to see if the level h... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281213 |
Thanks for the source and explanation. (I eat *matzah* every day, as it seems in keeping with the commandment and isn't forbidden.) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281205 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Why aren't we required to eat matzah every day during Pesach? Shemot 12:15 tells us: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread". But our tradition (I don't know the source, sorry) is that we are required to eat matzah only at the seder(s). Otherwise, the command is understood as "if you eat bread, it must be unleavened bread". Why aren't we required to ea... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281162 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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How does agency work for selling chameitz? Each year my rabbi arranges the sale of chameitz for me (and anybody else who asks), and I know that I could also do this online. Either way, I provide some basic information, like the location of the chameitz, and that's it -- I don't sign anything, I don't make a public declaration, I don't pay hi... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281143 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Omer weekly/daily themes, online-style? I know that there are some customary "categories" of daily contemplation during the Omer -- combinations of Chesed, Hod, etc. I know that each week has one of these as a theme, and then within that, each day has a theme, for 49 combinations of 7 basic ideas. This hasn't been part of my Omer observa... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281051 |
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| Edit | Post #281051 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Seudah shlishit before Pesach: what's the source for omitting bread? When Pesach starts on a Saturday night, I understand that we are forbidden to eat matzah on that Shabbat (because we don't want to diminish the experience at the seder), but that we also aren't allowed to eat bread (chametz) past mid-morning. I also understand that on Shabbat we are required to eat ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280926 |
Is Mordechai *relying* on a miracle, or just arguing? How do we know when someone is relying on a miracle? (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280923 |
Thanks @rosends. I didn't realize it was optional. (It wasn't just because current conditions press for doing it as quickly as possible; it was printed in the books.) I hope somebody will answer with the *halacha* and a source. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280923 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Blotting out Haman's name only some of the time? At megillah readings, I'm used to people making noise to blot out every mention of Haman's name. Tonight I was at a Chabad reading and they had a different custom: they blotted out the mentions that used his full name or referred to his role (I guess the "important" ones?) but didn't blot out every ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280889 |
And what of finalizing? Are mere humans allowed to do that? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280880 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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After the destruction of the temple, why didn't we revert to a temporary mishkan? I read a blog post tonight that started out by asking why we don't have a mishkan today -- we had the mishkan in the wilderness before the temple was built, after all, so if we can't have the temple today, why not revert to a mishkan, some temporary (and possibly movable) place in which the holy serv... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280810 |
@Aliza but what does "has not taken heed" mean, practically speaking? Do we say that if it gored again he obviously didn't take heed (enough), or is there a threshold that counts as taking heed and if somebody breaks into his barn and sets it loose despite his precautions, or taunts it to agitate it... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280815 |
@David I haven't seen it myself, but [this translation with expanded commentary](https://www.feldheim.com/midrash-shmuel) is from a reputable publisher. What I can't tell from the description is whether the separation between the translation and the commentary is clear -- can the reader distinguish ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280818 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Can one fulfill the obligation of megillah on Purim via Zoom? I have heard (but have no source) that, to fulfill the obligation of reading the megillah, one must either be physically present for a reading or, if listening by phone, follow along in a kosher scroll. (First question: is that correct?) What provisions, if any, exist for following remotely if on... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280816 |
Alternatively, 27 Elul is when Amalek set things in motion. But 3 Tishrei is good too. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280815 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Talmudic proverb based on Job 42:10 — source? As far as I can tell, the talmud in Bava Kamma 92a is the earliest source for the statement, though its phrasing indicates the principle was known earlier: > Rava said to Rabba bar Mari: From where is this matter derived whereby the Sages stated: Anyone who asks for compassion from Heaven on beha... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280811 |
Thank you! I did not know this Rashi, which seems key to understanding the half-shekel. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280807 |
This post prompted a non-PT question: https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/280810. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280810 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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What happens if the goring ox was provoked? Exodus 21:28-29 (and onward) gives us laws concerning the ox that gores. If it happens once, they kill the ox but do not punish the owner. But if the ox has a pattern of goring and the owner has been warned, and it happens again, not only do they kill the ox but the owner is subject to death. (I t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280802 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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On the ritual foods of the Purim seder As we know,[^1] the evening meal for Purim starts with Wacky Mac, a dish that features four pasta shapes: wheels, shells, spirals, and tubes. What is less widely known is how we are to eat this ritual item. Like the Pesach seder a month later, the meal has specific requirements and specific meaning... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280796 |
Oh, of course! I'm surprised that HKBH wants chewed-upon coins, but who am I to question His intent? (I, uh, might have follow-on questions. :-) ) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280790 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |