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Activity for Monica Cellio
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| Edit | Post #279266 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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If the words come from Christian worship but aren't otherwise objectionable, can you use them for secular music? Asking this question reminded me of another. As part of my (past) musical studies, I've studied historical compositions that set the "ordinary" of the Christian mass to music. The "ordinary" consists of five key prayer texts that are frequently (always?) part of the mass. Four of them are blatan... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279263 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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(When) can one listen to Christian music, according to Igrot Moshe? A post elsewhere cites Igrot Moshe (Yoreh De'ah 2:56) as saying that listening to (hearing?) Christian music is forbidden (asur). A comment there elaborates: > He states that the restriction is related only to those areas that they use as part of the Christian prayer service. However, he is lenie... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278960 |
This challenge prompted me to ask a question on Languages & Linguistics: https://languages.codidact.com/questions/279052. Not the point of the challenge I know, but I thought you might want to know. :-) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276681 |
Post edited: fixed a while ago, never tagged |
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| Edit | Post #277839 |
Post edited: this got fixed as part of another cleanup of imported posts; just noticed I never tagged it |
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| Comment | Post #278964 |
To your second question, isn't there a midrash (that I can't find now) that Eretz Yisrael was exempt from the flood? If so, then the ark wouldn't be able to float to a resting point there. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278923 |
@AA import is a little glitchy right now, so while I'd like to get that fixed, the last batch introduced a lot of database weirdnesses that had to be cleaned up so I'd rather not. I'd *rather* bring it over, but in the absence of better import, I'd rather have the answer here than not. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278923 |
Interesting! @Dani, please feel free to write an answer here that draws from what you found there (with proper attribution of course). (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278167 |
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| Comment | Post #278923 |
Is this a *klaf* for writing a mezuzah? (Inferring from the presence of the name.) (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278866 |
@user8078 it depends on how you bind "with Lot" -- does it mean that Avram and Sarai came out of Egypt and Lot joined them as they headed to the Negev, or that Lot was with them all along? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278859 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Where was Lot during the famine? In Lech L'cha there is a famine so severe that Avram has to leave Canaan and go down to Egypt for food. He leaves Egypt with great wealth, and then in Bereishit 13:1 he continues traveling with Lot. Lot isn't mentioned in the Egypt part of the episode. Did Lot go to Egypt too? If not, how did h... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278839 |
@msh210 true. How might I rephrase the last sentence to work better? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278839 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Was Sigd part of historical Jewish observance? I noticed that my (paper) calendar reports that 29 Cheshvan is "Sigd". Curious about this day (on the Jewish calendar; they style secular stuff like Election Day differently) that I'd never heard of, I did some searching. The Wikipedia page has some basic information and also several "dubious sourc... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278781 |
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| Edit | Post #278781 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Can a sick pet eat food that would otherwise be forbidden? I have heard that when dietary laws and serious medical conditions interact, there are grounds to be lenient on the basis of pikuach nefesh. I'm pretty sure I've heard this with respect to ingredients, for example if the medicine you need has gelatin in it, and I've definitely heard this with respec... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278011 |
[GitHub issue tracking this](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/213), in which I propose several approaches to what sounds like a general problem and not *just* the Sefaria linker. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278663 |
Nice. Any thoughts on what women, who can't look at their *t'filin*, should do to rise up out of those ashes of despair? (Also, did Israel lose its slave mentality at the *yam suf*, or just temporarily? Didn't they long for Egypt later too? I guess one lesson is that these things rarely happen al... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278618 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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After being expelled, did Adam and Chava build tents or houses for themselves or continue to live outdoors? I've always assumed (but can't prove) that while Adam and Chava were in Gan Eden, and had they stayed, they lived out in nature -- they didn't require tents or other shelter. When they are expelled they're told that the ground will be inhospitable (they'll have to work for food), but it doesn't say ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278603 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why does the text in B'reishit refer to God in the plural? The two passages you cite place the plural in God's mouth (God says "let us make..." and "like one of us" etc). I realize your question is more general, but I'm going to focus here on God's use of the plural. The predominant explanation is that God is addressing other (non-godly) beings, though s... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278533 |
Post edited: meant to focus on past actions, not imply continuing ones which are more complicated when it comes to teshuva |
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| Edit | Post #278533 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Shabbat Shuva: looking back and looking ahead Adapted from a d'var torah I gave on Ha'azinu/Shabbat Shuva 5781. Ha'azinu consists primarily of Moshe's final poem, recited to the people before he ascends the mountain to see the land and die. The language is very different from what I'm used to in the torah. It is not the language of events... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278502 |
While I'd learned the mishna in Yoma (for some value of "learned"), this year was my first time attending a Yom Kippur service that did the *avodah* service as written. I found it a powerful experience, and this interpretation adds more layers to that. Thank you. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278520 |
Or climbing a tree and hiding among its leaves? That would still be one tree but doesn't require a hollow trunk large enough to fit two people. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278521 |
Thank you for these insights. I look forward to the rest of them. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278503 |
Post edited: added detail from a comment contrasting this event with another |
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| Comment | Post #278514 |
Oh, proving it to the heavenly host! I didn't think of that. Thank you for the info and source. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278510 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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What is the purpose of God asking Adam to name the animals? In Bereishit 2:19 God brings all the animals to Adam to see what he will name them. This has long puzzled me, because: - God created them and already knows their functions (He doesn't need Adam to tell Him). - God, having made Adam and especially b'tzelem Elokim, in the divine image, knows Adam'... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278503 |
Welcome to the community! We welcome questions from anybody, not just Jews. Verse 23 gives an explanation (Avram's words); are you asking why he said that, why he felt he needed to take a vow rather than just saying it, or something else? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278479 |
A Levi is also a Yisrael. Is there a rule that the Yisrael *aliyot* belong to people who are *only* Yisrael and not also Levi or Kohein? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278321 |
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| Edit | Post #277866 |
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| Comment | Post #278422 |
Since an answer suggests the commentaries are not extant, could you clarify which shiny new copies have it? Or do you mean that your copies of *other* tractates have it, but not this one? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278422 |
Thanks for being here! :-) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276877 |
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| Comment | Post #276877 |
Should be fixed now. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278379 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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What does it mean that Yisrael dwelt in sukkot in the wilderness? The plain reading of Vayikra 23:43 says that Yisrael dwelt in sukkot while they were in the wilderness. Rashi on this verse says that the "sukkot" that Israel dwelt in were the divine clouds of glory -- by implication, not physical booths. But this Rashi in turn seems to be referring to Rashi on ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278321 |
@Harel13 taking as given that Yitzchak agreed and supported his father's actions, it's still a harrowing experience, especially if he was 13 rather than 37. Our patriarchs were human, with human vulnerabilities; it seems plausible that there might have been distance between them after that (especial... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278321 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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How much contact did Avraham and Yitzchak have after the akeidah? The akeidah was a significant event for both Avraham and Yitzchak.[^1] Immediately after they appear to go their separate ways -- Avraham leaves without his son, and we're not told where Yitzchak went. I have heard (unsourced) that Yitzchak went to learn, but where and for how long I don't know. A... (more) |
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