Welcome to the Judaism community on Codidact!
Will you help us build our community of learners? Drop into our study hall, ask questions, help others with answers to their questions, share a d'var torah if you're so inclined, invite your friends, and join us in building this community together. Not an ask-the-rabbi service, just people at all levels learning together.
Activity for Monica Cellio
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edit | Post #278603 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278533 |
Post edited: meant to focus on past actions, not imply continuing ones which are more complicated when it comes to teshuva |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278533 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Article | — |
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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| 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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| 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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278521 |
Thank you for these insights. I look forward to the rest of them. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278503 |
Post edited: added detail from a comment contrasting this event with another |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278514 |
Oh, proving it to the heavenly host! I didn't think of that. Thank you for the info and source. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278510 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| 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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| 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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278321 |
Post edited: |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277866 |
Post edited: |
— | about 4 years ago |
| 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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278422 |
Thanks for being here! :-) (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276877 |
Post edited: |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276877 |
Should be fixed now. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278379 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| 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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278321 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
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) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278298 |
@Kazibácsi thank you for that informative link (and the links therein)! (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278298 |
I am, for now at least, tagging this for the context in which the question arose. If it turns out it has nothing to do with Yom Kippur in particular, we can of course adjust the tags. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278298 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
Why is cholam sometimes pronounced like segol (Chabad, Yom Kippur)? I learned what I understand to be a S'fardi or maybe Israeli pronunciation of Hebrew. I'm aware of the differences between this and the usual Ashkenazi pronunciation. My question is about variations I've heard in Chabad. Having spent Yom Kippur with Chabad this year, I heard the differences enough... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278186 |
@manassehkatz more like "and Rashi on this says..." and "here's the Ibn Ezra" and "Rav Hirsch says" and "see also this discussion in the g'mara over here" and such. To me, wiki pages should converge -- there should be *a* page explaining a concept -- while I'm proposing more of a distributed approac... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278188 |
Post edited: |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278188 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
When does not forgiving become holding a grudge? Yoma 87a and Rambam Hilchot Teshuvah 2 both describe requirements for doing teshuva and gaining forgiveness. According to them, the one doing teshuva must first make restitution and then, in front of witnesses, ask the wronged person for forgiveness (possibly more than once). The implication is tha... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278187 |
I'd add a (short) time component before deleting -- give the author a chance to respond to criticism by fixing the post, but if not, proceed. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278186 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Divrei Torah Category I like the idea of divrei torah prompting "response" divrei torah. If we make the original d'var torah a question and use answers for the responses, though, then where would responses to those responses go? (I think we should assume that will happen.) I propose that divrei torah, with whatever r... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278026 |
https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/278146 (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278146 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
What does a beginning shofar blower need to know to correctly make the sounds? On Rosh Hashana I heard somebody say something like: if you can't get to a public shofar blowing, at least this is a commandment that is relatively easy to fulfill on your own -- most people, this person said, can get acceptable sound out of a shofar with a little practice. This person immediately q... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278091 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Must one forgive those who wronged him but do not ask forgiveness? In the previous paragraph, Rambam Hilchot Teshuvah 2:9, he writes (Sefaria translation): > [...] but sins between man and man, for instance, one injures his neighbor, or curses his neighbor or plunders him, or offends him in like matters, is ever not absolved unless he makes restitution of what he... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277910 |
I feel bad that I couldn't ask a fitting question in memory of his many contributions to *klal yisrael*. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277842 |
@ploni it should. "Hidden" SE sites aren't very hidden; what you're really linking here (behind the scenes) is your SE *network* profile, and that's visible through the API even if it's not displayed on SE. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277951 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
What are the requirements for the body of water used for tashlich? For tashlich I'm used to joining a group, and thus somebody else figures out where to do it. But there won't be groups this year. I could of course return to any of the locations we've used in the past, but they're in public parks that are likely to be crowded, so I'd like to understand what my oth... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277640 |
Post edited: fixed import glitches (copied whole body) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277634 |
Post edited: fixed import glitches (copied whole body) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277633 |
Post edited: fixed import glitches (copied whole body) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277631 |
Post edited: fixed import glitches (copied whole body) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277559 |
Post edited: |
— | over 4 years ago |