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Activity for msh210
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| Comment | Post #277026 |
@AA, no, I just didn't know of them. I'll edit. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277026 |
@IsaacMoses , primarily the latter. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277026 |
@IsaacMoses I've edited to address the questions in your comment. Feel free to delete both comments if you wish. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277026 |
Post edited: added both "why [I] want to know" and "objective criteria that would define an ideal answer" per request in a comment on the question |
— | over 3 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #277026 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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What's your favorite weekly Torah section, and why? There are 54 weekly sections ("parashiyos" or "sedras") in the Torah.[^1] Which of these is your favorite, and why? Answers I seek: Please don't answer with a section name with no explanation as to why. I, too, can answer 54 answers, one with each name. Without an explanation, such an answer is no... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277011 |
This is common among _chasidim_, not only _Chabad_. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276992 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Should minimal research be required before posting? > Should this be adopted as site policy…? I'm not sure. But even if it is, we should clarify that the required degree of research is user-dependent. As a wise woman once said: > I want to see some [research] effort but it should be calibrated to the user. Somebody who doesn't know much a... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276965 |
You might want to avoid calling it "JC", commonly used among religious Jews to avoid naming a certain 2000-year-old man explicitly. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276920 |
For what it's worth, there are various customs re what point in the prayer to add _Avinu Malkenu_ at. Some do so before confession, others after confession before face-falling, others after face-falling and _Shomer Yisrael_ before _Vaanachnu_, others after all of the usual supplications. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276906 |
Could you also include some excluded examples for contrast, please? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276907 |
To answer this question, one must have knowledge of all other religions ever practiced anywhere. I don't think _anyone_ is so equipped. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276902 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What is our policy regarding using non-English languages in a post? I like and support Isaac Moses's idea of having a content-in-Hebrew Q&A category parallel to the English Q&A one. With it as a backdrop, I'd like to address the questions in the question post above, with MHO: > 1. Should we allow users to write questions in non-English languages? …... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276897 |
The language of scholarship in Judaism for millennia has been not modern Hebrew but… I'm not sure what it's called. In any event, _that_ is the language more likely known to Jews outside of Israel who don't know English but are interested in asking questions about Judaism. Modern Hebrew is more likel... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276901 |
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— | almost 4 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #276901 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Are questions purely about Jews and Jewish History in-scope? At the very least, > 5. Questions about individuals who happen to be Jewish (Isaac Asimov, Sandy Koufax, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Disraeli). without more going for them should be off-topic. They have nothing to do with Judaism and can lead to questions like "What did Jesus mean when he s... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276845 |
Post edited: oops |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276845 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Why not immerse in the early morning on erev Rosh Hashana? Chaye Adam 138:5 writes: > וראוי לכל אדם לטבול במקוה או בנהר ולא יקדים לטבול עד שעה קודם חצות היום In my own translation: > It's seemly for every man to immerse in a ritualarium or a river [on the day before Rosh Hashana]. But he should not be so early as to immerse prior to an hour before noon.... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276811 |
Many thanks. Would you mind identifying your rabbi, or at least his yeshiva? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276807 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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What did the Kotzker mean by "If I am I…"? Frequently attributed (e.g. by Aish and Chabad) to R. M'nachem Mendl of Kock is: > If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you. But if I am I because you are you, and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you. I'd like good evid... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276795 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Custom Community Name? Yes, just "Judaism" is asking for confusion, but no custom name is necessary: just always call ourselves "Judaism Codidact". (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #276782 |
Suggested edit: why halacha/minhag? there can be agada/history/etc questions about the 3 weeks or 9 nine days too (more) |
declined | almost 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #276772 |
Suggested edit: not everyone knows Hebrew so well (more) |
declined | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276760 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Topic submission thread (Q4 5780) the ceremonial removal of the Torah scroll from its cabinet and return thereto (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276757 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Topic submission thread (Q4 5780) studying Torah during a period of mourning (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276688 |
You say "we both finish a Masechta together". Do you mean "almost finish"? Doesn't the finishing happen at the _siyum_ itself? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276682 |
My thanks to you! (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276677 |
Thanks , folks. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276677 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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a better Hebrew font for post titles I guess this is more personal preference than anything else, but I think Hebrew in the post titles in the Q&A category uses quite an ugly font. The code seems to be ``` h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{ font-family: "Red Hat Display", "Roboto", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "Arial"... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276676 |
Post edited: clearer, I think |
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| Edit | Post #276676 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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What's the difference between רָדַף אֶת and רָדַף אַחֲרֵי? The kal verb רדף, "chase", appears many times in Tanach. But the preposition that follows it, to mark the object of the verb), varies: - Sometimes it's a direct object: it's marked either with no preposition at all, with אֶת, or with a direct-object suffix. Examples: וְרָדְפוּ מִכֶּם חֲמִשָּׁה מֵאָה... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276672 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |