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| Comment | Post #290244 |
A line of smoke would not be an issue since dry particles are not considered a stream. Condensed steam would pose a problem, see [Yoreh Deah 92:8](https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Yoreh_De'ah.92.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=he) (more) |
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| Comment | Post #290243 |
Intent is not the issue here. Only the actual using of the utensil - while eating food or while preparing the food for eating - may not be done until after tevila. In theory, you could defer the tevila until just before it came into contact with the food. That would complicate things practically, s... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290244 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
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A: Tallow candles and Kashrut Residue from such candles would be a problem for kashrus. However, as long as there is no connected 'liquid stream' from the source candle to the dishes, you can simple scrub off any residue and the dish would be considered kosher. Source: Yoreh Deah 92:9 As far as how much residue, anything pra... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290243 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
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A: Tevillas Keilim on Used things One foundational point that might shed some clarity: - The requirement for tevilas keilim is only for utensils that are owned and being used with food by a Jew, but were previously owned by a non-Jew. If you own such a utensil but will not be using it for food (or at all), you have no requirement... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285011 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: Blessing on Salt Rabbi Bodner, in his work Halachos of Brochos (p. 455), cites Mishna Berura 204:5 explaining that while salt is generally not consumed by itself, one does derive a small amount of enjoyment when doing so. This is in contrast to other spices which don't meet that criteria. Presumably, if it can be... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278518 |
From Bera's words, it was apparent that he was taking the stance that he was 'compromising' with Avraham and offering of his own volition, hence he might make such a claim as to personally be the cause for Avraham's wealth. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278518 |
@artaxerxe - the common explanation for the seeming inconsistency, is that Pharaoh could never have made such a statement that 'I made Avraham rich' as he was forced into releasing Sarah and offered riches as a form of remuneration for his offense upon fear of punishment (that had already begun). Sa... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277242 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Landing page 500 error Is the landing page broken for everyone? I'm getting a 500 error with uuid: 40ff0d47-3b9f-4eaf-839e-ad085d2382ca (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276949 |
Related: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/20251/who-was-yehoshua-bin-nuns-father (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276400 |
He lived to around 90. I would presume he reviewed faster as he went along, so the average of the last few cycles would be more pages/day than that. Considering avid readers can polish a 1000 page (500 daf) novel in a day, this doesn't seem very outlandish to me. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276400 |
@Lev indeed. I am not aware of an authoritative source for this, but I have seen this in print numerous times. Online as well, for example: [here](http://www.chinuch.org/gedolim_yahrtzeits/Tammuz) (see 15 Tammuz), and [here](http://www.torahtots.com/timecapsule/thismonth/tammuz.htm#15) . (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276448 |
Relevant article from the interwebs https://www.jerusalem-herald.com/single-post/2019/07/17/The-Secret-Jewish-Technique-to-Defeat-Anger (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276410 |
And to your second point, can you produce a minority source that says that writing alone, without any partnership rights, counts toward this Mitzvah? The closest I have found that says this works only talks about purchasing a partnership toward a letter or word, which is not the same thing as simply ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276410 |
@A A, to your first point, I've heard this on various occasions - [here](https://www.tiferes.com/Torah%20Scroll%20info) you can find this idea attributed to R' Dovid Cohen (section titled 'The Prevalent Custom') (more) |
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| Comment | Post #276416 |
The [hebrew wikipedia article](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%94%D7%9F) has examples for each of these, would you like them reposted as an answer? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276410 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What specific action fulfills the commandment to write a sefer torah? There are two primary views mentioned in rishonim for how to accomplish this Mitzvah: - Rambam Hilchos Sefer Torah 7:1 - Each man must write a sefer torah for himself, or commission another to write it for him. The term 'for himself' is meant to be understood as to be owned completely by himself.... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276400 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: I've already made a siyum on a work. Can I make a full siyum a second time? Yes, you are absolutely encouraged to do this. This is the common practice when reviewing one's learning, however regularly that may be. In fact, the colloquial (though not universally accepted) translation for the words "Hadran Alach" are "We shall return to you" A rather famous example of this... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276399 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Does a Shochet need to have his knife checked by a Rabbi? If not, why not? The reason is explained in Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 18:17 (based on Tur). A brief explanation is that nowadays a Shochet is only allowed to serve after passing a highly rigorous examination of both knowledge and character, and can therefore be trusted to perform their own inspection. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276398 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How did accidental killers sustain themselves while living in the cities of refuge? As you've noted, this is a serious problem only if the rotzeiach's income was limited to some geographical location - like that of a farmer, or someone that depended on local word-of-mouth. And under these circumstances, there would certainly be a cause for consternation. However, this isn't a pr... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #276396 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Does a husband have to maintain his wife's bondwomen? As written in your own answer, this depends on the status of the bondwoman in the context of their ketuba arrangement. If the bondwoman is categorized as nichsei m'log, then the wife retains ownership of the principal, and the husband retains any derived profit or benefit. Under this arrangement,... (more) |
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A: What are the issues in talking into a mic that was accidentally turned on on Shabbat? There is a broad range of opinions as to the extent of the prohibition, but the consensus opinion for any activity involving electric current that achieves a tangible, desired outcome is that it will be prohibited (unless of course, it falls into some categorical exception, e.g. shvus deshvus bemako... (more) |
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