The Introduction to the sefer Sha’arei Yosher by Rabbi Shimon Yehudah haKohein Shkop zt”l! In just a few pages, Rav Shimon describes nothing less than our purpose in life, what holiness is, the way to happiness, how to be kind, and more.
On Sat, Dec 07, 2024 at 07:42:06PM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Anyone know of any sources which discuss why certain zmirot are associated > friday night while others are associated with shabbat day? Some of them may simply be because of the word "yom". While "Yom Zeh Mechubad" may refer to the […]
On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 07:28:24PM -0500, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > Sometimes, a person will defend himself by saying, "No, I didn't lie; I > just left out some things." > Bereshis 31:20 seems to disagree: Because Yaakov failed to tell Lavan that > he was leaving, it *does* count as Geneivas […]
On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 06:37:41AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > 2 According to chizkia a shuddering animal after shechita is no longer > living but not yet dead. Does this indeterminate status have any > implications for the human definition of death? Schrodinger's cat? Martin Gardner are two kinds of three […]
On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 06:35:06AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > R H Schacter and R A Weiss speak of pikuach nefesh as including > non-immediate threats to life. Is there a materiality standard or does any > decrease in life expectancy qualify? When it comes to smoking and "shomer pesa'im Hashem" […]
A fixed shaliach tzibur historically was to be (at least aspirationally) ?most fit, greatest in learning and good deeds? (see S?A OC 581:1). Nowadays when the shatz is no longer motzi anyone (me-with the exception of the whole tzibur in R? YBS?s conception of tfilat hatzibbur), we?re not so picky (see AH?S 53:21 and MB […]
An interesting question came up in our Rambam Chabura (see hilchot mamrim 6:6) concerning a wife?s responsibilities to her husband and her parents. I?ve done some research on the issue, but I?m curious as to what people think the source of a wife?s responsibility to her husband is (as expressed by the statement ??????? ???????? […]
On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:55:45PM +0000, Joseph Kaplan via Avodah wrote: > Akiva Miller has a lovely interpretation of Ya??'akov refusing to be > comforted upon being told of Yosef's alleged death: ... > The word in the Torah is > "l'his'nachem", with the letter tav, in the Hitpael form. He did not […]
Akiva Miller has a lovely interpretation of Ya?akov refusing to be comforted upon being told of Yosef?s alleged death: "After Yosef's brothers went to Yaakov, and presented him with the fabricated evidence of Yosef's death, pasuk 37:35 tells us (according to most translations) that Yaakov "refused to be comforted". That be accurate IF the Torah's […]
. After Yosef's brothers went to Yaakov, and presented him with the fabricated evidence of Yosef's death, pasuk 37:35 tells us (according to most translations) that Yaakov "refused to be comforted". That be accurate IF the Torah's text was "l'hinachem", in the Nifal form, "to be comforted". But that's not what the Torah says. The […]
Anyone know of any sources which discuss why certain zmirot are associated friday night while others are associated with shabbat day? bsorot tovot Joel Rich