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.
For minyanim that say slichot after the earliest time for talit and tefillin, what is the practice (where you daven) as far as the tzibbur wearing them during slichot? Any explanation for that practice vs the alternative? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
. R' Joel Rich asked: > If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes > the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes > on to say that this is so obvious that anybody who denies it > is doing so because of his wish to willfully throw off the > […]
R Prof Joshue Berman recently blogged a review of Proc Aaron Kornkohl's work: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/biblical-grammar-enters-the-culture-wars I was interested. When I was a bachur, RSM zt"l pointed out to me the evolution of only using "asher" - not having a prefix version in Chumash to "sha-" as a prefix in Shofetim or Rus, to "she-" as you […]
The mishna often provides a number of specific case examples and then says zeh haklal. Is the assumption that these were all included in the original mishna? Anyone posit that the klalim were added later? Why sometimes are there no klalim and it''s left to the gemara to figure out what the issue at hand […]
Any historical sources concerning when (and why) the change in how the torah scroll was housed (what most people would call ashkenazi vs sfardi) and how and when hagba/glila was done? bsorot tovot joel rich
If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes on to say that this is so obvious that anybody who denies it is doing so because of his wish to willfully throw off the yoke of Heaven. How does this square with your experience? […]
Comment on a shiur: I found your medical ethics class regarding CRISPR and IVF et al very interesting. There?s no doubt in my mind that the micro-halachic issues you discussed (eg the physical risks from certain interventions) are particularly important for individual psak today (even retired actuaries love risk/reward analysis). However, I think the really […]
(Sorry for the misleading title. It was just too fun for me to pass up.) In his column this week (see below), R Daniel Mann addresses the question as to whether the berakhah should be "shehakol nihyeh" or "nihyah". The reason this is a machloqes acharonim has to do with Chazal's non-simple position about the […]