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 Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 6:57?PM Akiva Miller via Avodah < avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote: > "They" say that every bullet has a predestined name and address. > Unfortunately, I don't know who "they" are, and Google wasn't any help > either. > I have heard this as "every bullet has its billet" which […]
On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 05:50:20PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > What is the proper attitude to have onrosh chodesh av given it's the start > of the nine days (sad) and but also rosh chodesh (happy)? Is it a dialectic > state of mind? I am a big believer in halakhah […]
On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 05:52:46PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Tzedaka is an area that I've found fascinating for a while. IMHO > halacha/hashkafa provides general guidelines, but leaves a lot up to the > individual. I've often thought that the process involved in allocations is > a wonderful opportunity to […]
"They" say that every bullet has a predestined name and address. Unfortunately, I don't know who "they" are, and Google wasn't any help either. Nevertheless, I found pasuk 19:5 in this week's parsha to be relevant. The context is a wood-chopper who doesn't realize that his axe is defective: "If the iron slips off the […]
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 01:58:39PM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > Please tell us more about Tosafos's definition (Chullin 95a "sefeiqo > assur") that qavua describes a case where the item that is assur is NOT > niqar. > > Do you, R Micha, mean to say that Porish means […]
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 01:58:01PM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > R Micha, you wrote - Consequentialism - the best outcome for the most people > - > but not in all circumstances The definition of Conesequentialism is that the moral choice is the one with the best outcome for […]
Please tell us more about Tosafos's definition (Chullin 95a "sefeiqo assur") that qavua describes a case where the item that is assur is NOT niqar. Do you, R Micha, mean to say that Porish means that the item in Q IS Nikkar. Why is one case Nikkar whilst the other is not? Do you mean […]
R Micha, you wrote - Consequentialism - the best outcome for the most people - but not in all circumstances only where someone is anyway going to die, the boat example or where someone will certainly be killed, what makes your blood redder than his? R Micha seemed to equating those cases to taking a […]
Tzedaka is an area that I?ve found fascinating for a while. IMHO halacha/hashkafa provides general guidelines, but leaves a lot up to the individual. I?ve often thought that the process involved in allocations is a wonderful opportunity to clarify one?s own thinking as to hkbh?s priorities. When one just gives to a general fund, their […]
What is the proper attitude to have onrosh chodesh av given it?s the start of the nine days (sad) and but also rosh chodesh (happy)? Is it a dialectic state of mind? Bsorot tovot joel ric