On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 06:33:26AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Adam 1 and adam 2 -- did the rav think that the dialectic was resolvable or > that one would continually oscillate between the two poles? Sometimes I > think it may just be an issue of semantics. I think R […]
On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 04:50:52PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > To sum up: If someone can show me a discussion in Chazal about which of > these 3 shiurim to use for the definition of Reshus Harabim, that > discussion might shed light on the roundedness of the census of the […]
On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 06:01:07AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The gemara starting in beitza (16b) discusses eruv tavshilin requiring "kol > shehu" as a czait. Kol shehu is used in many places in the gemara and this > is one of the few examples where it means a measurable amount. […]
On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 10:40:49AM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > R Micha suggests that after the se'ir hamishtaleiach > they still said vidui, they still held ne'ilah. > Which means they were NOT forgiven > We too say VeHu Rachum when beginning MaAriv after YK Because 1- we are […]
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 11:06:45AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > There are certain times when a partnership with a non-Jew affects halacha > (eg > pidyon bchor). Is there a minimum percentage ownership required? I don't know. I just want to split up the problem by pointing out multiple grounds for […]
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 11:08:20AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > What does the fact that eli mistook chana for a shikora (drunk) because she > was > praying with her lips moving but her voice not heard say about how most > people > prayed at that time? I must be […]
On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 01:04:11PM +0300, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > Rashi Chulin 12a writes, >> Ein MeFarsemin HaDavar > Are we to assume this is not the same as Halachah VeEin Morin Kein? It sure sounds the same, but then why didn't Rashi pick a more common idiom. ... […]
Adam 1 and adam 2 ? did the rav think that the dialectic was resolvable or that one would continually oscillate between the two poles? Sometimes I think it may just be an issue of semantics. bsorot tovot joel rich
I put together a shiur on when to answer amen when aveilim are saying kaddish at different speeds. From a practical viewpoint, have you been asked this question and what do you tell people, especially when it?s so asynchronous that it?s not even toch kdei dibbur? If you only answer once, is it the first […]
. R' Marty Bluke asks two distinct questions, but both concern whether (and to what extent) the census numbers were rounded. His first question focuses on *all* the shevatim. Most of them seem to be rounded to the nearest hundred, while one lone shevet seems to be rounded to the nearest fifty. It is puzzling […]