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- [Avodah] Saying Sheimos Aloud December 23, 2025On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 02:17:46PM -0500, Ken Bloom via Avodah wrote: > See > https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/whats-the-truth-about-saying-g-ds-name-in-the-course-of-torah-study/ > for a summary of poskim about saying God's name in various contexts > (learning, berachot, and zemirot). It seems like the consensus of poskim is > to allow it. Regarding RSGanzfried himself, he writes in Kitzur Shulchan […]
- [Avodah] Saying Sheimos Aloud December 22, 2025See https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/whats-the-truth-about-saying-g-ds-name-in-the-course-of-torah-study/ for a summary of poskim about saying God's name in various contexts (learning, berachot, and zemirot). It seems like the consensus of poskim is to allow it. Regarding RSGanzfried himself, he writes in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 6:3 "??????? ???????? ?????????? ??????? ??????????? ?????? ????????? ??? ??? ????????? ?????? ????????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ??? […]
- [Avodah] Truth, Absolute Truth, Prophecy December 22, 2025On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 10:44:12AM +1100, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > The Navi reprimanded him > mind your own business > not HKBH's business. > InOtherWords, > HKBH knows what He's doing > DON'T MIX IN > Just do as you're told. > Why does this not apply to > […]
- [Avodah] Right? December 22, 2025On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 06:06:09AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > In a number of places in halacha we give priority to the right-hand side > and turning to the right. It's interesting that 80+ percent of humans are > right-handed. While there are a number of theories as to why this […]
- [Avodah] The Ram of the Akeida December 22, 2025On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 06:29:55AM -0500, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > There is a mishna in perek 5 of Pirkei Avos which lists several things that > were created at Bein Hashmashos just prior to the Shabbos of Bereishis. My > understanding is that they were all miraculous, unnatural things... My understanding […]
- [Avodah] Modern Orthodox December 18, 2025On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 06:07:14AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > From Malka Z. Simkovich in Tradition > > Postscript > > Working on this essay gave me occasion to consider the rising tendency > > among Modern Orthodox American Jews to accept the notion that judaism > > cannot be authentically […]
- [Avodah] R'YBS / Kant December 18, 2025CC-ing RYGB to make sure he sees the PS at the bottom. (Twice, because I could never remember which mailbox he checks regularly.) On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 06:24:22AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Me: Wasn't sure from what you were saying whether you believe post-Kant one > can "prove" religion in […]
- [Avodah] Saying Sheimos Aloud December 17, 2025. As usual, I failed to explain my question adequately. Thank you to R' Micha Berger for pointing it out. He wrote: > I must be missing something. I see sheim Hashem in sefarim all the time. Yes, so do I. This has been bothering me for ages. I've long wanted to ask, just never […]
- [Avodah] Saying Sheimos Aloud December 17, 2025On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 05:54:00AM -0500, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > Near the beginning of Hilchos Chanuka in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (139:1), > he uses the phrase, "ad shericham aleihem E-lohei avoseinu." I checked > several different recent editions, and they all printed that Shem with a > heh. Not a […]
- [Avodah] eit laasot December 17, 2025>From President Lincoln: ?By general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, […]