Avodah
- Pie Crusts, Pas Paltur, and the Aseres Yemei TeshuvaAkiva Miller: Pie Crusts, Pas Paltur, and the Aseres Yemei Teshuva: I've never understood the relationship between Pas Habaa bKisnin and Pas Palter. The whole concept of PHbK is that it is a snack food, and NOT a staple of the meal. This leads me to two questions: 1) As regards intermarriage, is PHbK any […]
- suffering/inuiRich, Joel: suffering/inui: I'm looking into whether increased inui/suffering is ever something to seek (or at least not avoid). Besides yom kippur and other fasts are there other possible applications? I've heard some say childbirth -any sources? Any others? Gt Joel rich THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE […]
- Sukka on Shmini Atzeres?Mandel, Seth: Sukka on Shmini Atzeres?: What Rabbi Spitz neglects to note is that every single one of the sources that justify not eating in the sukka are chassidim or fellow travelers (like the Arukh haShulhan). There is not a single posek before the advent of chasidus who justifies such a custom, even though some […]
- Sukka on Shmini Atzeres?Prof. L. Levine: Sukka on Shmini Atzeres?:
- Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,Simon Montagu: Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,: On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:19 PM Micha Berger via Avodah < avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote: [...] I believe that doing so would be a great Tikkun. The heter "lichvod haTorah" doesn't convince me at all: all the dancing and singing […]
- Jewish burial practiceZev Sero: Jewish burial practice: [...] As far as I know the old practice was necessary because EY is a rocky country and it's hard to dig graves in rock. In Bavel the practice never existed, and in EY it changed when preserving all the arable land for farming became less important. […]
- Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,Prof. Levine: Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,: [...] If I were in EY on SA I would not dance. (Truth of the matter is that I do not dance on ST anymore, given my broken Patella.) It does seem strange to me to have Yizkor and dancing on the […]
- Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,Micha Berger: Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,: [...] Which means you're okay with banning ST celebrations in Israel? In any case, the argument in the sources I cited revolves around clapping and dancing being a shevus -- the prohibition being on a rabbinic level because of the act, not […]
- Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,Prof. Levine: Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,: [...] When I said that ST is D'Rabbonon I meant that the second day of SA is D'Rabbonon.
- Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,Micha Berger: Why is it permitted to dance and clap on Simchas Torah,: [...] But ias your own source says, it is not miderabbanan. ST is a set of minhagim. And in Israel, it's on Shemini Atzeres deOraisa. Celebrating the siyum on the Torah on Shemini Atzeres dates back to the 9th to 12th history, […]