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- [Avodah] zchiya June 10, 2026Zchia by reuvain for an unknowing shimon is contingent on the acceptance by Shimon and if he declines then it was never his. I?ve always wondered about the status of the object in the indeterminate state between reuven picking it up and shimon declining ownership. If the object is destroyed or causes damage in that […]
- [Avodah] waving“right“ to a hesped June 10, 2026All things being equal would you say a person (including a parent) waving his ?right? to a hesped or nihugei aceilut was positive neutral or negative? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Finding A Spouse June 9, 2026On Sun, Jun 07, 2026 at 2:35pm CDT, Jay F. Shachter wrote: >> ... living in the land is but one of many mitzvos. >> ... there are other mitzvos that outrank it. Going >> to learn bemaqom shelibo chafeitz. Finding a spouse. > Since you, presumably intentionally, wrote "finding a spouse" instead > of […]
- [Avodah] Finding A Spouse June 7, 2026> > ... living in the land is but one of many mitzvos. > > It's one of the 7 or 8 mitzvos hashequlos. (See R Wolbe's book by > that title.) Still there are other mitzvos that outrank it. Going > to learn bemaqom shelibo chafeitz. Finding a spouse. > Since you, presumably intentionally, […]
- [Avodah] halachic reality and scientific reality June 3, 2026On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 05:57:46AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > In a recent shiur, Rav Asher Weiss summarized his understanding concerning > differences between halachic reality and scientific reality. They are two > different realities where the former is set at sof hora (closing of the > gemara) and becomes a […]
- [Avodah] halachic reality and scientific reality June 3, 2026In a recent shiur, Rav Asher Weiss summarized his understanding concerning differences between halachic reality and scientific reality. They are two different realities where the former is set at sof hora (closing of the gemara) and becomes a matter of mesora. The latter continues to evolve. It would be worthwhile to try to understand the […]
- [Avodah] neglecting the law June 2, 2026On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 06:37:15AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > From the recently published Aggadot HaRav ... > There was another commandment at hand: Joseph, the old grandfather, had > commanded his family: "When God will indeed remember you, then you shall > bring my bones up out of here" (Gen. […]
- [Avodah] "updated" version of a story June 2, 2026On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 10:58:33AM +0300, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > Of course, I fully support what R' Micha Berger and R' Harry Maryles wrote > about this story. I only want to suggest that while this may appear to be a > problem per se, it is more accurately a *symptom* […]
- [Avodah] Fish out of water? June 2, 2026On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:35:58AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The mlacha of kotzer on Shabbat is generally defined as taking a living > organism and detaching it from the ground which is its chiyut (source of > life). The Yerushalmi (shabbat 48b) and many rishonim use this definition Daf Yomi […]
- [Avodah] Segulos and how they work June 2, 2026On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 09:03:32PM -0400, Michael Poppers via Avodah wrote: > If I may add one point that I don't think RJIR and R'Micha raised in their > respective, excellent V44n15 responses (if one or both did, please forgive > me for not thus understanding...): if someone can positively change herself > […]