Avodah
- Can One Take In Shavuot Early?Michael Poppers: Can One Take In Shavuot Early?: In Avodah V39n45, referring to the subject, RAE responded to RAMiller: [...] 'drasha' on a word in a passuk that was never darshened until relatively recently, and new drashas on pessukim have been outlawed since the era of the amoraim. < Accordingly, RAE, you would join me […]
- Can One Take In Shavuot Early?Prof. L. Levine: Can One Take In Shavuot Early?: From https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/halacha-hashkafa/can-one-take-in-shavuot-early/2020/05/27/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20one%20could%20argue%20that%20one%20should,and%20allow%20for%20less%20time%20for%20continuous%20learning. [...] Can One Take In Shavuot Early? | The Jewish Press - JewishPress. […]
- BonfiresProf. L. Levine: Bonfires: Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel has spent time researching the origin and nature of bonfires and has written an article on this topic. He has kindly given me permission to post his article at https://web.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/bonfires_mandel.pdf I think you will find this article an interesting read. YL
- BonfiresMicha Berger: Bonfires: [...] Maybe, if we didn't go around this circle EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Derekh Emori is only assur if it serves no other purpose. CS's rejection of /any/ innovation aside, we permit the Shabbos morning sermon. (And no, I don't really care whether or not you personally find them meaningful or tiresome. […]
- tyuvtaRich, Joel: tyuvta: The following passage in Chulin sparked my interest: [Chullin 28a: Digest recipients, see https://www.sefaria.org/Chullin.28a.13-14 for legible text. -micha] תלמוד בבלי מסכת חולין דף כח עמוד א ת"ש: כיצד מולקין חטאת העוף? חותך שדרה ומפרקת בלא רוב בשר עד שמגיע לוושט או לקנה, הגיע לוושט או לקנה חותך סימן אחד ורוב בשר עמו, […]
- Moshe Rabenu got rich from the shivrei luchosDavid Riceman: Moshe Rabenu got rich from the shivrei luchos: RMB: [...] You’re right that I confused “shivrei luchos” with “psoles haluchos”. But I think that my point can still be salvaged. What MR learned from the incident of the Eigel was that Torah is not a priori. There’s a two way dialectic between Torah […]
- BonfiresChana Luntz: Bonfires: RMB writes: <<On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 08:51:06PM +0000, Prof. L. Levine via Avodah wrote: [...] Maybe, if we didn't go around this circle EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Derekh Emori is only assur if it serves no other purpose. CS's rejection of /any/ innovation aside, we permit the Shabbos morning sermon. […]
- Moshe Rabenu got rich from the shivrei luchosZev Sero: Moshe Rabenu got rich from the shivrei luchos: [...] As I pointed out on the first go-around, there were traders serving the camp, with all the luxuries of the world available for sale.
- Tablet: The Rabbinic NetworkMicha Berger: Tablet: The Rabbinic Network: From https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/the-rabbinic-network The article is about diagrams, so you'll need to go there to see the network he's describing. But the prettiest and cleanest picture is a connection map with such hubs of connections like Rava, Abayei, Rav, Rav Yochanan, Rav Sheishes, R Huna and the like. Tir'u baTov! […]
- Rabbi Zilberstein Ruled: Don’t Sit Shiva, It Could Endanger The GrandmotherProf. L. Levine: Rabbi Zilberstein Ruled: Don’t Sit Shiva, It Could Endanger The Grandmother: From https://vinnews.com/2021/05/05/rabbi-zilberstein-ruled-dont-sit-shiva-it-could-endanger-the-grandmother/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vin+%28Vos+Iz+Neias%29 [...] Rabbi Zilberstein Ruled: Don't Sit Shiva, It Could Endanger The Grandmother - Vos Iz Neias<https://vinnews.com/2021/05/05/rabbi-zilberstein-ruled-dont-sit-shiva-it-could-endanger-the-grandmother/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vin+%28Vos+Iz+Neias%29> JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein, the rabbi of Ramat Elchonon, gave an interesting ruling in his weekly shiur regarding a family who […]