Author: R Yaakov Feldman

Avodah

• ad hayom hazeh
  Micha Berger: ad hayom hazeh: [...] You started out talking about Be'er Sheva being called that "ad hayom hazeh". I replied by quoting myself talking about yemos hamashiach. Do you believe that the guarantee there will be a mashiach limits bechirah? OTOH, there is a kind of limitation of bechirah that you're probably […]
• ad hayom hazeh
  Micha Berger: ad hayom hazeh: [...] I think this is related to the question of diberah Torah belashon benei adam. Which benei adam? Does this give license to say the Torah was written specifically to make sense to the Dor haMidbar? Or, that the Torah was written in a language aimed at all the generations […]
• Barely a Minyan in COVID Times
  Ari Zivotofsky: Barely a Minyan in COVID Times: [...] see this article text and note 4: https://outorah.org/p/5704/
• Barely a Minyan in COVID Times
  Prof. L. Levine: Barely a Minyan in COVID Times: In response to my email earlier today regarding the article at https://vosizneias.com/2020/11/17/barely-a-minyan-in-covid-times/ Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky sent me the following [...] [By RAZZ. It begins: -micha] [...] See the rest of the article at the above URL. […]
• The AriZal and the Baal Shem Tov
  Jay F. Shachter: The AriZal and the Baal Shem Tov: [...] Please explain the logic behind that statement. Jay F. ("Yaakov") Shachter 6424 North Whipple Street Chicago IL 60645-4111 (1-773)7613784 landline […]
• chochma on hold:
  Moshe Y. Gluck: chochma on hold:: R' Joel Rich: [...] This reminds me of something R' Dovid Feinstein ZTL told me some 22 years ago. I asked him, if someone is capable of becoming "toraso umnaso" is he obligated to do so. He responded by asking me if I learned kol haTorah kulah, to which […]
• Teaching your child a trade
  Moshe Y. Gluck: Teaching your child a trade: [...] As former BMG registrar and current Agudah employee, I can attest to how great this organization is and how successful its graduates are. That said, it speaks to the opposite of R' YL's point - if such programs exist (and they do, as he said), why […]
• ad hayom hazeh
  Rich, Joel: ad hayom hazeh: The phrase "ad hayom hazeh" (until this day) appears 76 times in Tanach and "ad hayom" another 12 times. Some authorities understand it generally to mean until the time the Torah was written while others understand it as forever. Does the latter interpretation mean that some avenues of free will […]
• Teaching your child a trade
  Prof. Levine: Teaching your child a trade: [...] On the contrary. I would argue that this is one way that requires a father to make sure his son acquires the skills to earn a living. As far as "learning a trade at a younger age", it is incumbent on the father to make sure that […]
• Are Raw Apples not so Kosher?
  Prof. L. Levine: Are Raw Apples not so Kosher?: [...] Recently, a family member purchased apples from Costco. The label on it states in small lettering that there is a coating on it which may very well be halachically problematic. After apples are picked off the trees, growers often wash them to remove bugs, dirt […]