Author: R Yaakov Feldman

Avodah

• Prayers That The Tzibbur Does Not Say -- Sources
  allan.engel at gmail.com: Prayers That The Tzibbur Does Not Say -- Sources: The concept of employed people taking days off work for holidays does exist. On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 14:07, Jay F. Shachter via Avodah < avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote: The […]
• Waiving mourning practices
  Micha Berger: Waiving mourning practices: [...] If the reason for aveilus running more than sheloshim is kibud (or yir'as) av va'eim rather than aveilus itself, granting them this ability would be very logical. Like doing anything else for one's parent; if they don't want it done, there is no chiyuv to do it. […]
• Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon
  Micha Berger: Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon: [...] The SA requires two manos, not two foods. Two foods, or the AhS's version of two berakhos, is minhag. Which raises a question I would CYLOR before following your practice. Say I would choose to give a salad and croutons for one. Presumably it is […]
• Does Rosh Chodesh have Kedusha?
  Micha Berger: Does Rosh Chodesh have Kedusha?: [...] The last phrase of any berakhah (that isn't just a one sentence "Barukh") is supposed to be me'ein hachasimah. But it can drift all over the place in between. Any berakhah that covers multiple topics has to be a berakhah arukhah -- barukh at beginning and last […]
• Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon
  Prof. Levine: Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon: [...] So according to you if someone sent me a roll and and cold cuts and I made a sandwich, then that would also be on maneh. I think not! The salad and croutons are 2 different things. They have two different brochos, even if combined. YL […]
• Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon
  Akiva Miller: Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon: . R' Micha Berger wrote: [...] Do you have a source for this distinction? The Aruch Hashulchan is very clear that "two manos" DOES mean "two types of food." Aruch Hashulchan 695:14 writes: "One has to send two types of food ... But two pieces of a […]
• Is one permitted to bathe, take a haircut or listen to music on Taanis Esther?
  Prof. L. Levine: Is one permitted to bathe, take a haircut or listen to music on Taanis Esther?: [...] Q. Is one permitted to bathe, take a haircut or listen to music on Taanis Esther? A. The Meiri (Sefer Magen Avos 23) writes that Taanis Esther is different than other communal fast days. Other communal […]
• Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon
  micha at aishdas.org: Having Mishaloach Manos Delivered vis Amazon: [...] In se'if 13 he says "uba'inan shetei manos... veyotz'in be'echad". Which being darshened from the word "rei'eka" would seem to mean 1 person (getting the 2 manos) except he doesn't get to the number And se'if 15 talks about the size of a maneh, "ke'ein […]
• Waiving mourning practices
  Rich, Joel: Waiving mourning practices: Interesting article by R' S. Brody in the upcoming Hakira concerning parents waiving their "right" to mourning after shloshim. My question, almost partially addressed in the article, is assuming such a waiver is effective, is it what HKB"H wants of us? […]
• This year Purim will be on Friday. What time should one begin their Purim seuda?
  Prof. L. Levine: This year Purim will be on Friday. What time should one begin their Purim seuda?: [...] Q. This year Purim will be on Friday. What time should one begin their Purim seuda? A. The Rema (Shulchan Aruch OC 695:2) writes that when Purim falls on erev Shabbos, it is preferable to begin […]