Author: R Yaakov Feldman

Avodah

• What Will be with Simchas Torah?
  Micha Berger: What Will be with Simchas Torah?: Taking this to Avodah. I wrote on Areivim on Monday, 14-S-2020, 10:41pm EDT: [...] On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:03pm GMT, R Harry Maryles replied on Areivim: [...] There are cases where every parashah was leined beause the members of the minyan can't disband anyway -- […]
• 10PM Slichot
  Zev Sero: 10PM Slichot: [...] The teshuva isn't about the first night, it's about all the days of selichos, and the situation is that it's impossible to do it either at midnight *or* before dawn. He takes it for granted that selichos must be said at night, Kumi Roni Valayla, and at an Eis Ratzon, […]
• What to do in Elul
  Akiva Miller: What to do in Elul: . R' Moshe Zeldman asked: [...] Yes, the Rambam does say that at the beginning of Perek 1. But Perek 2 is all about less-than-ideal sorts of teshuva. I concede that I didn't notice the Rambam explicitly mentioning this weaning as a legitimate less-than-ideal form of teshuva. […]
• What to do in Elul
  Micha Berger: What to do in Elul: [...] I'm going to shift topics a little from what the Rambam says should be done to what experience (and 20th cent Mussar sefarim) has shown does work. Lots of diets I promised myself I would start right after the chagim never happened. So, I don't think there […]
• Davening at home on Yamim Noraim
  Micha Berger: Davening at home on Yamim Noraim: [...] Speaking specifically of "echad hamarbeh. ve'echad hamam'it..." and not trying to fit more services into the same number of rooms in the same morning or other pandemic issues... The idea is usually invoked for those of us who abbreviate Pesuqei deZimra […]
• Can One Order a Package Knowing It May Arrive on Shabbos
  Micha Berger: Can One Order a Package Knowing It May Arrive on Shabbos: [...] Can it depend on who makes the decision? What if I ask one set of people to deliver my package, but another set of people make it impossible for them to get into the warehouse / vehicle on Sunday? And if […]
• Avos - Shepherds
  Alexander Seinfeld: Avos - Shepherds: The Avos ­ Forefathers - (and Moshe Rabbeinu and Dovid HaMelech and others) were shepherds. Did they eat sheep? The few times when eating from the flock is mentioned, it seems to be goats (eg, Rivka feeding Yitzchak).
• Can One Use a Public Grill?
  Prof. L. Levine: Can One Use a Public Grill?: [...] Can One Use a Public Grill? | Lifestyle | Kosher.com<https://www.kosher.com/lifestyle/can-one-use-a-public-grill-1259> Shailah of the Week by Rabbi Zvi Nussbaum Rabbinic Coordinator, Kosher Hotline Administrator for the Orthodox Union Since a campground grill has been used to cook non-kosher foods (non-kosher meats and fish...), it may not […]
• Pas Yisroel
  Prof. L. Levine: Pas Yisroel: See https://www.crcweb.org/Pas%20Yisroel%20article%20.pdf Pas Yisroel during Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah<https://www.crcweb.org/Pas%20Yisroel%20article%20.pdf> Pas Yisroel By: Rabbi Dovid Cohen Administrative Rabbinic Coordinator, cRc Background In the times of the Mishnah, and possible even earlier, Chazal www.crcweb.org
• Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4
  wolberg at yebo.co.za: Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4: "And therefore at this time it is forbidden to recite the Shema and Tefillah and all brochas except in Hebrew. And so paskened the Geonei Olam for about [the last] eighty years. And this is the essential halocha." I have several questions about this. 1. […]