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- [Avodah] Kiddushin and Nisuin September 2, 2025Micha Berger nicely proves from Rabbbenu Tam (Sefer haYashar, shut 47:7) that Rashi requires making Eirusin and Nissuin on two separate kosot. This suggests that eirusin and nissuin were back-to-back by Rashi's day. I remember from my youth hearing that eirusin and nissuin were placed back-to-back because of the Crusades led to the destruction and […]
- [Avodah] radical honesty? September 1, 2025. R' Joel Rich quoted a translation of Rav Mendel Shafran: > And the reason that most of the gdolim do not use this (tcheilet) > is not because they doubt the truth of the matter, but rather > because in the last two hundred years there has been established > an internal feeling that […]
- [Avodah] poalav v’chamara August 27, 2025The gemara sometimes refers to poalav v?chamarav (see avoda zara 63a). Is this just a common expression or is there a possible halachic difference between a worker and a donkey driver? KVCT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] radical honesty? August 27, 2025Attributed to rav mendel shafran who is a posek in bnei brak ? ? some radical honesty: ???? ??? ????? ????? ????? ??????? ??? ???? ???? ???????? ?????? ?????? ??? ???? ???????? ??? ???????? ???? ?????? ??????? ??? ????? ????? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??? ???? ??????? ?? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ?????? ?????? ????? […]
- [Avodah] Psak in hashkafa August 27, 2025On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 02:57:23PM +0300, Marty Bluke wrote: > That is exactly what I wrote. > hashkafa which is not relevant to Halacha. My intent wasn't to argue, but to emphasize how much less broad that rule is than it appears. Many of the arguments between communities that are both shomerei Shabbos […]
- [Avodah] Psak in hashkafa August 27, 2025On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 14:42 Micha Berger wrote: >> The Rambam writes in 3 places in the Perush Hamishnayos (Sanhedrin 10,3, >> Sotah 3,3, Shavuos 4,1) and in the Sefer Hamitzvos lo taaseh 133 that there >> is no psak on hashkafa which is not relevant to Halacha. > But there are pesaqim […]
- [Avodah] Psak in hashkafa August 27, 2025On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 10:18:37PM +0300, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote: > The Rambam writes in 3 places in the Perush Hamishnayos (Sanhedrin 10,3, > Sotah 3,3, Shavuos 4,1) and in the Sefer Hamitzvos lo taaseh 133 that there > is no psak on hashkafa which is not relevant to Halacha. But there […]
- [Avodah] AI research (was Kiddushin and Nisuin) August 27, 2025..I wouldn't accept this from a human, much less from an AI. In my opinion, it sounds very much like someone who tried to research the question, was unable to find anything solid, and produced something that sounds plausible, yet has no sources whatsoever beyond citing certain names. when doing AI research of any significance […]
- [Avodah] Kiddushin and Nisuin August 27, 2025On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 6:25am EDT, RYGB wrote: > Does anyone have knowledge and, preferably a reference, as to when > kiddushin and nisuin were consolidated? Rabbinu Tam (Seifer haYashar, shut 47:7) says that Rashi requires making Eirusin and Nissuin on two separate kosos. So someone was dealing with eirusin and nissuin being […]
- [Avodah] Names ending with -ah or -ahu August 27, 2025On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 12:38:11PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > (I did try to research this in my Concordance. It seems that Tanach refers > to Yeshayahu exclusively with the final vav; there is a Yeshaya, but that's > a totally different person... I the US, where "Micha" is a rare […]