Avodah
- [Avodah] New Year for Trees July 30, 2025On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 12:52:45PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > In Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi, today begins Siman 173, Hilchos Orlah. I was > surprised to find that - according to the Kitzur - the critical dates for > establishing the age of a tree are 16 Av and 1 Tishre. […]
- [Avodah] fyi - m'mekomos on TIDE as l'chatchila (from Rabbi
Reisman) July 30, 2025On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 05:07:03PM -0400, mcohen via Avodah wrote: > Rabbi Reisman -- Parshas Korach 5785 ... > Now this is not the setting to go through the entire response, but I'd > like to share Rav Yerucham's response. Rav Yerucham did not, to our > knowledge, write a letter back, but […]
- [Avodah] Distractions? July 30, 2025RJR's quote of Ben Azzai from https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.22a.16-17 got mangled by the digest software anyway. You can find it at that link, though. Here is a translation of mmore of the gemara than that quote, because I need more for my response: The Sages taught: One who experienced a seminal emission who had nine kav of […]
- [Avodah] Distractions? July 29, 2025------------------------------ ???? ???????? ?????????, ???????? ???????? ??????? ?????????? ???????? ????????? ??????????. ?????? ???????? ????????? ? ??????? ????? ??????????? ???????? ????????? ????? ???????????? ????????????????. ben Azzai only whispered this halakha to his students, held that he did so in order that Torah scholars would not be with their wives like roosters. If the purification process was […]
- [Avodah] cruelty to Bilams Donkey July 27, 2025R Danny Schoemann suggested the only concrete complaint the angel had against Bilam was "how dare you hit your animal". Proving that cruelty to animals is a Torah prohibition. Not sure this perspective is legitimate I suspect that the word 'DARE' - how dare you hit is misleading, it is inaccurate The observation was how […]
- [Avodah] My Current Futile Life Project July 20, 2025. Y'all had some pretty good ideas, but MY Current Futile Life Project is to find a Chumash publisher who will give reasonable instructions for unusual haftaras. I'm just a guy in shul. I might remember whether this is a leap year or not, but without a luach in my hand, I have no idea […]
- [Avodah] mutav sheyihiyu shoggim July 20, 2025. R' Joel Rich asked: > If a rav says there must be a heter because everyone does it (eg > reading Jewish newspapers with ads on Shabbos and not worrying > about shtarei hedyotot) may one rely on that and read the newspaper > or is it another way of saying mutav sheyihiyu shoggim? […]
- [Avodah] Cruelty to animals July 20, 2025You could add Eglo Arufo to the list. Somebody pointed out that the only concrete complaint the angel had against Bilam was "how dare you hit your animal". Proving that cruelty to animals is a Torah prohibition. To your point, it seems to be one more example to show that the Torah is Gcd-given by […]
- [Avodah] mutav sheyihiyu shoggim July 16, 2025If a rav says there must be a heter because everyone does it (eg reading Jewish newspapers with ads on Shabbos and not worrying about shtarei hedyotot) may one rely on that and read the newspaper or is it another way of saying mutav sheyihiyu shoggim? if the latter should one avoid it or would […]
- [Avodah] Cruelty to animals July 15, 2025. When Torah is accused of cruelty to animals, I often see people respond that shechita is totally painless to the animal. They say that the knife is so sharp as to be no worse than a paper cut, and that the loss of blood is so fast that unconsciousness follows immediately. Without expressing any […]