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- [Avodah] reward? January 29, 2025On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 06:07:37AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Question asked of a rabbi who reported the halacha as being that a Jewish > institution could take funds from a non-jew as long as he received honor > for it because in that case there would be no existential reward […]
- [Avodah] reward? January 29, 2025Question asked of a rabbi who reported the halacha as being that a Jewish institution could take funds from a non-jew as long as he received honor for it because in that case there would be no existential reward granted him. Someone in the audience asked if that?s the case is the same thing true […]
- [Avodah] Aliyah procedure? January 21, 2025Maaseh shehaya. An oleh said the first bracha and in the middle of the Aliya suffered a digestive track issue and had to leave the Shul. What should have been the proper next steps for the reading and for the brachot once he abandoned the shulchan area? bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Why did Tamar not disclose as soon as she realised she
was pregnant January 21, 2025On Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 19:46 Ilana Elzufon, wrote: > Without addressing all the questions here, it's important to remember that > there was no such thing as a pregnancy test in biblical times... Indeed, they did not have tests to provide certainty, but nevertheless, in those circumstances, just having a reasonable suspicion, would be […]
- [Avodah] Why did Tamar not disclose as soon as she realised she
was pregnant January 21, 2025On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 9:22AM Rabbi Meir G. Rabi wrote: > Had Tamar advised Yehudah as soon as she realised she was pregnant > [and submitted the ID that she anyway submitted after she had been > condemned to death > i.e. abandoned any evidence that may have been used to point to […]
- [Avodah] slichot apparel January 21, 2025Anyone have any sources concerning the preferability of an individual davener wearing taalit and tfillin when saying slichot if their minyan begins slichot after the earliest time to put them on? I found one article by Rabbi Daniel Mann on the topic but wondering if anyone has other sources? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Why did Tamar not disclose as soon as she realised she was
pregnant January 20, 2025Had Tamar advised Yehudah as soon as she realised she was pregnant [and submitted the ID that she anyway submitted after she had been condemned to death i.e. abandoned any evidence that may have been used to point to Yehudah being the father] that would have given Yehudah additional options he could have married her […]
- [Avodah] 2 (independant) questions about Adam Harishon and his children January 17, 20251. According to the kabbalistic understanding that the only reason we have multiple pple today is bc we are all just pieces of the soul of Adam Harishon (that need tikun). The original plan was one neshama - Adam Harishon . According to this if he didn't sin - what would be with his children […]
- [Avodah] elul slichot January 16, 2025. R' Joel Rich asked: > For minyanim that say slichot after the earliest time for talit > and tefillin, what is the practice (where you daven) as far as > the tzibbur wearing them during slichot? Any explanation for > that practice vs the alternative? I have not noticed any consistent community-wide practice. Some […]
- [Avodah] tcheilet reminders? January 15, 2025On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 05:46:23AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > If you were given a white tallit and asked to add an element from scratch > to remind you of tcheilet, what would you do and why? I would re-tie with murex dyed strings. I said it like that, rather than […]