The Introduction to the sefer Sha’arei Yosher by Rabbi Shimon Yehudah haKohein Shkop zt”l! In just a few pages, Rav Shimon describes nothing less than our purpose in life, what holiness is, the way to happiness, how to be kind, and more.
I've heard some say that in order to be a source of true daat torah, one must be detached from the world. If so, does giving practical advice to real world questions disqualify one?? Bsorot tovot joel rich
>From a Times of Israel Blog: The importance a candyman plays in a shul is a matter of consensus. Making sure the blessings that come with that role expand to both sides of the mechitza should also be a matter of consensus. I?ve always wondered about this role with regards to the age of chinuch […]
On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:13?AM Micha Berger wrote: > Aside from Ashkenazi acharonim who thought in Yiddish, the word in Chazal, > Rishonim, etc... is either "tallisos" or "talliyos". Why the open > question? Because the word is Greek, "stollus". The yud-sav suffix isn't > the Hebrew feminine one. If we act like […]
On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 12:38:28PM +0300, Simon Montagu via Avodah wrote: > Why do you think sherut is feminine? The tav is a root letter, not a > suffix. You remind me of the word "tallis", which is indeed feminine. Not because of the "-is" suffix, but because it is clothing. Aside from […]
On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 02:37:27PM -0400, Sholom Simon via Avodah wrote: > > Or maybe not. Maybe it's *only* the noun "okhel" that has a minimum size. > > Other cases aren't crossing my mind right now. > A neder to not get hana'ah from a piece of food? IF we judge a […]
? I put together a shiur on when to answer amen when aveilim are saying kaddish at different speeds. ... especially when it?s so asynchronous that it?s not even toch kdei dibbur? If you only answer once, is it the first or last? What about if toch kdei ? answer the first or the last?? […]
On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 11:50?AM Jay F. Shachter via Avodah < avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote: > > (My current futile life project is no longer that, because I have > changed it. My current futile life project is to get people to say > "sherut l'umit" since "sherut" is feminine.) > Why do […]
In Vol 43, Issue 35, someone wrote: > > ... if a neder relates to a cheftza, and a shevua applies to an > action, why do people say "bli neder" so often in the context of > actions? > You have precisely described my former futile life project, which was to get people to […]
Regarding "kol shehu", RMB said: > Generalize that, and maybe you have a tool to help you think through the > question of "is this mashehu literal?" > > 1- Does this issur refer to a specific kind of object? > 2- Does that object have a minimal size? > > Or maybe not. Maybe […]
. R' Joel Rich asked: > I put together a shiur on when to answer amen when aveilim > are saying kaddish at different speeds. ... especially when > it?s so asynchronous that it?s not even toch kdei dibbur? > If you only answer once, is it the first or last? What about > if […]