The topic and text is the Introduction to the sefer Sha’arei Yosher by Rabbi Shimon Yehudah haKohein Shkop zt”l, possibly the most significant essay on Jewish Thought in the last five hundred years! 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.
Just some thoughts on AI psak. It?s not clear to me that if all of an authorities rulings were recorded in full detail, including litigants details, that AI would not reproduce emotional intelligence included in such decisions. It?s also an interesting thought as to whether sod hashem lyreav is based on the individual or the […]
After the shulchan aruch says it's up to the tzibbur whether someone in aveilut has the right to be the shatz, the mishna brura says that's not really the case for maariv. ???? ????? ???? ?? ?"? ?? (??) ??? ???? - ?????? ????? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ?????? ?????? ???? ??"? ??? […]
I have the following in my notes on Ma Nishtana - Hametz u-Matza ????? ???????? ? The child?s first question about eating Matsa resolves an interesting halakhic inquiry. It is rabbinically forbidden to eat Matsa on Erev Pesah (the 14th of Nisan), so that one will eat Matsa that night at the Seder with zest. […]
R' Yaakov [Jay], I'm pretty sure this paragraph below, was a response from R Micha, to my initial query - "Maybe because mutav sheyihyu shogegim would lead me to conclude that if they aren't accepting my tokhachah, I should give up rather than make future chataim worse by adding to their bemeizid-ness." my query If […]
On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 09:56:18PM -0500, Jay F. Shachter via Avodah wrote: > [Micha:] >> Maybe because mutav sheyihyu shogegim would lead me to conclude that >> if they aren't accepting my tokhachah, I should give up rather than >> make future chataim worse by adding to their bemeizid-ness. ... > You are […]
[I am taking this discussion over from Areivim, where the discussion started out being about suggested tefillos on Taanis Esther during this war, particularly focused on saying specific Tehillim. -micha] On Tue Mar 19 2024, at 12:02pm PDT, R Allan Engel wrote to Areivim: > Somewhere down the line tehillim, that were once used as […]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 05:50:37AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > By Elokai Ntzor at the end of the Amida apparently everyone says it on > Shabbat and yom tov. The Gra didn't. It is in small print with a disclaimer in Eizor Eliyahu's Shabbos and YT davening. Tir'u baTov! -Micha
From: Joel Rich via Avodah Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 5:47 AM > I've often thought of the process as a three-part algorithm involving > how much is at risk, what is the cost and how does it fit into our > overarching sense of purpose? Of course, this won't stop the cynics > because […]
Just a quick look at the Siddur Yitzchak Meir (Artscroll) shows that for the Akeida ? (elokeinu before and ribbono after) -on Shabbat and yom tov, not to say it as an individual prayer By the Tamid on Shabbat and yom tov it says to that some skip the yhi ratzons (assumedly some say them) […]
Comment on rabbinic workarounds/loopholes: I?ve often thought of the process as a three-part algorithm involving how much is at risk, what is the cost and how does it fit into our overarching sense of purpose? Of course, this won?t stop the cynics because they will question who gets to decide. I also wonder whether we […]