On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 09:58:51PM +0300, Simon Montagu via Avodah wrote: > > question? Because the word is Greek, "stollus". The yud-sav suffix isn't > > the Hebrew feminine one. If we act like it is anyway, the word would be > > "talliyos", otherwise, "tallisos". > > I don't accept your assertion […]
On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 03:04:21PM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Multiple Truths-The Ritva (Eruvin 13b) brought in the name of the French > Sages: HKBH showed Moshe 49 ways to rule pure and 49 ways to rule impure > for each and every matter. When Moshe asked how to know the […]
On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 06:17:29AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Rabbi Gil Student (aka The Big Boss Man) introduced an interesting issue in > his peace on AI and the golem. > https://www.torahmusings.com/2025/04/ai-golem-and-not-so-silly-questions/ There are two different conversations to be had... "AI" as it exists today, which is really a Simulated […]
On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 10:44:17AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I've always wondered about this role with regards to the age of chinuch and > having those children eating before kiddush. Thoughts? When teaching davening altogether, what's the point of teaching a child to utter a bunch of syllables they can't […]
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?? […]