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- [Avodah] Are We to Humiliate Sinners as Mitzvah Tochacha? September 14, 2025Chaim Baruch Kaufman challenged the assertion that we are only commanded to admonish our fellow Jew, but we are not commanded to bring about his or her repentance His challenge appears to be supported by the RaMBaM, DeOs 6:7 Mitzvah LeHachZiro LeMutav - the command is to restore him to good a *mitzvah* to correct […]
- [Avodah] Hashkafa RaMBaM September 11, 2025Some time back the following was posted The Rambam writes in 3 places in the Perush Hamishnayos (Sanhedrin 10,3; Sotah 3,3; Shavuos 4,1) and in the Sefer Hamitzvos lo taaseh 133 there is no psak on hashkafa unless it relates to Halacha. Here is a quote from one of the Rambam's (Sotah 3,3 the language […]
- [Avodah] wholeheartedness and recognition September 10, 2025?"? ???? ?? ????? ?? ????? ????? ??? ??? ???? ???? ????? ???? ??? ???? ??? ????? ???? ????"? ????? ???? (?????? ?"?) ????? ????? ??????? ????, ????? ??? ?????? ??? ???????. My free translation "Rabbi Yitzchak bar Marion said: The pasuk comes to teach that if a person performs a mitzvah, he should do […]
- [Avodah] Are We to Humiliate Sinners as Mitzvah Tochacha? September 9, 2025> > >> the commandment is for us to admonish our fellow Jew, not to bring > about his or her repentance This is an important statement, but is it accurate? Is this splitting hairs or is our mitzvah truly detached from the other guy's need to do teshuva? Chaimbaruch Kaufman
- [Avodah] Selling a shul when the neighborhood collapsed September 7, 2025The old shuls in Passaic were built before WWII and sold well before the Yeshiva Gedolah and the revival of Jewish life in Passaic Park. When they were built, Passaic was a major city in Jewish life. When they were sold, not so much. AhS OC 153:16 talks about not being able to sell a […]
- [Avodah] Are We to Humiliate Sinners as Mitzvah Tochacha? September 5, 2025> > The RaMBaM seems to rule that we not humiliate sinners but only when we > begin > He writes Techilah > and in Teshuvah he writes that the sinner requires to be embarrassed in > order to repent > There are enough contradictions in Rambam that we don't have to invent contradictions that […]
- [Avodah] Are We to Humiliate Sinners as Mitzvah Tochacha September 5, 2025The RaMBaM seems to rule that we not humiliate sinners but only when we begin He writes Techilah and in Teshuvah he writes that the sinner requires to be embarrassed in order to repent writes DeOs 6:7 It is a mitzvah to help a sinner and one who has strayed from the good to return […]
- [Avodah] Does emunah require more than pure rationality? September 3, 2025On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 08:44:13PM -0400, Joel Rich wrote: > From hakira: >> In your experience, does emunah require more than pure rationality? > > R. Schachter: Yes. just as rationality is enough for the fact that George > Washington was the president of the United States. It is basic history. > Similarly, […]
- [Avodah] Does emunah require more than pure rationality? September 3, 2025>From hakira: In your experience, does emunah require more than pure rationality? R. Schachter: Yes. just as rationality is enough for the fact that George Washington was the president of the United States. It is basic history. Similarly, our people know this (the ikkarei emunah) from our historica historical tradition. The experiential aspect (as discussed […]
- [Avodah] Seudas Havraah September 2, 2025On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 10:34:11PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > I am bothered by the very last phrase there: >> Why can't he have a small > snack? Is it really assur to eat ANYthing before the Seudas Havraah? The > avel has had a very busy and emotional day, and […]