Today’s shiur came out in the first year of the cycle on 25 Elul, and was sponsored l’illui nishmas his father, Rabbi Eliezer ben Yosef Ha’Cohen zt”l. I think it important to mention that Rabbi Cohen was my wife’s rebbe muvhak in high school and beyond, and a major positive influence in her family’s lives.
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There are authorities who allow intravenous feeding for yom kippur and those who discourage it. While it is certainly not mandated, all other things being equal, what would you tell someone who came to you with a concern that they would not be able to make it through the whole fast and asked what you […]
Several points 1. the first person I know who is explicit about actions being primary is Mendelson. While he is viewed now by many as Reform,in his lifetime he was viewed by most to be Orthodox. 2. One has to define what one means by the Orthodox community carefully. In my daughter's dayschool in Philadelphia, […]
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 06:14:00AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > What's your understanding of the trigger level for noise which > evaluating hashmaat kol on shabbat? Igeros Moshe vol 6 / OC 4:60.6 says hashma'as qol is about sounding like a melakhah was done on Shabbos. If by "trigger level" you […]
On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 01:11:14PM -0500, Meir Shinnar via Avodah wrote: > Wrt discussion about role of belief in determining Orthodoxy, I know of > many classics tshuvot discussing status of mechallel shabbat befarhsia.. > There are not that many early tshuvot discussing belief as determining > status, even though the Rambam clearly […]
Wrt discussion about role of belief in determining Orthodoxy, I know of many classics tshuvot discussing status of mechallel shabbat befarhsia.. There are not that many early tshuvot discussing belief as determining status, even though the Rambam clearly believes it does. This question is closely related (albeit broader)to one early tsuhva - the tshuva of […]
On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 05:38:38AM -0500, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > This problem appears in many other situations as well. To me, the above is > very similar to the practice of writing a will (in a halachically > acceptable manner, of course) which has the practical effect of overriding > Hashem's […]
On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 06:15:20AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > [I]f the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to > tcheilet... That's a big "if", and relates to RAE's question: On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 08:48:24PM +0000, allan.engel--- via Avodah wrote: > A more elemental […]
A more elemental question, what is a tallis? On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 at 18:57, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > f the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to > tcheilet, then why would one who > If the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a […]
f the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to tcheilet, then why would one who If the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to tcheilet, then why would one who was wearing tcheilet have a tallit with stripes? (perhaps it became normative practice and is […]