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- [Avodah] value independent of halacha? October 23, 2025On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 10:17:26PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > R' Joel Rich asked: > > From a pure halachic viewpoint ISTM there is no benefit for an > > avel to lead services up to, but not including, yishtabach (some > > minyanim have no one leading that portion). Is […]
- [Avodah] yom tov sheini October 23, 2025On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 05:10:40PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > When rabbis discuss in a public shiur (vs in yeshiva) the need to observe > yom tov sheini shel galiyot ISTM I often hear "hizharu bminhag avoteichem > byadeichem" but not the follow on "zimnin dgazra hamalchut gzeira vati > lkilkulei" […]
- [Avodah] Evolving Practices (Was: Kiddushin and Nisuin October 23, 2025On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 09:51:27AM EDT, R Akiva Miller commented on a quote by RYGB about the shift to making eirusin and nisuin back-to-back: >> This makes a lot of sense. The paucity of tangible records >> of the evolution of the practice remains remarkable. > I'm not sure, but I think RYGB […]
- [Avodah] A woman reciting Birchas Gomel at the Bimah on shabbos October 23, 2025On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 03:14:18PM +1000, Isaac Balbin via Avodah wrote: > The Poskim certainly discuss a woman saying HaGomel from the Women's > gallery. Some of those women's galleries would be curtained, others > would be behind the men, raised etc I wonder if the custom in Vilna to let women say […]
- [Avodah] Are We to Humiliate Sinners as Mitzvah Tochacha? October 23, 2025On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 05:57:50PM -0500, Brent Kaufman via Avodah wrote: >> 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 […]
- [Avodah] tachanun/chatan October 23, 2025In Avodah V43n63, RJIR asked, "...why the focus on bet hachatan (like bet haavel) and not just in his presence? Is there a higher degree of joy there?" As can be seen from BT Sukah 25b , it's not just about the *chasan* -- it's about him and the *kalla* being together under the *chuppa*; […]
- [Avodah] tachanun/chatan October 22, 2025. R' Joel Rich asked: > S"A O"C 131:4 states "nahagu shelo lipol al pneichem ... bbeit > hachatan." Does nahagu imply amcha did this and the rabbis didn?t > resist? Isn't that how ALL minhagim get started? In fact, my understanding is that the main difference between minhagim and d'rabanans is that if it […]
- [Avodah] new moon October 22, 2025On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:02:03AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Do we believe that moshe rabbeinu and/or shlomo hamelech did not know how > to calculate when the new moon would appear (as Hillel II established)? Rabbi Hillel didn't establish when the new moon would appear. He presided over the last […]
- [Avodah] new moon October 22, 2025Do we believe that moshe rabbeinu and/or shlomo hamelech did not know how to calculate when the new moon would appear (as Hillel II established)? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] tachanun/chatan October 22, 2025S?A O?C 131:4 states ?nahagu shelo lipol al pneichem ? bbeit hachatan.? Does nahagu imply amcha did this and the rabbis didn?t resist? Even though tachanun was a rshut (maybe not now) why would one want not to take advantage tosay it? Also, why the focus on bet hachatan (like bet haavel) and not just […]