After learning the first 45+ dapim of Sanhedrin it is patently clear that it?s absolutely impossible to convict anyone of a crime in a Beis din. The rules of evidence and the need for hasraah toch kdei dibbur make it virtually impossible to convict anyone. The Ran in derasha 11 famously writes that there was […]
For any former Elizabeth JEC Bruriah Alumni currently living in Israel We mourn the passing of Harav Elazar Mayer Teitz Z"L (BGSS), husband of Elisheva (SCW 66), father of Avi, Rabbi Eliyahu (YC 84, RIETS 94), Yossie, Shifra Ben Dor and Yael Wachtfogel (SCW 92) and brother of Shulamith Ebner (YUHS 61) Dr. Rivkah Blau […]
On Rosh Chodesh Shevat, we planted two three year old trees in our new yard in EY: a plum tree and a pomegranate tree. They were moved in pots, and planted with the soil. I believe that means they are still considered "three years old". Assuming that the greenhouse's claim that a "three year old […]
On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 06:07:37AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Question asked of a rabbi who reported the halacha as being that a Jewish > institution could take funds from a non-jew as long as he received honor > for it because in that case there would be no existential reward […]
Question asked of a rabbi who reported the halacha as being that a Jewish institution could take funds from a non-jew as long as he received honor for it because in that case there would be no existential reward granted him. Someone in the audience asked if that?s the case is the same thing true […]
Maaseh shehaya. An oleh said the first bracha and in the middle of the Aliya suffered a digestive track issue and had to leave the Shul. What should have been the proper next steps for the reading and for the brachot once he abandoned the shulchan area? bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
On Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 19:46 Ilana Elzufon, wrote: > Without addressing all the questions here, it's important to remember that > there was no such thing as a pregnancy test in biblical times... Indeed, they did not have tests to provide certainty, but nevertheless, in those circumstances, just having a reasonable suspicion, would be […]
On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 9:22AM Rabbi Meir G. Rabi wrote: > Had Tamar advised Yehudah as soon as she realised she was pregnant > [and submitted the ID that she anyway submitted after she had been > condemned to death > i.e. abandoned any evidence that may have been used to point to […]
Anyone have any sources concerning the preferability of an individual davener wearing taalit and tfillin when saying slichot if their minyan begins slichot after the earliest time to put them on? I found one article by Rabbi Daniel Mann on the topic but wondering if anyone has other sources? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
Had Tamar advised Yehudah as soon as she realised she was pregnant [and submitted the ID that she anyway submitted after she had been condemned to death i.e. abandoned any evidence that may have been used to point to Yehudah being the father] that would have given Yehudah additional options he could have married her […]